Boa Kwon (born November 5, 1986 in Guri, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) is a multilingual, Korean singer, commonly known by her stage name BoA, and the letters of her first name have been backronymed to Beat of Angel by her fans. She has been active in both South Korea and Japan. Aside from Korean, BoA also speaks Japanese and conversational English. She has also released a number of Chinese songs, although she is not able to speak the language itself. On January 29, 2003 BoA's second studio album Valenti was released. It reached #1 on the charts with over 620,000 copies sold in its first week of release[1]. It was number one on the Oricon Charts for two consecutive weeks[2]. Valenti has become her best-selling album, with over 1,539,000 copies sold domestically (making her the highest and fastest selling Asian foreigner in Japanese history) and 1,600,000 copies sold worldwide. The album's subsequent live tour was sold out in Osaka and Nagoya within 15 minutes, while Tokyo sold out within a day.[citation needed] The album had the fourth highest debut sales of the year and would go on to become one of the top five selling albums of the year in Japan.