"Winter Love" is BoA

BoA

Boa Kwon , commonly stylized and known by her stage name BoA, which is a backronym for Beat of Angel, is a Korean singer, active in South Korea, Japan, and the United States and sometimes referred to as the "Queen of Korean Pop Music"....

's 21st Japanese single. It was released on November 1, 2006. It hit #2 on the Oricon Charts with sales of 42,481, making it the highest charting BoA single since "Do the Motion

Do the Motion

"Do the Motion" is BoA's 15th Japanese CD single , and third highest selling. This was also BoA's first number one single, and made her the first non-Japanese Asian singer to top the Oricon charts in over 21 years. This single scored commercial endorsements for every song on the single and is...

", which was released in March 2005. Formats are 「CD+DVD」 and 「CD only」.The single was released just before her twentieth birthday (November 5, 2006).

This single has met with success compared to her last single "Key of Heart / Dotch

KEY OF HEART / DOTCH

"Key of Heart" is BoA's 20th Japanese single and 6th Korean single. The single was available solely in CD+DVD format in Japan with a "special summer low price" and first pressing to commemorate this for being her 20th single....

", and has outsold "Nanairo no Ashita: Brand New Beat / Your Color".

First Press Edition

1. Winter Love
2. Candle Lights
3. Last Christmas (Bonus track)
4. Winter Love (TV Mix)
5. Candle Lights (TV Mix)

Regular Edition

1. Winter Love
2. Candle Lights
3. Winter Love (TV Mix)
4. Candle Lights (TV Mix)

TV performances

• October 25, 2006 — Hey! Hey! Hey!
• October 27, 2006 — PopJam
• October 28, 2006 — CDTV
• October 29, 2006 — MUSIC EXPRESS
• October 29, 2006 — Utawara
• November 3, 2006 — Music Fighter
• November 3, 2006 — Music Station
• November 5, 2006 — BoA The Live 20th Birthday Special Event
• November 25, 2006 — MelodiX!
• December 2, 2006 — Music Fair 21 ("Winter Love" and "Meri Kuri")

Charts

"Winter Love" debuted at #2 on Oricon Daily Singles Chart, but rose to #1 on its fourth day out. It landed at #2 on the weekly charts, being kept out of number one by a narrow 3,814 copies. Its total sales outsold the number one single's total sales that week. The single's debut sales and position were very high, compared to her previous single "Key of Heart / Dotch

KEY OF HEART / DOTCH

"Key of Heart" is BoA's 20th Japanese single and 6th Korean single. The single was available solely in CD+DVD format in Japan with a "special summer low price" and first pressing to commemorate this for being her 20th single....

", which had low sales due to poor promotion by her record label, Avex Trax

Avex Trax

, listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange as 7860 and abbreviated as AGHD, is the holding company for a group of entertainment-related subsidiaries based in Japan...

. Despite of competitions with many other major new releases, this single had continued its success. It sold double the amount of "Key of Heart / Dotch

KEY OF HEART / DOTCH

"Key of Heart" is BoA's 20th Japanese single and 6th Korean single. The single was available solely in CD+DVD format in Japan with a "special summer low price" and first pressing to commemorate this for being her 20th single....

's" total sales, and outsold "Nanairo no Ashita: Brand New Beat / Your Color".

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak Position	Sales Total	Chart Run
November 1, 2006	Oricon Daily Singles Chart	1
	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	2	99,078	14 weeks
	Oricon Monthly Singles Chart	7
	Oricon Yearly Singles Chart	114