Soul System
OriginBrescia, Lombardy, Italy
Verona, Veneto, Italy
GenresPop, R&B
Years active2016-present
Members
  • Leslie Sackey
  • Joel
  • Ziggy
  • David Yeboah
  • Alberto
[1]

Soul System is an Italian group who won the tenth season of the Italian version of the X Factor.[2]

History

Four of the band members have Ghanaian origins, but they were born in Verona and Brescia, Italy. They met in local Ghanaian and evangelical communities and eventually decided to form a band. The opportunity came when they met at the recording studio of Joel Ainoo, one of the members. In the summer of 2016 they had a number of live performances. After that, the band participated to the selection of The X Factor: first refused, the judge Álvaro Soler brought them back after the band Jarvis had left the show.[3] Soul System reached the final and finally won the competition. They presented the song "She's Like a Star".[2]

Together with Sergio Sylvestre, the band performed Nino Ferrer's "La pelle nera" during the third evening of the Sanremo Music Festival 2017.[4] At the beginning of July they released a new song called "Liquido", which contains a sample of "Narcotic" by the German band Liquido.[5] Their first studio album titled Back to the Future was released in September 2017.[1][6]

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications Notes
ITA
[7]
Back to the Future
  • Released: 8 September 2017
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Format: CD, digital download
 52 — [1][6]
"—" denotes an item that did not chart in that country.

Extended plays

List of extended plays, with chart positions and certifications
Title EP details Peak chart positions Certifications Notes
ITA
[7]
She's Like a Star
  • Released: 9 December 2016
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Format: CD, digital download
 20 — [8]
"—" denotes an item that did not chart in that country.

Singles

List of singles, with chart positions, album name and certifications
Single Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album or EP Notes
ITA
[7][9]
"She's Like a Star" 2016 7
  • FIMI: Gold
 She's Like a Star [10]
"Liquido" 2017 — — Back to the Future [5]
"White Niggas" — — [11]
"Coma" 2019 — — Non-album single [12]
"Topless" 2020 — — [13]
"Starlights" — — [14]
"Double Identity" (featuring Arya) 2021 — — [15]
"—" denotes an item that did not chart in that country.

As featured artist

References

  1. ^ a b c "SOUL SYSTEM: arriva a settembre il primo disco di inediti. Ecco la tracklist!". allmusicitalia.it. 8 August 2017. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Soul System win 10th Italian X Factor - Lifestyle". ansa.it. 16 December 2016. Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  3. ^ "X Factor, Jarvis Band rinunciano, ripescati i Soul System". ANSA. 2016-10-22. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
  4. ^ "Sanremo: Sergio Sylvestre canterà "Vorrei La Pelle Nera" con i Soul System". Radio 105 (in Italian). 27 January 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  5. ^ a b SkyUno (30 June 2017). "Tornano i Soul System con Liquido: il video in anteprima su SkyUno.it". sky.it. Archived from the original on 23 November 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  6. ^ a b "I Soul System, Back to the future - Musica". ansa.it. 5 September 2017. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  7. ^ a b c "Italian Charts - Soul System - Albums". Italiancharts.com. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Soul System (9) - She's Like A Star". Discogs. Archived from the original on 23 November 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Database Top of the Music - Classifiche" (in Italian). Federation of the Italian Music Industry. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Yes Radio - Home Page". Yes Radio - Home Page. Archived from the original on 23 November 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  11. ^ ""White Niggas" il nuovo singolo dei Soul System in radio da venerdì 15 settembre". radiodate.it. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  12. ^ "I Soul System tornano con il loro nuovo singolo: Coma". tg24.sky.it. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  13. ^ "Soul System, il nuovo singolo è Topless. Il video su Sky Uno". tg24.sky.it. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  14. ^ "Soul System: 'Starlights' è il nuovo singolo". musictraks.com. 15 November 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  15. ^ "Soul System, fuori il video del singolo "Double Identity" (Feat. Arya)". Onda Musicale. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  16. ^ "Nuovo singolo per i veronesi Soul System che affiancano Deborah Iurato in "Stammi bene (on my mind)"". Verona Sera. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
Preceded byGiò Sada X Factor (Italy)Winner 2016 Succeeded byLorenzo Licitra
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