Soul System (Italian group)

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Soul System
Origin Brescia, Lombardy, Italy
Verona, Veneto, Italy
Genres Pop, 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]

Contents

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
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertificationsNotes
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
TitleEP detailsPeak chart positionsCertificationsNotes
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
SingleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum or EPNotes
ITA
[7] [9]
"She's Like a Star"20167
  • FIMI: Gold
She's Like a Star [10]
"Liquido"2017Back to the Future [5]
"White Niggas" [11]
"Coma"2019Non-album single [12]
"Topless"2020 [13]
"Starlights" [14]
"Double Identity" (featuring Arya)2021 [15]
"—" denotes an item that did not chart in that country.

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Preceded by X Factor (Italy)
Winner

2016
Succeeded by