Soul System (Italian group)
{{Short description|Italian band}}
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| origin = Brescia, Lombardy, Italy
Verona, Veneto, Italy
| years_active = 2016-present
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| current_members = {{bulleted list|Leslie Sackey|Joel|Jiggy|David Yeboah|Alberto}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusicitalia.it/news/soul-system-arriva-settembre-primo-disco-inediti.html|title=SOUL SYSTEM: arriva a settembre il primo disco di inediti. Ecco la tracklist!|date=8 August 2017|website=allmusicitalia.it|access-date=23 November 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105160923/http://www.allmusicitalia.it/news/soul-system-arriva-settembre-primo-disco-inediti.html|archive-date=5 November 2017|df=}}
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Soul System is an Italian group who won the tenth season of the Italian version of the X Factor.{{cite web|url=http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2016/12/16/soul-system-win-10th-italian-x-factor_e28da142-ba7c-4c88-804f-e981bb511735.html|title=Soul System win 10th Italian X Factor - Lifestyle|date=16 December 2016|website=ansa.it|access-date=23 November 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021003446/http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2016/12/16/soul-system-win-10th-italian-x-factor_e28da142-ba7c-4c88-804f-e981bb511735.html|archive-date=21 October 2017|df=}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cultura/tv/2016/10/21/x-factor-i-jarvis-rinunciano-ripescati-i-soul-system-_641a9d49-767a-4ef1-8a88-610a412f81b7.html|title=X Factor, Jarvis Band rinunciano, ripescati i Soul System|website=ANSA|date=2016-10-22|accessdate=2016-12-16}} Soul System reached the final and finally won the competition. They presented the song "She's Like a Star".
Together with Sergio Sylvestre, the band performed Nino Ferrer's "La pelle nera" during the third evening of the Sanremo Music Festival 2017.{{Cite news|url=https://105.net/news/music-biz/225044/sanremo-sergio-sylvestre-cantera-vorrei-la-pelle-nera-con-i-soul-system|title=Sanremo: Sergio Sylvestre canterà "Vorrei La Pelle Nera" con i Soul System|website=Radio 105|language=it|date=27 January 2017|access-date=26 October 2019}} At the beginning of July they released a new song called "Liquido", which contains a sample of "Narcotic" by the German band Liquido.{{cite web|url=http://skyuno.sky.it/skyuno/news/2017/06/30/soul-system-liquido-intervista-.html|title=Tornano i Soul System con Liquido: il video in anteprima su SkyUno.it|first=|last=SkyUno|website=sky.it|date=30 June 2017|access-date=23 November 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171123165620/http://skyuno.sky.it/skyuno/news/2017/06/30/soul-system-liquido-intervista-.html|archive-date=23 November 2017|df=}} Their first studio album titled Back to the Future was released in September 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cultura/musica/2017/09/05/soul-system-back-to-the-future_46b3a0a6-7461-4d26-bd6d-cb7af7f5b6eb.html|title=I Soul System, Back to the future - Musica|date=5 September 2017|website=ansa.it|access-date=23 November 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915204307/http://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cultura/musica/2017/09/05/soul-system-back-to-the-future_46b3a0a6-7461-4d26-bd6d-cb7af7f5b6eb.html|archive-date=15 September 2017|df=}}
Discography
=Studio albums=
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|+ List of studio albums, with details and chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | ITA {{cite web|url=https://italiancharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=Soul+System|publisher=Italiancharts.com|accessdate=25 October 2020|title=Italian Charts - Soul System - Albums}} |
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| scope="row"|Back to the Future
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|52 |
=Extended plays=
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|+ List of extended plays, with details and chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| EP details ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | ITA |
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| scope="row"|She's Like a Star
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|20 |
=Singles=
== As featured artist ==
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! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Single ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album or EP |
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| scope="row"|"Stammi bene (On My Mind)"{{Cite web|url=http://www.veronasera.it/attualita/nuovo-singolo-uscita-deborah-iurato-soul-system-stammi-bene-2-giugno-2019-.html|title=Nuovo singolo per i veronesi Soul System che affiancano Deborah Iurato in "Stammi bene (on my mind)"|website=Verona Sera|date=2 June 2019|access-date=2 December 2019}} {{small|(Deborah Iurato featuring Soul System)}} |2019 |— |{{Non-album single}} |
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; font-size:8pt;"| "—" denotes an item that did not chart in that country. |
References
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{{Succession box|title=X Factor (Italy)
Winner|before=Giò Sada|after=Lorenzo Licitra|years=2016}}
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{{X Factor (Italy)}}
Category:Italian pop music groups
Category:X Factor (Italian TV series) contestants