jacksoul

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Jacksoul

| image =

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| background = group_or_band

| alias =

| origin = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| genre = Soul, R&B

| years_active = {{Start date|1992}}–{{end date|2009}}

| label = Sony

| associated_acts =

| website = {{URL|jacksoul.com}}

| current_members =

| past_members = Haydain Neale
Davide Direnzo
John Kanakis
Justin Abedin
Ron Lopata
Dave Murray
Brent Setterington
Adam Leo
Roger Travassos
Alistair Robertson

}}

Jacksoul, sometimes stylized as jackSOUL, was a Canadian soul and R&B music group formed in 1992 in Toronto. The band was fronted by singer Haydain Neale and was a multi-recipient of the Juno Award.

Biography

In 1994, jacksoul independently released their debut album, Twilight. The album featured the single "Unconditional". The music video for "Unconditional" was nominated for a MuchMusic Video Award for "Best R&B/Soul Music Video".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RPM-IDX/IDX/90s/RPM-1994-09-05-OCR-Page-0010.pdf|title=Nominees announced for MuchMusic CMVA Awards: Rap Music Video|magazine=RPM|accessdate=January 31, 2024}} In 1996, jacksoul released their next album, Absolute. The album featured the singles "(Do You) Like It Like That" and "Eastbound".

The band became best known for their hits "Can't Stop",{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20011223091608/http://chartattack.com/DAMN/2001/11/2010.cfm "The Guess Who, Murray McLauchlan Win Big At SOCAN"]}}. Chart Attack, November 20, 2001 "Still Believe in Love", and "Somedays".{{cite news|url= https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/jacksoul-lead-singer-dies-1.816154 |title= Jacksoul lead singer dies|publisher= CBC News|date= 2009-11-23|access-date= 2010-02-13}}

Each of the band's albums were nominated for a Juno Award,{{cite web |url=http://junoawards.ca/awards/artist-summary/?artist_name=jacksoul&submit=Search |title=Artist Summary - the JUNO Awards |accessdate=2012-03-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412130606/http://junoawards.ca/awards/artist-summary/?artist_name=jacksoul&submit=Search |archivedate=2015-04-12 }} and the group won the award for R&B/Soul Recording of the Year in 2001, 2007 and 2010. The band won a Canadian Urban Music Award in 2004.

Neale was involved in a traffic accident on the evening of August 3, 2007, and was sent to hospital. On August 18, 2007, it was reported that Neale had been in a coma since the accident occurred.{{cite news|last= Infantry|first= Ashante|url= https://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/247561 |title= Jacksoul singer in coma|publisher= Toronto Star|date= 2007-08-18|accessdate= 2010-02-13}}

On October 1, 2007, jacksoul's official site announced that Neale had been making a very promising recovery to date, although he continued to be in the hospital. On January 30, 2008, a spokesperson for the family reported that Haydain Neale had continued to improve since the last official statement.

Following his recovery, Neale completed work on the album he had started to work on prior to the accident. On October 26, 2009, the band announced that the album, entitled SOULmate and to contain 10 new songs written before singer Neale's accident, would be released on December 1, 2009.{{cite news|url= https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/jacksoul-to-release-1st-album-since-accident-1.801882 |agency= The Canadian Press|title= Jacksoul to release 1st album since accident|publisher= CBC News|date= 2009-10-27|access-date= 2010-02-13}} All profits from the album go to the Haydain Neale Family Trust.{{cite news|last= Patrick|first= Ryan B|url= http://exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=139&csid2=798&fid1=42679|title= Haydain Neale's Lonesome Highway|publisher= Exclaim!|date= 2009-11-24|accessdate= 2010-02-13|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100118111336/http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=139&csid2=798&fid1=42679|archivedate= 2010-01-18}}

The first single, "Lonesome Highway", was made available on November 3, 2009.

On November 22, 2009, Haydain Neale died of lung cancer at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital.{{cite news|last= Kaszor|first= Daniel|url= http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/theampersand/archive/2009/11/24/lead-singer-of-jacksoul-dies-of-lung-cancer.aspx|title= Lead singer of Jacksoul dies of lung cancer|publisher= National Post|date= 2009-11-24|accessdate= 2010-02-13}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

In 2014, the band released a greatest hits compilation, which featured the previously unreleased songs "Got to Have It", "Whole Day" and "Spiralling".[http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/jacksoul_details_greatest_hits_compilation "Jacksoul Details 'Greatest Hits' Compilation"]. Exclaim!, September 30, 2014. The song "Got to Have It" garnered a Juno Award nomination for R&B/Soul Recording of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2015.