Hooverphonic

Hooverphonic is a Belgian trip-hop band that has existed since 1995 .

history

Geike Arnaert; B'Estival; 2007

Hooverphonic

The band originally called themselves Hoover , but changed their name due to the existence of several other bands of the same name and to avoid confusion with the vacuum cleaner company Hoover .

She got a record deal with Sony Music and released her debut album A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular in 1996 with Liesje Sadonius (vocals), Frank Duchêne (keyboard), Alex Callier (guitar, programming) and Raymond Geerts (guitar). The song 2 Wicky was used in the soundtrack to the film Feeling and Seduction by Bernardo Bertolucci and in the soundtrack to the film I Know What You Did Last Summer . In 1997 they toured Europe (supporting act by Beth Orton ) and the USA (supporting act by Fiona Apple ).

The second album Blue Wonder Power Milk was recorded after Sadonius left the band in 1998 with Geike Arnaert as the new singer. The song Renaissance affair was used in the commercial for the VW Beetle . After the release of this album, Frank Duchêne also left the band.

The song Visions (released on the bonus CD of their third album The Magnificent Tree ) was played at the opening ceremony of the 2000 European Football Championship in Belgium. In 2001 they headlined the Rock Werchter music festival .

In 2002 the band recorded the concept album Hooverphonic presents Jackie Cane , which describes the rise and fall of the fictional singer Jackie Cane.

In 2003 the band recorded a live album with an orchestra in a theater hall (exception: 2 new studio tracks) , but unusually without an audience. The album was released under the name Sit down and listen to Hooverphonic: The live Theater Recordings . The song The last thing I need is you was released as a single.

In August 2005 the first single Wake Up was released , in November the second single You hurt me! from the new album in Belgium. Also in November the album was released in Belgium, in the rest of Europe it was released in January 2006. This time the band released two versions of the album, More Sweet Music , with classical instruments and No More Sweet Music , which has the same songs contains in electronic versions. Because the band was dissatisfied with the promotion and especially the distribution problems of the album outside of Belgium, the contract with Warner Music was not continued. The band's continued existence with another label was also not confirmed.

The album The President of the LSD Golf Club was released in Belgium in autumn 2007 on the Tracks label, in other countries it was released in March 2008.

Singer Geike Arnaert left the band at the end of 2008, whereupon the two remaining band members looked for a new singer via their website.

On October 29, 2010, Hooverphonic announced their new single The Night Before on their website. The video clip features fourteen possible singers, but only one of them, Noémie Wolfs , turned out to be Geike Arnaert's real successor. On November 4th, 2010, she was presented on De Laatste Show on VRT (Flemish Public Broadcasting Company). The new album was released at the end of November 2010. After two more studio and one live album, Wolfs left the band in March 2015. For the album In Wonderland , which was released in 2016, various guest singers were then engaged.

In 2018, the then seventeen year old Luka Cruysberghs took up the position of singer in the band. She had previously won the Flemish version of the talent show The Voice . In April 2018, the UMG label released the single Romantic , which reached number 14 in the Flemish charts .

On October 1, 2019, they were selected by the Flemish broadcaster VRT to represent Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam . Belgium was the first of the participating countries to announce its performers. On March 18, 2020, the ESC 2020 had to be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The band is now set to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 for Belgium.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		CH	BE F	BE W
1996	A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular	-	BE F17 (13 weeks) BE F	BE W32 (12 weeks) BE W	as Hoover
1998	Blue Wonder Power Milk	-	BE F7 (14 weeks) BE F	BE W32 (9 weeks) BE W
2000	The Magnificent Tree	-	BE F2 × 2 Double platinum (107 weeks)BE F	BE W3 (40 weeks) BE W	Sales: + 60,000
2002	Hooverphonic Presents Jackie Cane	-	BE F1 platinum (34 weeks)BE F	BE W2 (23 weeks) BE W	Sales: + 30,000
2005	No More Sweet Music / More Sweet Music	CH99 (1 week) CH	BE F2 gold (31 weeks)BE F	BE W6 (24 weeks) BE W	Sales: + 15,000
2007	The President of the LSD Golf Club	CH99 (1 week) CH	BE F4th gold (26 weeks)BE F	BE W8 (25 weeks) BE W	Sales: + 15,000
2010	The Night Before	-	BE F2 platinum (48 weeks)BE F	BE W9 (48 weeks) BE W	Sales: + 20,000
2013	Reflection	-	BE F1 platinum (61 weeks)BE F	BE W6 (61 weeks) BE W	Sales: + 20,000
2016	In Wonderland	-	BE F1 gold (47 weeks)BE F	BE W2 (48 weeks) BE W	Sales: + 10,000
2018	Looking for stars	-	BE F4th gold (21 weeks)BE F	BE W20 (18 weeks) BE W	Sales: + 10,000

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		CH	BE F	BE W
2003	Sit Down and Listen to Hooverphonic - The Live Theater Recordings	CH93 (1 week) CH	BE F4th gold (45 weeks)BE F	BE W12 (14 weeks) BE W	Sales: + 15,000
2012	Hooverphonic with Orchestra Live	-	BE F1 gold (40 weeks)BE F	BE W11 (32 weeks) BE W	Sales: + 10,000

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		BE F	BE W
2006	Singles '96 -'06	BE F8th platinum (27 weeks)BE F	BE W22 (18 weeks) BE W	Sales: + 20,000
2012	Hooverphonic with Orchestra	BE F1 platinum (38 weeks)BE F	BE W5 (38 weeks) BE W	Sales: + 20,000
2016	The Best of Hooverphonic	BE F3 (55 weeks) BE F	BE W6 (41 weeks) BE W

Box sets

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		BE F
2012	Hooverphonic Collected	BE F136 (3 weeks) BE F

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		BE F	BE W
1999	Eden Blue Wonder Power Milk	-	BE W12 (13 weeks) BE W
2000	Mad About You The Magnificent Tree	BE F23 (14 weeks) BE F	BE W35 (4 weeks) BE W
2002	The World is Mine Hooverphonic Presents Jackie Cane	BE F48 (1 week) BE F	-
	Sometimes Hooverphonic Presents Jackie Cane	BE F36 (7 weeks) BE F	-
2006	You Hurt Me No More Sweet Music	BE F44 (2 weeks) BE F	-
2007	Expedition Impossible The President of the LSD Golf Club	BE F30 (4 weeks) BE F	-
2010	The Night Before The Night Before	BE F3 platinum (24 weeks)BE F	BE W5 (24 weeks) BE W	Sales: + 20,000
2011	Anger Never Dies The Night Before	BE F5 gold (13 weeks)BE F	BE W22 (12 weeks) BE W	Sales: + 25,000
	One Two Three The Night Before	BE F48 (1 week) BE F	-
2012	Happiness Hooverphonic with Orchestra	BE F40 (3 weeks) BE F	-
	Unfinished Sympathy Hooverphonic with Orchestra	BE F27 (7 weeks) BE F	-
2013	Amalfi Reflection	BE F4th platinum (25 weeks)BE F	BE W5 (31 weeks) BE W	Sales: + 20,000
2015	Badaboum In Wonderland	BE F3 gold (21 weeks)BE F	BE W7 (19 weeks) BE W	Sales: + 10,000
2016	I Like the Way I Dance In Wonderland	BE F23 (8 weeks) BE F	BE W36 (6 weeks) BE W
	Hiding in a Song In Wonderland	BE F35 (3 weeks) BE F	-
	You The Best of Hooverphonic	BE F26 (10 weeks) BE F	-
2018	Romantic	BE F14 (18 weeks) BE F	BE W19 (13 weeks) BE W
	Uptight looking for stars	BE F17 (17 weeks) BE F	BE W21 (14 weeks) BE W
2019	Looking for Stars Looking for Stars	BE F35 (11 weeks) BE F	-
2020	Release Me	BE F21 (6 weeks) BE F	-
	Summer Sun	BE F39 (... weeks) BE F	-

More singles

• 2000: Vinegar & Salt
• 2001: Out of Sight
• 2001: Jackie Cane
• 2003: One
• 2003: The Last Thing I Need Is You
• 2005: Wake Up
• 2006: Dirty Lenses
• 2007: Gentle Storm
• 2008: Circles
• 2011: Heartbroken
• 2012: Renaissance Affair
• 2012: George's Café
• 2014: Ether
• 2014: Boomerang
• 2014: Gravity
• 2017: Deep Forest

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		BE F
2009	Mijn leven Ne stap verder	BE F1 (9 weeks) BE F	Andy Sierens AKA Vijvenveertig feat. Hooverphonic

additional

• Shake the Disease (on For the Masses - Depeche Mode Tribute US / UK version)

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Italy 2011: for the single Anger Never Dies

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Belgium (BEA)	8 × gold8th	9 × platinum9	305,000	ultratop.be
Italy (FIMI)	gold1	-	15,000	fimi.it
All in all	9 × gold9	9 × platinum9

Web links

Commons : Hooverphonic  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Astrid Snoeys: Zangeres Noémie Wolfs stapt uit Hooverphonic: "Artistieke visies lagen te ver uiteen" , De Morgen, March 26, 2015
2. ↑ Album of the week: "In Wonderland" by Hooverphonic , BRF 1, April 25, 2016
3. ↑ flair.be : Alex Callier chooses Luka Cruysberghs as the new singer , accessed on August 6, 2018
4. ↑ Ultratop.be (accessed October 9, 2018)
5. ^ Evert Groot: Belgium chooses Hooverphonic for Eurovision 2020. In: eurovision.tv. October 1, 2019, accessed October 2, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Eurovision 2020 in Rotterdam is canceled. In: eurovision.tv. March 18, 2020, accessed on March 18, 2020 . 
7. ^ Anthony Granger: Belgium: Hooverphonic Will Compete at Eurovision 2021. In: eurovoix.com. March 20, 2020, accessed on March 22, 2020 . 
8. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Chart sources: CH BE ^F BE ^W