Soulsister
Soulsister is a Belgian pop formation made up of singers Jan Leyers and Paul Michiels. Her biggest success was The Way to Your Heart in 1988 .
Band history
The duo began together in the 1980s and released their first single, You Get to Me , in 1986 . With The Way to Your Heart they had an international hit in 1988, which made it into the top 10 in German-speaking countries and climbed to 41st place on the US Billboard Hot 100 . This was followed by smaller hits that were particularly successful in Germany until 1994, including the song Broken (1993). You had television appearances in Formula One and RTL Saturday night .
By 1995 five albums with soulful and funky tracks were created. Other well-known tracks by the band are Ain't That Simple , Through Before We Started and Sweet Dreamer . They were still successful in their home country until 1999, when Michiel and Leyer's solo projects were dedicated to them. Soulsisters reunited in 2007 and performed at the Nokia Night of the Proms that year . With the song How Many Waterfalls they had another chart success in Belgium in 2008.
Discography
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
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DE | AT | CH | BE F | |||
1988 | It takes two |
DE18 (17 weeks) DE |
AT15 (10 weeks) AT |
CH22 (4 weeks) CH |
- | |
1993 | Simple rule |
DE85 (6 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | |
1995 | Swinging Like Big Dogs | - | - | - |
BE F14th
gold
(16 weeks)BE F |
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
More studio albums
- 1990: Heat
- 1993: Live Savings
- 1998: Try Not to Cry
- 2008: Closer
Compilations
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | BE F | |||
1997 | The Way to Your Heart - The Very Best of | - | - | - |
BE F2
gold
(22 weeks)BE F |
|
1999 | Try Not to Cry - The Singles Collection | - | - | - |
BE F22 (5 weeks) BE F |
|
2007 | Platinum Collection | - | - | - |
BE F47 (22 weeks) BE F |
|
2012 | Best of - 3CD | - | - | - |
BE F174 (2 weeks) BE F |
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | BE F | |||
1989 | The Way to Your Heart It Takes Two |
DE4th
gold
(26 weeks)DE |
AT6 (16 weeks) AT |
CH8 (15 weeks) CH |
UK81 (10 weeks) UK |
US41 (10 weeks) US |
BE F3 (19 weeks) BE F |
|
Like a Mountain (Remix) It Takes Two |
DE36 (12 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | - |
BE F21 (8 weeks) BE F |
||
Blame You It Takes Two |
- | - | - | - | - |
BE F43 (6 weeks) BE F |
||
1990 | Downtown It Takes Two |
- | - | - | - | - |
BE F46 (2 weeks) BE F |
|
Through Before We Started Heat |
DE51 (14 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | - |
BE F3 (15 weeks) BE F |
with Leyers & Michiels
|
|
1991 | Well well well heat |
- | - | - | - | - |
BE F9 (9 weeks) BE F |
with Leyers & Michiels
|
Company Heat |
- | - | - | - | - |
BE F15 (9 weeks) BE F |
with Leyers & Michiels
|
|
Facing love heat |
- | - | - | - | - |
BE F9 (11 weeks) BE F |
with Leyers & Michiels
|
|
She's Gone Heat |
- | - | - | - | - |
BE F19 (6 weeks) BE F |
with Leyers & Michiels
|
|
1992 | Fall Angel Heat |
- | - | - | - | - |
BE F48 (2 weeks) BE F |
with Leyers & Michiels
|
Locks and Keys Live Savings |
- | - | - | - | - |
BE F15 (10 weeks) BE F |
with Leyers & Michiels
|
|
Promises Live Savings |
- | - | - | - | - |
BE F15 (6 weeks) BE F |
with Leyers & Michiels
|
|
Changes live savings |
- | - | - | - | - |
BE F10 (16 weeks) BE F |
||
1993 | Broken Live Savings |
DE51 (14 weeks) DE |
AT30 (1 week) AT |
CH32 (6 weeks) CH |
- | - |
BE F5 (14 weeks) BE F |
|
Ain't That Simple Live Savings |
DE51 (15 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | - |
BE F24 (6 weeks) BE F |
||
Simple Rule Simple Rule |
- | - | - | - | - |
BE F29 (3 weeks) BE F |
||
So Long Ago Simple Rule |
- | - | - | - | - |
BE F31 (6 weeks) BE F |
||
1994 | Wild Love Affair Swinging Like Big Dogs |
DE55 (12 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | - |
BE F15 (8 weeks) BE F |
|
Tell Me What It Takes Swinging Like Big Dogs |
- | - | - | - | - |
BE F2 (16 weeks) BE F |
||
1995 | I Need Some Time Swinging Like Big Dogs |
- | - | - | - | - |
BE F43 (1 week) BE F |
|
1999 | Try Not to Cry |
- | - | - | - | - |
BE F46 (3 weeks) BE F |
|
2008 | How Many Waterfalls Closer |
- | - | - | - | - |
BE F5 (5 weeks) BE F |
More singles
- 1986: You Get to Me
- 1990: Sweet Dreamer
- 2007: Back in a minute
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Web links
- Official website (Dutch)
- Het Belgian Pop & Rock Archief (Dutch)
- SoulSister at Discogs (English)