Superbus

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Superbus
Superbus (2009)
Superbus (2009)
General information
Genre (s) Pop rock
founding 1999
Website http://www.superbus.fr/
Current occupation
Jennifer "Jenn" Ayache
Guitar, vocals
 Patrice "Pat" Focone
Guitar, vocals
 Michel "Mitch" Giovannetti
Bass , vocals
 François Even
Greg Jacks (since 2005)
former members
Drums
 Guillaume Roussé (1999-2005)

Superbus is a French pop rock band that was formed in 1999. The band found the name while leafing through a Latin dictionary - “superbus” means “proud”, “cocky”.

history

In 1999 singer Jennifer Ayache was looking for musicians to form a band. She met the guitarist Michel Giovanetti and the bassist François Even, who already played together in another band. After the founding of Superbus, the band initially played in threesome for a while, but soon took on another guitarist and a drummer. After these two were replaced by Patrice Focone and Guillaume Roussé, the band had found their formation for the next few years. In 2005 Guillaume Roussé left the band and was replaced by Greg Jacks.

After Superbus got a record deal with Mercury Records , they released their first album Aéromusical in March 2002 . The album gained increasing popularity, especially through the band's concerts, and eventually reached number 85 in the French album charts. The debut single Tchi-cum-bah rose to number 59. The follow-up album Pop 'n' Gum , which the band had produced by David Salsedo like Aéromusical, was released in June 2004 and reached number 26. The third and current work Wow , in October Released in 2006, Superbus also worked as a co-producer for the first time. Wow reached number 6 in the French album charts.

The main influences of Superbus are No Doubt , Garbage , blink-182 and Weezer . The band's lyrics are in French and English .

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
CH CH MOVE BE W FR FR
2002 Aéromusical - - FR85 (36 weeks)
FR
2004 Pop 'n' Gum - - FR26th
gold
gold

(76 weeks)FR
2006 Wow - BE W38 (35 weeks)
BE W 		FR6 (104 weeks)
FR
2009 Lova Lova CH45 (6 weeks)
CH 		BE W13 (14 weeks)
BE W 		FR2 (64 weeks)
FR
2010 Happy Busday - The Best of Superbus - BE W44 (7 weeks)
BE W 		FR182 (2 weeks)
FR
2012 Sunset CH55 (2 weeks)
CH 		BE W14 (8 weeks)
BE W 		FR5 (18 weeks)
FR
2016 Sixtape CH82 (1 week)
CH 		BE W44 (6 weeks)
BE W 		FR44 (6 weeks)
FR
2020 XX - - FR65 (2 weeks)
FR

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
CH CH MOVE BE W FR FR
2002 Tchi-cum-bah
Aéromusical 		- - FR59 (6 weeks)
FR
2005 Pop 'n' Gum
Pop 'n' Gum 		- - FR39 (13 weeks)
FR
2007 Wow
wow 		CH80 (4 weeks)
CH 		- -
Butterfly
Wow 		- BE W40 (1 week)
BE W 		FR11 (22 weeks)
FR
Lola
Wow 		CH72 (6 weeks)
CH 		BE W13 (19 weeks)
BE W 		FR7 (20 weeks)
FR
Travel the World
Wow 		- - FR30 (22 weeks)
FR
2009 Addictions
Lova Lova 		- - FR7 (26 weeks)
FR
Apprends-moi
Lova Lova 		- - FR19 (20 weeks)
FR
2012 All alone
sunset 		- - FR93 (14 weeks)
FR
2016 Strong and Beautiful
Sixtape 		- - FR117 (3 weeks)
FR

More songs

  • Superstar (2003)
  • Into the Groove (2003)
  • Monday to Sunday (2003)
  • Sunshine (2004)
  • Radio Song (2004)
  • Little Hily (2005)
  • Ça mousse (2008)
  • Lova Lova (2009)
  • Mes défauts (2010)
  • À la chaîne (2012)
  • Whisper (2012)
  • Smith 'n' Wesson (2013)
  • Strong and Beautiful (2016)

Video albums

  • 2008: Live a Paris (FR:platinumplatinum)

Awards

swell

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: Switzerland - Belgium (Wallonia) - France
  2. ↑ Awards for music sales: FR

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