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Novastar is a Belgian
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 band, led by a born Dutch singer and pianist Joost Zweegers. The band is popular in Belgium and the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

. Novastar is known for its deep, emotional ballads, and the pure, high voice of Zweegers.

Biography

Novastar was the winner of Humo's Rock Rally
Humo's Rock Rally
Humo's Rock Rally is a Belgian contest for rock bands, organized every second year since 1978. It is organized by the Belgian magazine HUMO.Every band that has not yet released an official recording, may enter the Rock Rally, by submitting a demo to HUMO. Humo then selects 100 bands to compete in...

 in 1996. The self-titled debut album Novastar was not released until four years later, in 2000, but with success. The album was released by Warner Music, reached #1 of the Ultratop Chart in Flanders
Flanders
Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...

 and Novastar was awarded a platinum record. Singles "Wrong", "The Best Is Yet to Come", "Caramia" and "Lost and Blown Away" received much airplay
Airplay (song)
Airplay is a term used in the radio broadcasting industry to state how frequently a song is being played on over-the-air radio stations. For example, a song which is being played several times every day would be classed as receiving a large amount of airplay...

. Novastar was honored as best album at both the Zamu Music Awards
Zamu Music Awards
The Zamu Music Awards is an annual awards show in Flanders , where the most outstanding Flemish and international musicians of the past year are honored....

 and the TMF Awards
TMF Awards
The TMF Awards are an annual television awards show broadcast live on TMF .The first Dutch TMF Awards were held in 1995, as a brand extension to the recently launched local Dutch music channel TMF. The show was very small and held in the company cafeteria...

.

Joost Zweegers intended to record his second album in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, but unhappy with the way he was pushed to produce hits, he returned to Belgium. He started a collaboration with the Belgian musician Ozark Henry
Ozark Henry
Piet Goddaer is a Belgian musician, better known by his stage name Ozark Henry.-Biography:In his early life, Piet Goddaer was involved in several local bands...

 and together they wrote the songs for the next Novastar album Another Lonely Soul
Another Lonely Soul
Another Lonely Soul is the second album of the Belgian band Novastar, released in 2004 by Warner Music. The album stayed at #1 of the Flemish Ultratop album chart for six weeks and was awarded a platinum record and the TMF Award for best album...

. The album, which Ozark Henry also produced, was released in 2004.

Although Joost Zweegers described Another Lonely Soul as "more emotional and less suited for the radio" the album was an immediate success. Just as the debut album, the new cd topped the Ultratop
Ultratop
Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...

 album chart and was awarded a platinum record and the TMF Award for best album.

In 2005, Novastar signed with the EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...

 record label, which released the album Another Lonely Soul
Another Lonely Soul
Another Lonely Soul is the second album of the Belgian band Novastar, released in 2004 by Warner Music. The album stayed at #1 of the Flemish Ultratop album chart for six weeks and was awarded a platinum record and the TMF Award for best album...

(supplemented with the debut album-single "Wrong") in all European countries.

Discography

The albums and their singles:
  • Novastar (2000) BEL
    Ultratop
    Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...

    #1 (Platinum
    Music recording sales certification
    Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...

    ), NET
    Dutch Top 40
    The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...

    #66
    • Wrong BEL
      Ultratop
      Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...

      #43, NET
      Dutch Top 40
      The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...

       tip4
    • The Best Is Yet To Come
    • Caramia
    • Lost And Blown Away BEL
      Ultratop
      Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...

      #45,
  • Another Lonely Soul
    Another Lonely Soul
    Another Lonely Soul is the second album of the Belgian band Novastar, released in 2004 by Warner Music. The album stayed at #1 of the Flemish Ultratop album chart for six weeks and was awarded a platinum record and the TMF Award for best album...

    (2004) BEL
    Ultratop
    Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...

    #1 (Platinum
    Music recording sales certification
    Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...

    ), NET
    Dutch Top 40
    The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...

    #36
    • Never Back Down BEL
      Ultratop
      Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...

      #28
    • When The Lights Go Down On The Broken Hearted BEL
      Ultratop
      Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...

       tip16
    • Rome
  • Almost Bangor (2008) BEL
    Ultratop
    Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...

    #2 (Gold
    Music recording sales certification
    Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...

    ), NET
    Dutch Top 40
    The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...

    #7
    • Mars Needs Woman BEL
      Ultratop
      Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...

      #13
    • Because BEL
      Ultratop
      Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...

      #14, NET
      Dutch Top 40
      The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...

      #24
    • Waiting So Long NET
      Dutch Top 40
      The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...

      #21
    • Tunnelvision BEL
      Ultratop
      Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...

      tip21
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