SoulDecision
| Company type | Music group |
|---|---|
| Industry | Music |
| Founded | 1993 in Vancouver, Canada |
| Defunct | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Vancouver , Canada |
| Products | Music albums and singles |
soulDecision was a pop group originating from Vancouver, Canada, active between 1993 and 2005. They gained prominence with their chart-topping Canadian single "Faded" in 2000, followed by the successful track "Ooh It's Kinda Crazy" released the next year.
Career
The band was initially formed in Vancouver, British Columbia under the name 'Indecision' by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Trevor Guthrie, singer David Bowman, and keyboardist Ken Lewko, all of whom were studying music at Capilano College. Early singles earned them national top 40 radio exposure prior to securing a deal with Universal Music. Due to a naming conflict with an American group, they adopted the name soulDecision, a choice made by their manager Garry Francis. Unlike many contemporaries during the boy band surge, they distinguished themselves by writing their own material and performing their own instruments.
Their first studio album, No One Does It Better, was produced at Velvet Sound Studios in Sydney, Australia, and released in Canada on February 22, 2000. The lead single "Faded," a pop-R&B fusion featuring rapper Thrust, achieved the number one spot on Canadian charts and reached number 22 in the United States. The subsequent single "Ooh It's Kinda Crazy" also enjoyed success across North America and became MTV's Total Request Live most requested video. In 2018, Billboard ranked this video among the top ten "Greatest Boy Band Videos of the TRL Era," alongside notable groups such as Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, and 98 Degrees.
In July 2000, soulDecision participated in YTV's Psykoblast Tour across Canada as support for Christina Aguilera, later embarking on their own headline tour within Canada in 2001. They also joined Aguilera’s Genie in a Bottle Tour throughout North America and served as the opening act for NSYNC during Eastern North American dates of the No Strings Attached Tour in 2000.
Following their departure from Universal, soulDecision released their sophomore album Shady Satin Drug in 2004 under the Sextant label. The album's lead single "Cadillac Dress" was made available as a digital download directly through their website. However, shortly after this release, Sextant declared bankruptcy.
Studio albums
| Title | Album information | Highest chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN | US | ||||||||
| No One Does It Better |
|
7 | 103 |
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| Shady Satin Drug |
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— | — | ||||||
| "—" denotes albums that did not chart | |||||||||
Singles
| Title | Year | Chart rankings | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN | AUS | US | |||
| "Tonight" | 1997 | — | — | — | Non-album Single |
| "Not Enough" | — | — | — | ||
| "Ooh It's Kinda Crazy" | 1998 | 45 | — | 111 | |
| "Faded" (featuring Thrust) | 1999 | 1 | 23 | 22 | No One Does It Better |
| "No One Does It Better" | 2000 | 10 | — | — | |
| "Ooh It's Kinda Crazy" (re-release) | 18 | 49 | — | ||
| "Gravity" | 13 | — | — | ||
| "Let's Do It Right" | 2001 | 10 | — | — | |
| "Cadillac Dress" | 2004 | 44 | — | — | Shady Satin Drug |
| "Kiss the Walls" | — | — | — | ||
| "Hypnotize" | — | — | — | ||