Artist · chart history
Novastar
Band Antwerp Belgium Formed 1996 band of Joost Zweegers
Novastar formed in 1996 in Antwerp, Belgium. Novastar has 5 chart appearances on 5 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2002–2014. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Closer To You”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #20. The station that charted Novastar most often is Studio Brussel (Flanders, Belgium), with 5 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2014.
Novastar is an Antwerp band built around Joost Zweegers, a Dutch-born singer-songwriter who plays guitar and piano and sings in a startlingly high, fragile voice. The band dates back to 1996, and its trademark is the emotional ballad: slow, swelling songs where Zweegers's voice seems to be reaching for a note just out of range and catching it anyway. He has also put out solo material under the Novastar name, which tells you whose vision this is.
The self-titled album Novastar arrived in 2000 with "Wrong", a lovely, aching number that kept turning up on the countdowns year after year. Guitarists came and went around Zweegers, with Lars Van Bambost there from 2000 to 2002 and Rodrigo Fuentealba from 2000 to 2005, and Karel De Backer came in on drums in 2005.
Inside Outside, in 2014, brought "Closer To You", proof that the formula hasn't worn thin. There's nothing trendy about any of it, just big melodies, open hearts and that voice, and that's exactly why it lasts.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Novastar on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Closer To You | 1 | #20 | – | 2014 | |
| 2 | Wrong | 4 | #84 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 20 | Closer To You | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2014 |
| 2005 | 99 | Wrong | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2005) |
| 2004 | 92 | Wrong | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2004) |
| 2003 | 84 | Wrong | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2003) |
| 2002 | 93 | Wrong | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2002) |
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