Sybil (singer)
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Sybil | |
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| Birth name | Sybil Ilona Lynch |
| Born | June 2, 1963 Next Plateau |
Sybil Lynch, known mononymously as Sybil,[1] is an American R&B and pop singer–songwriter. Sybil gained notable success in her career with songs during the mid-1980s into the mid-1990s. She is the cousin of former En Vogue singer Maxine Jones.
Career
Sybil signed to
PWL Records for the UK market for this album, where it was titled Walk On By.[2]
Sybil would be signed to PWL Records until 1998.
Sybil's third album, Stock and Waterman-penned Europop. In the US, "The Love I Lost" was released as a double A-side with the Sybil co-penned original "You're The Love of My Life" as the first single of the album.
In 1997, Sybil terminated her contract with
Next Plateau Records with a Greatest Hits album, and later that same year, she released her last album to date, Still a Thrill, which was released in Europe and Japan only. Afterward, Sybil kept a low profile, still touring and releasing new house/dance singles in the new millennium aimed at the club market. Sybil appeared on the UK version of the TV series Hit Me, Baby, One More Time in 2005 performing her hit "When I'm Good and Ready
". Afterwards, she began working in education, formerly teaching lyric and songwriting composition and creative writing, and later becoming a program director and lead achievement coach at Guilford Technical Community College in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications
| |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [4] |
US R&B [4] |
CAN [5] |
NZ
[6] |
UK [7] | ||||||||||
| 1987 | Let Yourself Go
|
— | — | — | — | 92 | ||||||||
| 1989 | Sybil [A]
|
75 | 12 | 61 | 3 | 21 | ||||||||
| 1990 | Sybilization
|
— | 70 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 1993 | Doin' It Now!
|
— | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Good 'N' Ready
|
— | — | — | — | 13 | |||||||||
| 1997 | Still a Thrill
|
— | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
- A Album was released as Sybil in North America and Australasia and as Walk On By in the United Kingdom.
Compilation albums
- Greatest Hits (1997, Next Plateau)
- Sybil's Greatest Hits (2007)
Remix album
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications
|
Album | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [4] |
US R&B [4] |
AUS [9] |
CAN [5] |
GER
[10] |
IRE [11] |
NLD
[12] |
NZ
[6] |
UK
[7] | |||||||||
| 1986 | "Falling in Love" | — | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 68 | Let Yourself Go | |||||
| 1987 | "Let Yourself Go" ft. Debbie Pender | — | 46 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 32 | ||||||
| "My Love Is Guaranteed" | — | 54 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42 | |||||||
| 1988 | "Can't Wait (On Tomorrow)" | — | 90 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sybil | |||||
| 1989 | "Don't Make Me Over" | 20 | 2 | 4 | 144 | 58 | 40 | — | 48 | 1 | 19 | ||||||
| " Walk On By "
|
74 | 3 | 7 | — | — | — | 21 | 15 | 2 | 6 | |||||||
| "All Through the Night" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 84 | Let Yourself Go | ||||||
| 1990 | "Crazy 4 U" (featuring Salt-n-Pepa )
|
— | 19 | — | 147 | — | — | — | 30 | 26 | 71 | Sybil | |||||
| "I Wanna Be Where You Are" | — | 86 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Make It Easy on Me" | — | 52 | — | 160 | — | — | — | 76 | — | 99 | Sybilization | ||||||
| 1991 | "Open Up the Door" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Go On" | — | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Let It Rain" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| " Lovely Day "
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 1993 | "You're the Love of My Life" | 90 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Doin' It Now! | |||||
| "The Love I Lost" (with West End) | — | 18 | 145 | — | 68 | 9 | — | — | 3 | ||||||||
| "When I'm Good and Ready" | — | — | — | 213 | — | 46 | 6 | — | — | 5 | Good 'N' Ready | ||||||
| "Beyond Your Wildest Dreams" | — | 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | |||||||
| "Stronger Together" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | |||||||
| "My Love Is Guaranteed" (Remix) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 48 | Good 'N' Ready | ||||||
| 1996 | "So Tired of Being Alone" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 53 | ||||||
| 1997 | "When I'm Good and Ready" (Remix) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 66 | Greatest Hits | |||||
| "Still a Thrill" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 55 | Still a Thrill | ||||||
| "Why" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 81 | |||||||
| 1998 | "When I Fall in Love" (with The Klub Family) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||||
| 2002 | "When I Fall in Love" (with Blaze )
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 91 | ||||||
| "You Should've Told Me | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2006 | "Don't Give Up" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "It's Too Late" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2008 | "Shining Star" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2009 | "Stronger (Can't Look Back)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2011 | "Troubled Waters" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2016 | "Together You And I" (with The Four Kings) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||
Featured singles
| Year | Single | Artist | Peak | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US R&B | ||||
| 1990 | "Independent" | Salt-n-Pepa
|
85 | Blacks' Magic |
Covers
Her song "Make It Easy On Me" was covered by
Steps album Steptacular. The hook of the song "Don't Make Me Over" is sampled on the Caron Wheeler track "I Adore You". "Let Yourself Go" was sampled by Shinji Hosoe on the track "Feeling Over" for Namco's 1994 racing game Ridge Racer
.
References
- News & Record (Greensboro), Retrieved October 28, 2010
- ^ a b "A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman: Ep 62: Wow Wow Na Na to Make It Easy On Me on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ^ a b c d "Sybil Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography". Music VF. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "US Charts > Sybil". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- ^ a b "CAN Charts > Sybil". RPM. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- ^ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- ^ a b "UK Charts > Sybil". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
- ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Sybil – Sybil". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- ^ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received July 15, 2015". Imgur. Archived from the original on July 16, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
- Media Control Charts. Retrieved June 29, 2013.[dead link]
- ^ "IRE Charts Search > Sybil". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- MegaCharts. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- ^ "US Certifications > Sybil". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
External links
- Phobos.apple.com
- Traxsource.com
- Sybil on discogs https://www.discogs.com/artist/21940-Sybil
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