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Also known as Adele Sandé, Adele Emely Sandé

British singer

Person · Open Library

Born
1987
Works
5

Top works

  • Emeli Sande - Long Live the Angels
  • Emeli Sande - Long Live the Angels Songbook
  • Emeli Sande - Our Version of Events - Easy Piano Songbook
  • Emeli Sande - Our Version of Events Songbook
  • Emeli Sande - Our Version of Events

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Film & TV

Acting · Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, England, UK

For a relative newcomer, Sandé has already had an incredible career. As a published writer she’s written hit singles for Chipmunk (Diamond Rings) and Wiley (Never Be Your Woman) and album tracks for Cheryl Cole and Tinie Tempah. Since signing a record deal with Virgin Records in 2011, Emeli has had a No. 2 debut single with Heaven, a No.1 single with Professor Green (Read All About It), won Best…

Known for

  • Mary Berry's Highland Christmas — Self2023
  • Die Helene Fischer Show 2023 — Self2023
  • The Evolution of Black British Music — Self2022
  • St Andrew’s Day at the BBC — Self2021
  • The Talk — Self2020
  • Between the Covers — Self2020
  • My Grandparents' War — Self2019
  • Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief — Self - Performer2017
  • Michael McIntyre's Big Show — Self - Performer2016
  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Musical Guest2014

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1987
contemporary r&bsoul

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
814,864
Total plays
13,554,888

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Adele Emeli Sandé (born 10 March 1987: Sunderland, England and raised in Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland) known by her stage name Emeli Sandé, is a soul and R&B recording artist and songwriter signed to Virgin Records. Sandé made her singing career debut in 2009 after appearing on the track she wrote for Chipmunk's first debut single, "Diamond Rings". The single charted at No. 6 on the UK Singles Charts, making it Chipmunk and Sandé's first ever Top 10 Hit. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Em

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Quotes

  • "Music gave me an identity."
  • "I definitely feel, as a woman at a certain age, if you don’t fit into a certain box, it becomes hard for everybody else."
  • "The easiest thing is to start blaming the company – they didn’t let me do what I wanted – but often enough, we stop ourselves because it is scary to take a risk."
  • "You have to be a citizen of the world."
  • "Coming out this year taught me that you have to be yourself. I’m lucky to live in a place where I can announce my relationship with a woman."
  • "Everybody is spiritual."

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Key facts

Born
Adele Emily Sandé , ( 1987-03-10 ) 10 March 1987 (age 39) , Sunderland , Tyne and Wear , England
Origin
Alford , Aberdeenshire , Scotland
Genres
R&B soul gospel
Occupations
Singer songwriter
Instruments
Vocals piano
Years active
2008–present
Labels
Virgin Virgin EMI Capitol Chrysalis
Spouse
Adam Gouraguine ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2012 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2014 ) ​
Website
www .emelisande .com

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Wikidata facts

Official website
www.emelisande.com
Image
Emeli Sandé September 2014.jpg
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Commons category
Emeli Sandé
date of birth
1987-03-10
start of work period
2008-00-00
pseudonym
Rio Sandé
social media followers
1000401
birth name
Adele Emely Sandé
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Adele Emily Sandé (/ˈsændeɪ/ SAN-day; previously Gouraguine; born 10 March 1987), known professionally as Emeli Sandé, is a British singer and songwriter. Born in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England and raised in Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Sandé rose to prominence after her guest appearance on Chipmunk's 2009 single "Diamond Rings", which peaked within the top ten of the UK singles chart. The following year, she guest appeared on Wiley's single "Never Be Your Woman", which also peaked within the chart's top ten. In 2012, she received the Brit Awards' Critics' Choice Award.

Sandé's first solo single, "Heaven", was released in August 2011. She peaked atop both the UK singles chart and Irish singles chart twice with her guest appearance on Professor Green's single "Read All About It" that same year, and her 2012 single "Beneath Your Beautiful" (with Labrinth). Her debut studio album, Our Version of Events (2012), spent ten non-consecutive weeks atop the UK albums chart, and, with one million domestic sales, became the best-selling UK album of 2012. That same year, she performed in both the Opening and Closing ceremonies of the London Olympics. She won Best British Female Solo Artist and British Album of the Year at the 2013 Brit Awards.

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