King Sunny Adé
Sign in to saveAlso known as King Sunny Ade, Sunday Adeniyi, Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye.
Nigerian musician
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Nigeria
- Active from
- 1946-09-20
jùjú
Discography
- Ajoo
- Let Them Say & Edide
- Vintage1984
- Sweet Banana1986
- Let Them Say1987
- Ẹ Dide / Get Up1995
- Ogun1997
- Odù1998
- Seven Degrees North2000
- Bábá Mo Túndé2010
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 9,441
- Total plays
- 68,717
Tags
jujuafricannigeriafrom: nigeriaafrica
King Sunny Adé (Sunday Adeniyi, born 1946) is by far the most popular performer of Nigerian Jùjú music. With his band, King Sunny Ade and His African Beats, King Sunny Ade became an international star across Africa during the mid-1980s, touring and gaining a significant audience in the United States and Europe as well. He is known as the Minister of Enjoyment. Born to a Nigerian royal family in Ondo, Ade left grammar school to pursue his career, which began with Moses Olaiya’s Federal Rhythm Da
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Nigeria
- Place of birth
- Ondo
- Occupation
- conductor
- Languages spoken
- French
- Genre
- music of Africa
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- Island Records
- Image
- King Sunny Ade.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1946-09-22
- Commons category
- King Sunny Adé
- ethnic group
- Yoruba people
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
- social media followers
- 24500
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