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Sade Adu is a British singer known for her distinctive voice and smooth musical style. She became an important figure in popular music, particularly for her contributions to soul and pop music from the 1980s onward.
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Ibadan, Nigeria
Sade is a British singer-songwriter, composer and record producer. She is the lead singer of the group of the same name. The total sales units to date is over 50 million
Known for
- Il était une fois Champs-Élysées — Self (archive footage)2022
- Sade: Live in Munich2012
- Sade : Bring Me Home — Lead Singer2011
- Sade - The Ultimate Collection — Herself2011
- Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today — Self2005
- Live Aid — Self2004
- Los 101 Mejores Videoclips del Universo — Self - Cantante (archive footage)2004
- Freedom Beat — Self2003
- Sade: Lovers Live — Herself2002
- Sade: Life Promise Pride Love2001
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Ibadan
- Occupation
- model
- Educated at
- Central Saint Martins
- Languages spoken
- Yoruba
- Notable work
- Your Love Is King
- Field of work
- music composing
- Genre
- soft rock
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Epic Records
- Official website
- sade.com
- Image
- Sade Adu 1 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 1
- Residence
- London
- Voice type
- contralto
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- Sade Adu
- date of birth
- 1959-01-16
- different from
- Sade
- member of
- Sade
- name in native language
- Sade Adu
- start of work period
- 1980-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- pseudonym
- Sade
- nominated for
- Grammy Award for Best New Artist
- social media followers
- 509000
- ethnic group
- English people
- birth name
- Helen Fọláṣadé Adu
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Encyclopedic overview
Helen Folasade Adu (listen;Yoruba: Fọláṣadé Adú [fɔ̄láʃādé ādú]; born 16 January 1959), known professionally as Sade (/ˈʃɑːdeɪ/ SHAH-day or /ʃɑːˈdeɪ/ shah-DAY) or Sade Adu, is a Nigerian-British singer-songwriter. She is the principal songwriter and lead vocalist of the band Sade. One of the most successful British female artists in history, she is often recognised as an influence on contemporary music. Her success in the music industry was recognised with the honour Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2002 New Year Honours, and she was made Commander in the 2017 Birthday Honours.
Sade was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, and was brought up in England from the age of four. She studied at Saint Martin's School of Art in London and gained modest recognition as a fashion designer and part-time model before joining the band Pride in the early 1980s. After gaining attention as a performer, she formed the band Sade, and secured a recording contract with Epic Records in 1983. A year later, the band released the album Diamond Life, which became one of the era's best-selling albums and the best-selling debut by a British female vocalist.
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