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- See also: Sade (band)
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| Birth name | Helen Folasade Adu |
| Born | 16 January 1959 Ibadan, Ọyọ State, Nigeria |
| Origin | London, England |
| Genre(s) | Soul, jazz, R&B, quiet storm, soft rock, easy listening, adult contemporary |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, composer, arranger, record producer |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Label(s) | Portrait/CBS Records Epic/SME Records |
| Associated acts | Sade |
| Website | www.sade.com |
Helen Folasade Adu, OBE, (born 16 January 1959), better known as Sade (pronounced "shah-day," ʃɑːˈdeɪ), is a Nigerian-born British[1] singer-songwriter, composer, and record producer. She first achieved success in the 1980s as the frontwoman and lead vocalist of the popular Grammy Award winning English group Sade.
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Biography
Sade was born in Ibadan, Ọyọ State, Nigeria. Her name, Folasade, means honor confers a crown.[2] Her parents, Bisi Adu, a Nigerian lecturer in economics of Yoruba background, and Anne Hayes, an English nurse, met in London and moved to west Africa. Later, when the marriage ran into difficulties, Anne returned to Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England, taking four-year-old Sade and her older brother Banji to live with her parents. Living in Colchester, Essex, Sade read a good deal, developed an interest in fashion, acquired a taste for dancing and listened to soul artists like Curtis Mayfield, Donny Hathaway, and Marvin Gaye.
In 1977, Sade arrived in London for a three-year course in fashion design at St. Martin's College.[3] On graduating, she set up a small fashion company, making men's clothes, in London's Chalk Farm, with a friend, Gioia Mellor.[3] She also found work as a photographic model.[citation needed]
Career
In 1982, she joined Ray St. John's band Pride, which also included guitarist Stuart Matthewman, bassist Paul Denman, and drummer Paul Cooke. However, St. John left Pride shortly after, later resurfacing in the band Halo James, and Pride eventually petered out.
The other four members then formed a new group, the eponymous "Sade" and began to write their own material. Keyboardist Andrew Hale joined the band as a keyboard player in mid-1983, and in 1983 she signed a solo deal with Epic Records and sister imprint Portrait Records for the U.S. and Canada until In 1985 Sade appeared in the film Absolute Beginners, directed by Julien Temple. She played singer Athene Duncannon, performing "Killer Blow," co-written by her with Simon Booth of soul/jazz band Working Week.
In 2005, Sade recorded a new track, "Mum", which appeared on a DVD Voices for Darfur to support charity concert of the same name at the Royal Albert Hall in London, to raise awareness and funding for the crisis in Sudan's Darfur region.[citation needed]
Personal life
On 11 February 1989, in the old castle of Viñuelas in Guadalajara, Spain, she married Carlos Scola, a Spanish film-maker.[4] In 1994 Sade divorced Scola.[4] In 1995 Sade moved to Ocho Rios, Jamaica, where she lived with Bob Morgan, a Jamaican producer.[3] On 21 July 1996 she gave birth to her daughter Ila.[3]
Discography
Sade
- For more details on this topic, see Discography of Sade
- 1984: Diamond Life
- 1985: Promise
- 1988: Stronger Than Pride
- 1992: Love Deluxe
- 1994: The Best of Sade
- 1999: Remix Deluxe
- 2000: Lovers Rock
- 2002: Lovers Live CD
- 2002: Lovers Live DVD
- 2003: Lovers Rock/Lovers Live DVD - Combo Pack
Collaboration
- Absolute Beginners OST (Virgin, 1986)
References
External links
- Official website
- Sade discography at MusicBrainz
- Sade at the Internet Movie Database
- Sade at Allmusic
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| NAME | Adu, Sade |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Adu, Helen Folasade |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | English singer-songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 16 January 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ibadan, Ọyọ State, Nigeria |
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