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Helen Folasade Adu was born on 16 January 1959 in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. [15] Her middle name, Folasade, means "crowned with wealth" in Yoruba. [16] Her parents are Adebisi Adu, a Nigerian lecturer in economics of Yoruba background, from Ikere-Ekiti and Anne Hayes, an English district nurse; they met in London, married in 1955, and moved to Nigeria. [15]
Sade's sixth studio album Soldier of Love was released worldwide on 8 February 2010, the band's first album of new material in ten years. [27] Following the release of the " Soldier of Love " single on 8 December 2009, the track debuted at number 11 on the Urban Hot AC chart, making it the highest debut of the decade and the third-highest all ...
Ray St. John, who co-wrote "Smooth Operator" with Sade Adu, was previously a member of Adu's former band Pride, although he was not a member of the band Sade.The pair co-wrote the song in 1982 while still members of Pride, but did not get around to recording it.
Frank Guan of Vulture ranked "No Ordinary Love" number two in a ranking of all of Sade's songs, writing, "'There's nothing like you and I,' she sings; the emphasis falls on 'nothing' no less than on 'you' or 'I.' Sade songs, at their very best, ignore the distinction between songs about flawless love and love betrayed; the promise of the first ...
The four-piece group, comprised of Sade, Paul Denman, Stuart Matthewman and Andrew Hale, broke out with their 1984 top 10 hit “Your Love Is King,” off their debut album Diamond Life.
The lyrics of the song continue to illuminate Sade’s feelings as she has watched her son grow and realize his gender identity. “Forgive me, son. I should have known,” she sings at one point.
Diamond Life is the debut studio album by English band Sade, released in the United Kingdom on 16 July 1984 by Epic Records and in the United States on 27 February 1985 by Portrait Records. After studying fashion design, and later modelling, Sade Adu began backup-singing with British band Pride.
Following a brief stint of studying fashion design and modelling, Sade Adu began singing back up for a band named Pride. Later, she and some members left Pride and formed the band Sade in 1982. The name Sade represents the entire group, not just the singer herself. Following a record deal, Sade's debut album Diamond Life (1984) was released. At ...