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SadeSade was born in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Her middle name, Folasade, means honour confers your crown

Sade (pronounced shar-day) was born on January 16, 1959 as Helen Folasade Adu in Ibadan, Nigeria where her Nigerian father (Adebisi) was an economics professor and her English mother (Anne Hayes) a nurse. After her parents separated, Sade moved to London with her mother, where she was educated, and as a young woman worked as a fashion designer and (briefly) a model. Although Sade originally began studying fashion design, her desire for music led her to become a backup singer with the British Jazz-Funk/R&B band; Pride. She formed a writing partnership with Pride’s guitarist/saxophonist Stewart Matthewman. Together, backed by Pride’s rhythm section, they began doing their own sets at Pride gigs. Sade’s elegant, exotic look and the cool, jazz-inflected approach of her low-keyed singing immediately garnered her considerable attention. In 1983 Sade and Matthewman split from Pride along with keyboardist Andrew Hale and bassist Paul Denman and formed Sade; they got a record deal late that year. Sade, the woman, and Sade, the band, became staples on the pop and R&B charts from the mid-80's and into the 90s. By selling millions of LPs around the world, Sade brought a level of class and a smooth jazz sound the ears of pop radio, always maintaining a high level of quality. The longevity of Sade's music best represents the uniqueness of its sound.

Although Sade’s 1984 U.K. debut, Diamond Life, with its single "Your Love Is King," quickly became a hit in Britain, the album wasn’t released in the U.S. until 1985. Propelled by the bossa nova-tinged "Smooth Operator", Diamond Life's popularity set the stage for the influx of "Quiet Storm" vocalists spearheaded by Anita Baker, among others. Diamond Life featured strong original material by Sade and Matthewman, including "Hang On to Your Love" and "When Am I Going to Make a Living" as well as an imaginative remake of Timmy Thomas’ 1971 hit "Why Can’t We Live Together." Diamond Life had international sales of over six million copies, becoming one of the top-selling debut recordings of the Eighties and the bestselling debut ever by a British female vocalist. In 1985 her stature as a major pop star was confirmed when Sade appeared at Wembley Stadium as part of Live Aid. At the end of the year, Promise was released; the album went to #1 in the U.S., spawning the hits "The Sweetest Taboo" and "Never as Good as the First Time". Sade had a small part in the 1986 Julien Temple film Absolute Beginners and appears on its soundtrack. Critics faulted 1988’s Stronger Than Pride for musical sameness and emotional distance. Four years passed before the release of Love Deluxe, whose brisk sales proved that Sade hadn’t lost her appeal. The Best of Sade went Top Ten.

When Sade first came on the recording scene in the '80s, her record company, Epic, made a point of printing "pronounced shar-day" after her name on the record labels of her releases. Soon enough the world would have no problem in correctly pronouncing her name. Born Helen Folasade Adu in a village 50 miles from Lagos, the capitol of Nigeria, she was the daughter of an African father and an English mother. After her mother returned to England, Sade grew up on the North End of London.

Developing a good singing voice in her teens, Sade worked part-time jobs in and outside of the music business. She listened to Ray Charles, Nina Simone, Al Green, Aretha Franklin, and Billie Holliday. Sade studied fashion design at St. Martin's School of Art in London while also doing some modeling on the side.

Around 1980, she started singing harmony with a Latin funk group called Arriva. One of the more popular numbers that the group would perform was a Sade original co-written with bandmember Ray St. John, "Smooth Operator," that would later become Sade's first stateside hit. The following year she joined the eight-piece funk band Pride as a background singer. The band included future Sade band members guitarist/saxophonist Stuart Matthewman (a key player in '90s urban soul singer Maxwell's success) and bassist Paul Denman. The concept of the group was that there could shoot-offs. In essence, a few members within the main group Pride formed mini-groups that would be the opening act. Pride did a lot of shows around London, stirring up record company interest. Initially, the labels wanted to only sign Sade, while the group members wanted a deal for the whole band. After a year, the other band members told Sade, Matthewman, and Denman to go ahead and sign a deal. Adding keyboardist Andrew Hale, the group signed to the U.K. division of Epic Records.

Her debut album, Diamond Life (with overall production by Robin Millar), went Top Ten in the U.K. in late 1984. January 1985 saw the album released on CBS' Portrait label and by spring it went platinum off the strength of the Top Ten singles "Smooth Operator" and "Hang on to Your Love." Her third album, Promise (November 1985), featured "Never As Good As the First Time" and arguably her signature song, "The Sweetest Taboo," which stayed on the U.S. pop charts for six months. Sade was so popular that some radio stations reinstated the '70s practice of playing album tracks, adding "Is It a Crime" and "Tar Baby" to their play lists. In 1986, Sade won a Grammy for Best New Artist.

Sade's third album was 1988's Stronger Than Pride and featured her first number one soul single "Paradise," "Nothing Can Come Between Us," and "Keep Looking." A new Sade album didn't appear for four years. 1992's Love Deluxe continued the unbroken streak of multi-platinum Sade albums, spinning off the hits "No Ordinary Love," "Feel No Pain," and "Pearls." While the album's producer Mike Pela, Matthewman, Denman, and Hale have gone on to other projects. The new millennium did spark a new scene for Sade. She issued Lovers Rock in fall 2000 and incoporated more mainstream elements than ever before. Debut single "By Your Side" was also a hit among radio and adult-contemporary listerners. The following summer, Sade embarked on her first tour in more than a decade, selling out countless dates across America. In early 2002, she celebrated the success of the tour by releasing her first ever live album and DVD, Lovers Live.

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