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"[I resist] the myth that I'm a shy, reclusive diva. I'm not shy or reclusive. I just spend my time with people rather than journalists."
-Sade
| Date of Birth: January 16, 1959 |
| Birthplace: Ibadan, Nigeria |
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| Songs like Smooth Operator, Sweetest Taboo, Is It A Crime, No Ordinary Love, and Cherish The Day were all international hits that helped make her one of the most succesful British singers ever. |
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| Sade never disappoints with her music, even after being on the music scene for almost 20 years, her music always hits the right chords. It's just as listenable the 125th time, as it is the first. |
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Helen Folasade Adu was born January 16, 1959, in Ibadan, Nigeria. The daughter of an economics professor and a nurse, Sade (pronounced shar-day) relocated with her English mother to Colchester, Essex, at the age of 4, after the separation of her parents.
Although Sade studied fashion design at St. Martin's Art College in London (her work was featured in Spandau Ballet's first American appearance), Sade's prime passion was music. Even in between part-time jobs as a teenager -- as a waitress, a bike messenger, and later as a model -- Sade always made time for music. Inspired by jazz and soul greats Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Nina Simone, and Al Green, Sade traded in her potential fashion career to join a jazz/funk band, Pride.
As a vocalist for the British band, Sade quickly began attracting the attention of audiences thanks to her smooth style. By 1983, Sade split from Pride, along with the group's guitarist and saxophonist Stuart Matthewman, keyboardist Andrew Hale, and bassist Paul Denman, and together formed the group Sade.
The namesake of the group's talented lead vocalist and songwriter landed a record deal that year and burst onto the British pop scene with their 1984 single, "Your Love Is King". Spawned from the album Diamond Life, the album was only released in the US in 1985, although it was already a Top Ten hit in the UK.
The album, which is still the all-time best-selling debut album by a British female artist, yielded such hits as "Smooth Operator" (penned by Sade while she was with Pride), "Hang On To Your Love," as well as the album's title track. That year, her Live Aid performance at Wembley Stadium, and her Best New Artist Grammy cemented Sade's success. |
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