Sade Age:biography and wiki

British singer-songwriter Sade (Helen Folasade Adu) was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, on January 16, 1959. Learn about Sade’s height, age, physical characteristics, relationships, family, and professional updates. Find Out Her Income and How Much She Spends This Year. Discover how, at 64 years old, she obtained the majority of her net worth as well.

Popular AS	Helen Folasade Adu
Occupation	Singer,songwriter,actress
Age	64 years old
Net Worth	£50 million (2015)
Zodiac Sign	Capricorn
Born	16 January 1959
Birthday	16 January
Birthplace	Ibadan, Nigeria
Nationality	Nigerian

We advise you to look through the whole list of famous people who were born on January 16th. She belongs to a well-known 64-year-old singing trio. Born in Nigeria, she is among the wealthiest singers.

Sade Height, Weight & Measurements

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Who Is Sade’s Husband?

Carlos Scola Pliego, her spouse (m. 1989–1995),

Family

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Husband	Carlos Scola Pliego (m. 1989–1995)
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Children	1

Timeline

For the Disney movie A Wrinkle in Time’s soundtrack, she (together with the reformed band of the same name) released the acoustic ballad “Flower of the Universe” in March 2018. Director Ava DuVernay said of Sade’s request to participate to the album, “I never thought she’d say yes, but asked anyway.” Sade recorded “The Big Unknown” later that year for the Widows soundtrack from 20th Century Fox. Sade consented to write the song for the movie, according to the film’s director Steve McQueen, because “the original series of Widows had deeply resonated with her.” There is work being done on Soldier of Love’s replacement.

The band launched its Sade Live tour (sometimes referred to as the “Once in a Lifetime Tour” or the “Soldier of Love Tour”) in April 2011. In order to promote their second compilation album, The Ultimate Collection (2011), and their sixth studio album, the band embarked on a tour around Europe, the Americas, Australia, and Asia. The band earned almost 20 million dollars from this tour, which was their first in almost ten years and placed 27th in Pollstar’s “Top 50 Worldwide Tour (Mid-Year)”. After 59 gigs and nearly $50 million in revenue, the tour finished 2011 ranked tenth on Billboard’s annual “Top 25 Tours”. Bring Me Home – Live 2011, which was released in May 2012, was a documentation of the tour.

Soldier of Love, the group’s sixth studio album, was the first to feature new music in ten years when it was released to stores worldwide on February 8, 2010. The record was well-received and successful when it was released. With 502,000 copies sold in its first week, the album peaked at number one on the US Billboard 200. The album Soldier of Love marked the group’s second number-one chart peak and their first number-one album debut. Additionally, the album had the biggest week’s sales of any group since Australian band AC/DC’s Black Ice album, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 in November 2008. As a result, the group was known as the act that went the furthest between consecutive number-one albums.

Soldier of Love by the band and Promise (1985) were recorded 24 years, 10 months, and 2 weeks apart.

“Soldier of Love,” the first single and title tune, debuted on US radio on December 8, 2009, and was made available digitally on January 11, 2010. Urban adult contemporary radio in the US began playing the follow-up singles “Babyfather” and “The Moon and the Sky” on April 13 and August 24, 2010, respectively. The song “Babyfather” was nominated for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards in 2011, but the title track took home the Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals award.

After relocating to the countryside of Gloucestershire in 2005, Sade purchased a dilapidated cottage that she planned to restore. Sade seldom gives

conversations.

Sade has been a prominent presence in popular culture for more than 20 years, and she is regarded as a musical influence by many. One of the most successful female artists in British history, she has received recognition for her work. In recognition of her contributions to music, she was also named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2002, and in 2017 she was promoted to the rank of Commander of the same order.Following the tour, the group’s debut live album, Lovers Live, was made available by Epic Records on February 5, 2002. The band’s first album to fall outside of the top twenty in the UK was Lovers Live, which peaked at number ten on the US Billboard 200 and number 51 on the UK Albums Chart. The DVD was awarded platinum on January 30, 2003, for shipping 100,000 units, while the LP was certified gold by the RIAA on March 7, 2002, for reaching US sales of 562,000 copies.

Sade had a ten-year hiatus after Lovers Rock was released, during which she relocated to the Caribbean and raised her son. She made a rare public appearance during this period in 2002 to accept an Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her services to music at a Buckingham Palace award ceremony. She had an appearance on the Red Hot Organization record Red Hot + Riot in 2002, which was a compilation CD honoring the music of fellow Nigerian artist Fela Kuti. Her hit song “By Your Side” was remixed for the album, and she was listed as a co-producer.

In 2002, Sade received the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her contributions to music. She described receiving the accolade as “a great gesture to me and all black women in England”. In the 2017 Birthday Honours, she received a promotion to Commander of the same Order (CBE) in recognition of her contributions to music.

Sade and the band started their fifth concert tour, called the Lovers Rock Tour, to promote the album. In April 2001, the band’s website announced the tour. According to the statement, the tour will start with 30 gigs in the summer of 2001. Extended practice times necessitated a rescheduling of the original dates. Many locations added more concerts as a result of the shows’ strong sales. Due to high demand for tickets, the tour was extended by eight weeks in August 2001. It was the band’s first concert since 1994 and was regarded by many commentators as a comeback tour. It happened in 2001. Contrary to popular belief, the voyage did not spread to other nations. It became the 13th largest tour in North America with more than 40 shows.

making more than 26 million.

After an eight-year break, the band returned with Lovers Rock, their fifth studio album, which was well-received by critics on November 13, 2000. The album peaked at number three on the US Billboard 200 and at number 18 on the UK Albums Chart. It has now sold 3.9 million copies in the US by February 2010 and has been certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The lead track “By Your Side” was nominated for a 2002 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and Sade won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album on February 27, 2002. Despite losing out to “I’m Like a Bird” by Nelly Furtado, the single has been ranked as

the 48th-best love song ever recorded by VH1.

When Sade was a teenager, she lived in a squat in Tottenham, North London, with writer Robert Elms. She wed Carlos Pliego, a film director, in 1989. Their union came to an end in 1995. In the late 1990s, Sade briefly relocated to the Caribbean to live with Bob Morgan, a Jamaican music producer, but the two eventually broke up. On July 21, 1996, Sade gave birth to Mickailia “Ila” Adu, a daughter, when she was dating Morgan. Since 2007, Sade has been in a relationship with a former Royal Marine, with whom she shares a stepson. Mickailia, now known as Izaak, came out as transgender on National Coming Out Day in 2016. In an online letter from September 2019, Izaak expressed gratitude for his

for her assistance during his transition, mother.

The band’s fourth studio album, Love Deluxe, was released on October 26, 1992. The album has sold 3.4 million copies in the US and peaked at number three on the US Billboard 200. The RIAA later certified the record four times platinum for four million copies shipped. In other countries, the album enjoyed economic success as well; it peaked at number one in France and made it into the top ten in the UK, New Zealand, Sweden, and Switzerland. The United Kingdom went on to certify the album as gold. The Best of Sade, the group’s debut compilation CD, was released in November 1994. The album followed up its previous top 10 success in the US and the UK.

verified as four times platinum and platinum, respectively. The compilation album featured tracks from Sade’s earlier albums in addition to a Percy Mayfield cover of “Please Send Me Someone to Love” (1950).

Sade debuted as an actress in the 1986 movie Absolute Beginners, which was based on the same-titled book by Colin MacInnes about life in late 1950s London. Sade contributed vocals to the movie’s soundtrack while portraying Athene Duncannon. The movie made £1.8 million in the UK after being played outside of competition at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. Stronger Than Pride, Sade’s third album, was released on May 3, 1988. Similar to her previous album, it achieved commercial success and was certified three times platinum in the

USA. Four singles from the album helped make it popular, the most notable being “Paradise,” the album’s second single, which became the band’s first number one on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and peaked at number sixteen on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Numerous vocalists and hip hop artists have acknowledged and been influenced by Sade’s work. Rapper Rakim of Eric B. & Rakim claimed that Sade’s voice and style had an impact on him as a child because he grew up listening to her music. Moreover, Rakim cited Sade’s song “Smooth Operator” in his 1987 rap song “Paid in Full”. Talib Kweli claimed that Sade taught him about accuracy during her whole Madison Square Garden performance of Love Deluxe. Citing Missy Elliott, a rapperOne of their favorite musicians is Sade. Malice and Pusha, the former Clipse rap duo, are among the other rappers who have acknowledged Sade. Rapper Kanye West commented on the recently released album Soldier of Love by writing, “This is why i still have a blog. To share in times such as these… fresh Sade… “How much superior is this compared to everything else?” In an interview, rapper Rick Ross said, “People might be aware of my obsession with Sade. Sade has never produced a terrible song. I adore every aspect of it.”Following Sade’s 1986 film debut in Absolute Beginners, the band went eight years without releasing an album until 1999 when they got back together and released Lovers Rock in 2000. The trio won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album for this album, which featured pop compositions and mellower tones than their prior work with jazz influences. The album was well received by critics. After that, the group would take another break, not releasing any new music for ten years until Soldier of Love was released. Despite the mixed reviews, the album was another commercial hit and brought the group the Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. After the record was out, the group went into a third phase.After Sade’s 1986 cinematic debut in Absolute Beginners, the band didn’t release an album for eight years until 1999, when they reunited and released Lovers Rock in 2000. For this album, which contained pop compositions and mellower tones than their previous work with jazz overtones, the trio won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album. The reviewers gave the album positive reviews. Following that, the band would take a further hiatus, releasing no new music for ten years until the release of Soldier of Love. The album was another commercial hit despite the negative reviews, and it won the group the Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. Following the release of the record, the group entered a third

After signing a record deal, the group started work on their debut album, Diamond Life, which was fully recorded at The Power Plant in London over the course of six weeks. Released on July 16, 1984, Diamond Life peaked at number two on the UK Album Chart, sold more than 1.2 million copies, and took home the 1985 Brit Award for Best British Album. The album was also well-received abroad, peaking at number one in a number of nations and ranking in the top ten in the US, where it has sold over four million copies. Diamond Life became the best-selling first record for a British female vocalist and one of the best-selling debut recordings of the 1980s with over six million copies sold internationally.

Released on February 25, 1984, “Your Love Is King” became the album’s debut single and quickly became popular throughout Europe, peaking at number six on the UK Singles Chart and number seven in Ireland. In the US, where it peaked at number 54 on the US Billboard Hot 100, the song had less success. On September 15, 1984, the third single from the album Diamond Life—”Smooth Operator”—was made available. It quickly rose to the top of the US charts. The song reached its highest position at number one on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and at number five on the US Billboard Hot 100 and US Billboard Hot Black Singles. The song did well in Europe, peaking at number 19 in

the UK, as well as ranking in the top 20 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and France.

Following a three-year fashion design program and a brief stint as a model, Sade started providing backup vocals for the British band Pride. She began writing songs with Stuart Matthewman, the guitarist and saxophonist for Pride, during this period. With the support of Pride’s rhythm section, they started performing original sets during Pride performances. Record labels became interested in her solo renditions of the song “Smooth Operator,” so Sade, Matthewman, bassist Paul Denman, drummer Paul Cook, and keyboardist Andrew Hale left Pride in 1983 to form the band Sade. When she made her stage debut at London’s Heaven nightclub, a thousand people had already been turned away due to her popularity.

at the entrance. Sade opened their first US event at New York City’s Danceteria nightclub in May 1983. While the rest of the band signed in 1984, Sade Adu signed with Epic Records on October 18, 1983.

Sade, who was raised in Essex, England, but was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, first had small success as a fashion designer and part-time model before joining the band Pride in the early 1980s. She started the band Sade after becoming well-known for her performances, and in 1983 she signed a record deal with Epic Records. A year later, the band released Diamond Life, the best-selling album of the time and the best-selling debut by a British female vocalist ever. It also made gainsIt is featured in the reference book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die and has received extensive critical acclaim. Sade performed at the Live Aid charity event at Wembley Stadium in July 1985. Promise, which they released towards the end of 1985, was also a huge financial and critical hit. It debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and became the band’s first album to debut at number one on the Billboard 200. Later, it was certified quadruple platinum in the United States and platinum in Europe. The ensemble was also honored with the 1986 Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Stronger Than Pride in 1988 and Love Deluxe in 1992 were the band’s next two critically and commercially successful recordings; nevertheless, the band would take a break after Sade’s birth.

child, while the singer’s unfounded allegations of addiction and mental health problems received extensive public attention at the time.

Known professionally as Sade Adu or just Sade (/ʃ ɑː ˈ d eɪ / shah-DAY), Helen Folasade Adu CBE (Yoruba: Fọláṣadé Adú [fɔ̄láʃādé ādú]; born January 16, 1959) is a British singer, composer, and actress.Although she was born in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria on January 16, 1959, Helen Folasade Adu is originally from Ekiti State. “Honour confers a crown” is the meaning of her middle name, Folasade. Her parents are English district nurse Anne Hayes and Yoruba-American economics lecturer Adebisi Adu, who met in London, got married in 1955, and relocated to Nigeria. Sade’s parents divorced when she was four years old. After that, Sade and her older brother Banji were brought back to live with their grandparents in the Colchester, Essex, area by Anne Hayes. Sade went to live with her mother in Holland-on-Sea, Essex, when she was eleven years old. At the age of 18, having graduated from Clacton County High School and Colchester Institute, she moved.

traveled to London to attend Saint Martin’s School of Art to study fashion design.
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