Profile
Sade Adu
Singer-songwriter
Female
Born
Jan 16, 1959
Age
54
Hometown
Oyo State
Genres
Quiet storm + Smo...
Performed With
Sade (Band)
Record Label
Epic Records
Other Names
Adu, Helen Folasade
Helen Folasade Adu OBE,better known as Sade, is a British singer-songwriter, composer, and record producer. She first achieved success in the 1980s as the frontwoman and lead vocalist of the Brit and Grammy Award winning English group Sade. In 2002, she… Read More
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Carlos ScolaMarried 1989
News + Updates
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Sade Talks About Tattooing, Youthful Look, New DvdYahoo News - May 24, 2012
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Sade Steps Back Into Spotlight With 'Bring Me Home'Access Denied - Apr 30, 2012
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Slow And Steady Sade Performs First Las Vegas Show In 10 Years Las Vegas Review JournalGoogle News - Sep 02, 2011
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Sade To Sing At Vineyards Gig Newcastle HeraldGoogle News - Sep 01, 2011
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1959
Birth
Born on January 16, 1959.
TWENTIES
1983
24 Years Old
While in college, she joined a soul band, Pride, in which she sang backing vocals. Her solo performances of the song "Smooth Operator" attracted the attention of record companies and in 1983, she signed a solo deal with Epic Records taking three members of the band, Stuart Matthewman, Andrew Hale and Paul Denman, with her. Sade and her band produced the first of a string of hit albums. Their debut album Diamond Life appeared in 1984.
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THIRTIES
1989
30 Years Old
In 1989, she married Spanish film director Carlos Pliego. Their marriage ended in 1995.
1995
36 Years Old
She gave birth to a daughter, Ila Adu, in 1995 after a relationship with Jamaican music producer Bob Morgan. (She moved briefly to the Caribbean to live with him in the late Nineties, but they later separated and she returned to England.) In 2002, she was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to popular music.
FIFTIES
2010
51 Years Old
She lives in the English countryside and prior to the release of Soldier of Love in 2010, the Daily Mail described her as "famously reclusive".
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