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Born Helen Folasade Adu on 16 January 1959 in
Ibadan, Nigeria, her father, Adebisi Adu, was a
Nigerian-born economics professor. Her mother,
Anne, was a British nurse. Her parents met while
Adebisi Adu was a graduate student at the London
School of Economics. After marrying and having a
son, the couple moved to Ibadan, where Adu had
landed a teaching job. Sade--a diminutive of
Folasade--was born shortly after their arrival in
Nigeria.
By the time Sade was four, her parents had
separated, and, in 1963, she moved with her mother
and brother back to England. They lived with Sade's
grandparents while her mother finished nursing
school, after which they moved out on their own.
The family eventually settled in a working-class
town called Holland-on-Sea.
At 17, Sade left for London to study fashion and
design at St. Martin's College of Art in the city's
West End. Sade's entry into the music world was by
chance. A popular London funk group called Pride
was looking for a backup singer. She auditioned for
the spot and was initially rejected, but when nobody
better showed up over the next few weeks, Sade was
given the job.
As a backup singer, Sade quickly developed a
following of her own, and at the suggestion of
Pride's manager, she and a few other members of
the band worked up a set of songs to perform
during Pride's between- set breaks, with Sade
taking center stage. Sade and Pride saxophonist
Stuart Mathewman teamed up to write several
catchy songs for the splinter group, and, before
long, the newly-dubbed band Sade was
overshadowing Pride.
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 was in 1984. She is the most
successful solo female artist in British history,
having sold over 110 million albums worldwide
Although the gaps between Sade's new projects
seem to be widening, her voice--both as a singer
and songwriter--remains a distinctive one in the
pop music industry. Until a new star emerges who
can out-cool Sade, her periodic reappearances are
likely to be greeted with enthusiasm by her millions
of fans, loyalists of the laid-back. Here is Diamond
Life.........Enjoy!
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Ibadan, Nigeria, her father, Adebisi Adu, was a
Nigerian-born economics professor. Her mother,
Anne, was a British nurse. Her parents met while
Adebisi Adu was a graduate student at the London
School of Economics. After marrying and having a
son, the couple moved to Ibadan, where Adu had
landed a teaching job. Sade--a diminutive of
Folasade--was born shortly after their arrival in
Nigeria.
By the time Sade was four, her parents had
separated, and, in 1963, she moved with her mother
and brother back to England. They lived with Sade's
grandparents while her mother finished nursing
school, after which they moved out on their own.
The family eventually settled in a working-class
town called Holland-on-Sea.
At 17, Sade left for London to study fashion and
design at St. Martin's College of Art in the city's
West End. Sade's entry into the music world was by
chance. A popular London funk group called Pride
was looking for a backup singer. She auditioned for
the spot and was initially rejected, but when nobody
better showed up over the next few weeks, Sade was
given the job.
As a backup singer, Sade quickly developed a
following of her own, and at the suggestion of
Pride's manager, she and a few other members of
the band worked up a set of songs to perform
during Pride's between- set breaks, with Sade
taking center stage. Sade and Pride saxophonist
Stuart Mathewman teamed up to write several
catchy songs for the splinter group, and, before
long, the newly-dubbed band Sade was
overshadowing Pride.
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 was in 1984. She is the most
successful solo female artist in British history,
having sold over 110 million albums worldwide
Although the gaps between Sade's new projects
seem to be widening, her voice--both as a singer
and songwriter--remains a distinctive one in the
pop music industry. Until a new star emerges who
can out-cool Sade, her periodic reappearances are
likely to be greeted with enthusiasm by her millions
of fans, loyalists of the laid-back. Here is Diamond
Life.........Enjoy!
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