Helen Folasade Adu (born 16 January 1959) is a British singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known as the lead singer of her eponymous band, Sade. Sade was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, and brought up partly in Essex, England since age 4. She gained recognition as a fashion designer and part-time model, prior to joining the band Pride.
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Helen Folasade Adu (born 16 January 1959) is a British singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known as the lead singer of her eponymous band, Sade. Sade was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, and brought up partly in Essex, England since age 4. She gained recognition as a fashion designer and part-time model, prior to joining the band Pride in the early 1980s. After gaining attention as a performer, she formed the band Sade, and secured a recording contract with Epic Records in 1983. Her services to music were recognised in the UK with an award of the OBE in 2002, and a CBE in the 2017 Birthday Honours. She has been credited as one of the most successful British female artists in history, and is often recognised as an influence on contemporary music. The band went on hiatus after the birth of Sade’s child, while the singer experienced widespread media coverage during the period for unsubstantiated claims of mental health and addiction issues. After a spell of eight years without an album, the band reunited in 1999, and released Lovers Rock in 2000. The album departed from the jazz-inspired inflections of their previous work, featuring mellower sounds and pop compositions. Soldier of Love was released in 1985, and won the Brit Award for Best British Album in 1985. Diamond Life was released on 16 July 1984, and reached number one in several countries and the top ten in the US, where it has sold over four million copies, becoming the best-selling debut by a British female vocalist.
The song “Your Love Is King” was released as the album’s lead single on February 25, 1984. It peaked at number 54 on the US Billboard Singles Chart where it was less successful in less than a year, but was a success in other European territories, including Ireland and the UK. In July 1985, she was among the performers at the Live Aid charity concert at Wembley Stadium, and the following year she appeared in the film Absolute Beginners. In May 1983, she performed their first US show at the Danceteria nightclub in New York City. On 18 October 1983, Sadese Adu signed with Epic records, while the rest of the band signed in 1984. The band’s debut album, Diamond Life, took six weeks to record and was recorded entirely at The Power Plant in London. It reached number 1 in the British Album Chart, sold over 1.2 million copies and was also a hit internationally, reaching number two in the U.S., where it had sales of over six million copies. Sade and Matthewman split from Pride in 1983, along with keyboardist Andrew Hale, bassist Paul Denman and drummer Paul Cook, to form the band Sade. After completing her education at Clacton County High School and Colchester Institute at the age of 18, she moved to London and studied fashion design at Saint Martin’s School of Art. Her middle name, Folaade, means \”honour confers a crown\”.
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