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Sade is One of four Foreign Musician on the list, The Nigerian born, Britain-bred singer , song writer , makes
the cut .Touring for almost 100 shows in 2012,earning $33 million,
She was 8th in the list behind Adele"7th" ($35 million) & Madonna's "9" ($30 million)- culled; Forbes

"Sade was born in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.[4] Her middle name, Folasade, means honor confers your crown.[5] Her parents, Adebisi Adu, a Nigerian lecturer in economics of Yoruba background, and Anne Hayes, an English district nurse, met in London, married in 1955 and moved to Nigeria.[4]Later, when the marriage ran into difficulties, Anne Hayes returned to England, taking four-year-old[6] Sade and her older brother Banji to live with her parents.[4] When Sade was 11, she moved to Holland-on-Sea, Essex to live with her mother,[7] and after completing school at 18 she moved to London and studied at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.[4]
While in college, she joined a soul band, Pride, in which she sang backing vocals.[4] 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.[4] Sade and her band produced the first of a string of hit albums. Their debut album Diamond Life appeared in 1984. She is the most successful solo female artist in British history, having sold over 110 million albums worldwide.[4]
In 2002, she appeared on the Red Hot Organization's Red Hot and Riot, a compilation CD in tribute to the music of fellow Nigerian musician, Fela Kuti. She recorded a remix of her hit single, "By Your Side", for the album and was billed as a co-producer."

http://www.veryxclusive.com/2013/05/xclusive-nigerian-born-british-whos.html

Good

Her middle
name, Folasade, means honor
confers your crown.

honour is owo in yoruba. It should be affluence or wealth!


I had known that this lady should be from ibadan from the way she pronounced the 's' sound in
Sweetest Taboo!

The heading is wrong...

Top 10 female earners of 2012, is far different from to 10 richest female singers in the world

Nigerians are always busy looking for deir people that have made it in other countries.

Temismith: Nigerians are always busy looking for deir people that have made it in other countries.

yes ooo! While the world is busy tracking terrorists and outlaws route to nigeria.
Oh! what a reciprocating world we live in?