Helen Folasade Adu,
OBE (Yoruba: Fọláṣadé
Adú; born 16 January
1959), better known as
Sade (/ʃɑːˈdeɪ/shah-
day), 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 received an
OBE from Prince Charles
at Buckingham Palace
for services to music,
and she dedicated her
award to "all black
women in England".[1]
In 2012, Sade was
listed at number 30 on
VH1's 100 Greatest
Women In Music.[2]
Sade has a contralto
vocal range.[3]
Biography
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 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.
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Personal life
She squatted in
Tottenham in the
1980s, with her then
boyfriend Robert Elms.
[8] In 1989, she married
Spanish film director
Carlos Pliego. Their
marriage ended in 1995.
[4] She gave birth to a
daughter, Ila Adu (who
studied at Wycliffe
College in
Gloucestershire), 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.[9])
In 2002, she was made
an Officer of the Order
of the British Empire
for services to popular
music.[10] 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".
HAPPY BIRTHDAY 2 HER 'SADE ADU' AND A VERY DEAR FRIEND OF MINE ADEJOLA ABOSEDE HELEN..LLNP

If u dont know her check her pics down,we even hav a hairstyle using her name in 9ja

She gives me the Sweetest tabooo

"I refuse the myth that I am reclusive and shy. I am not. I only spend my time with People rather than Journalists"- Sade Adu

"I Only make records when I feel I have something to Say. I'm not interested in releasing music just for the sake of selling Something. Sade is not a Brand"- Sade Adu

Happy 54th Birthday to the Diva herself

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Duke_Nija: "I refuse the myth that I am reclusive and shy. I am not. I only spend my time with People rather than Journalists"- Sade Adu

"I Only make records when I feel I have something to Say. I'm not interested in releasing music just for the sake of selling Something. Sade is not a Brand"- Sade Adu

Happy 54th Birthday to the Diva herself

"

9ce one bro,dat shows dat u knw a lot abt d 'diva'