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SADE

Sade was born Helen Folasade Adu in Ibadan, Nigeria, on January 16, 1959 and is a British singer, songwriter, and actress, and also known as the lead singer of her eponymous band. Sade was brought up in Colchester, Essex, England, and initially started out as a fashion designer and part-time model, prior to joining the band Pride in the early 1980s. Sade built up a songwriting relationship with Pride’s Stuart Matthewman, and along with Pride’s rhythm section, they began supporting Pride as their own thing before departing in 1983 to launch Sade as a band with a debut show in New York. Sade released her debut album, the BRIT Award-winning Diamond Life, the following year, as well as a brace of hit songs such as Your Love Is King, Smooth Operator and When Am I Gonna Make A Living. Sade scored a UK Official Album Chart Number 1 in 1985 with Promise, and was appointed an OBE in 2002 for services to music, and a CBE in the 2017 Birthday Honours, also for services to music. Image: Rex

SADE Songs stats

UK No. 1s
0
UK Top 10s
1
UK Top 40s
8
UK Top 75s
14
Weeks in the Top 1
0
Weeks in the Top 10
3
Weeks in the Top 40
36
Weeks in the Top 75
69

SADE Albums stats

UK No. 1s
1
UK Top 10s
7
UK Top 40s
8
UK Top 75s
9
Weeks in the Top 1
2
Weeks in the Top 10
54
Weeks in the Top 40
144
Weeks in the Top 75
211

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Ayaan Khan

0

Legend, deserved more, have all the albums

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addickted2hcharlton

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I saw Sade live n all, amazin strong voice. I agree them singles should've done much better cos they was all so good. When you see wot all them tin pot artists who can't sing get with No 1s nahadays n Sade as so much talent. She deserves better on ere. Add Never As Good As... to your list n all. Shockin juss shockin.

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Ayaan Khan

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I think everyone bought the albums rather than the singles, my mom usually bought the albums of Sade so she can listen to all the tracks on the album. Her songs got good airplay on radio too

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Kasper Elbjørn

3

I can't believe Love is Stronger Than Pride didn't make the top 40 and that Nothing Can Come Between Us stalled at no. 92. I would love to see how their top 40 sales/downloads/streaming looks today