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- Born
- January 16, 1959
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Sources- 1.Stated in IMDbRetrieved 2015-07-21
- 2.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 3.Stated in DiscogsRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 5.Stated in Munzinger PersonenRetrieved 2017-10-09
- January 16, 1959
- Birthplace
- Occupation
- singer
- , songwriter
- , singer-songwriter
- +3 more
- Education
- Notable work
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217 statements · 21% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Awards
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire(June 17, 2017) award rationale: For services to Music.
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- Officer of the Order of the British Empire(December 31, 2001) award rationale: For services to Popular Music.
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- Grammy Award for Best New Artist(1986) follows: Cyndi Lauper · followed by: Bruce Hornsby · statement is subject of: 28th Annual Grammy Awards
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire(June 17, 2017) award rationale: For services to Music.
- Number of children
- 1(since 1996)
- Different from
- Sade criterion used: nickname, stage name or pseudonym not unique
- Member of
- Sade subject has role: lead vocalist, front person
- Name in native language
- Sade Adu
- Residence
- Cotswolds
- Ibadan(1959–1963)
- Ekiti State
- Holland-on-Sea
- London(since 1977)
- Colchester(1970)
- Ocho Rios
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Sources- 1.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/why-sade-vowed-to-leave-and-never-return-to-jamaica.html/Retrieved 2022-07-05
- Madrid(1986–1990)
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- London(since 1990)
- Pseudonym
- Sade script: Latin script
- Nominations
- Grammy Award for Best New Artist(1986) statement is subject of: 28th Annual Grammy Awards
- Social media followers
- 509,000(April 14, 2025) youtube channel id: UC9vGD_KFNiQOHSeUoxIM3yQ
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- 510,000(March 23, 2024) youtube channel id: UC9vGD_KFNiQOHSeUoxIM3yQ
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- 513,000(March 22, 2023) youtube channel id: UC9vGD_KFNiQOHSeUoxIM3yQ
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- 510,000(July 2, 2021) youtube channel id: UC9vGD_KFNiQOHSeUoxIM3yQ
- 509,000(April 14, 2025) youtube channel id: UC9vGD_KFNiQOHSeUoxIM3yQ
- Significant event
- Montreux Jazz Festival 1986(July 13, 1986) location: Montreux Casino
- Montreux Jazz Festival 1984(July 13, 1984) location: Montreux Casino
- Birth name
- Helen Fọláṣadé Adu
On other databases
147 identifiers linking Sade Adu across the web's reference databases
- Academy Collection persons and institutions ID100191
- Album of the Year artist ID856
- All About Jazz musician ID16636
- AllMusic artist IDmn0000828565
- Amazon author IDB000APXHPK
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- Deezer artist ID202
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- Douban personage ID35850996
- DR music artist ID58725
- DUC IDsade
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- FemBio ID242
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- GreatSong artist IDSADE,7920
- GTAA ID149820
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- IdRef ID15830425X
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- Instagram usernamesade
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- IPI name number00122183805
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- Lex IDSade
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn93118480
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- Maniadb artist ID130151
- Melon artist ID28744
- Montreux Jazz Festival person ID5462
- MOOMA artist ID214
- Moov artist ID00005919
- Mora Artist ID572218
- MTV Germany artist IDkere8k/sade
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- Munzinger Pop ID02000000025
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- Musiikkituottajat artist ID (chart)sade
- Musixmatch artist IDSade
- Muziekweb performer IDM00000092340
- MyMusic artist ID (archived)1590
- Napster artist IDsade
- National Library of Brazil ID001037685
- National Library of Iceland ID000037293
- National Library of Korea IDKAC2018M5351
- National Library of Lithuania IDLNB:BkaW;=B1
- National Library of Poland MMS ID9810690154605606
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN IDXX1596164
- National Portrait Gallery (London) person IDmp09912