Sade Adu (born Helen Folasade Adu CBE on January 16, 1959) is a Nigerian-born British musician best known as the main singer of her eponymous band.

After completing a three-year course in fashion design and briefly modeling thereafter, Sade was hired as the backing singer for the British band Pride.

At this point, she began writing songs with guitarist/saxophonist Stuart Matthewman of Pride, and the two of them began playing their own sets at Pride concerts with the assistance of the band’s rhythm section.

In 1983, Sade and Matthewman split from Pride to form the band Sade with pianist Andrew Hale, bassist Paul Denman, and drummer Paul Cook when record labels expressed interest in her solo performances of the song “Smooth Operator.”

Sade top music

• The Sweetest Taboo
• Please Send Me Someone to Love
• Is It a Crime
• Kiss of Life
• Pearls
• Paradise
• Never as Good as the First Time
• Your Love Is King
• Like a Tattoo
• No Ordinary Love
• Jezebel
• Love Is Stronger Than Pride
• Nothing Can Come Between Us
• Smooth Operator
• Hang on to Your Love

Sade awards

• Grammy Award for Best New Artist
  1986
• Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album
  2002 · Lovers Rock
• Brit Award for MasterCard British Album of the Year
  1985 · Diamond Life
• Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
  2011, 1994 · Soldier of Love, No Ordinary Love
• Porin Award for Best International Song
  2011 · Soldier of Love
• American Music Award for Favorite Artist Adult Contemporary
  2002
• Porin Award for Best International Album Outside of Classical and Jazz Music
  2011 · Soldier of Love