Sade

Sade

Helen Folasade Adu (Yoruba: Fọláṣadé Adú [fɔ̄láʃādé ādú]; born 16 January 1959), known professionally as Sade Adu or simply Sade ( shah-DAY), is a Nigerian-born British singer, songwriter, and actress, known as the lead singer of her eponymous band. One of the most successful British female artists in history, she is often recognised as an influence on contemporary music. Her influence on music was recognised in the UK with an award of the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2002, and was made Commander in the 2017 Birthday Honours.Sade was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, and brought up partly in Essex, England, from the age of four. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sade has received more than 365,559 page views. Her biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Sade is the 309th most popular singer (down from 234th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Nigeria and the most popular Nigerian Singer.