Black Music 🎶 Month Artist …
Sade (born Helen Folasade Adu,in 1959, Ibadan, Nigeria),known for her sophisticated blend of soul, funk, jazz and Afro-Cuban rhythms. She enjoyed wide critical acclaim and popularity in the 1980s and early ’90s.
During the early 1980s, Sade had given up on modeling, and tried out as a backup singer for a group specializing in jazz and funk called Pride. Sade began to team up with fellow Pride member and saxophone player Stuart Matthewman to write songs. Pride later broke up Sade was signed by Epic Records in 1983. Her first album, Diamond Life, met with acclaim in England, and the first hit from it was “Your Love is King.” But while a dance tune from Diamond Life, “Hang On to Your Love,” received some play in New York City discos, CBS/Portrait Records, who held Sade’s contract in the United States, did not release the album until 1985 because they feared it would not have the same popular appeal that it did in England. When Diamond Life was released in America, it shot up the charts quickly, first propelled by “Smooth Operator,” then by “Your Love is King.” Sade’s debut album also sold well in Europe, and with six million copies of Diamond Life sold worldwide, she had become an international star by the end of 1985.The biggest hit was “The Sweetest Taboo”.
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