After a long break, she returned at the end of 2000, unchanged, like the goddess of the Dark Continent, as if time had no power over either her talent or her magically irregular beauty. Years passed, styles changed, but her songs did not go out of fashion. The concept of fashion does not apply to Sade at all, as if she exists in a parallel stream of time. Over the course of her 16-year career, Sade recorded only five albums, each of which easily achieved multi-platinum status.
Her real name is Helen Folasade Adu, she was born in Nigeria in the family of a local teacher and a visiting English nurse. When she was 4 years old, her parents divorced, and her mother left with her daughter for England. After graduating from high school, Sade studied fashion at St. Martins. It is symptomatic that her first independent collection of men's clothing was shown in New York during a performance by the Spandau Ballet group, stars of the British "new wave". The young designer still had to say his word in this “wave” and prove to be much more durable than its heroes of that time.
When the singer made her debut, the British “new wave” with its dyed bangs, synthesizers and high-strung romanticism was on its way out. Sade brought a breath of jazz into it, and then it was perceived as a breath of fresh air. Sade's gorgeous voice was reminiscent of her idols - Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, black soul of the 60s and 70s, although the singer herself never liked these comparisons, considering her music more primitive and calling it pure pop. Yes, this is pop, but aristocratic in spirit, which is very rare in the essentially plebeian world of plastic “stars”. This is music of languid bliss and deep sensuality, hot, like an evening in Morocco, and at the same time restrained, like the character of an English gentleman.
In fact, we know almost nothing about the man named Sade. After the second record, she disappeared from the public eye and the media, only to appear occasionally with new albums. In 1986 she went to Madrid and once said that “she prefers communicating with people to communicating with journalists.” And fans had to catch snippets of rumors: after “Stronger Than Pride” the singer returned to London, bought a house and equipped a studio in it; divorced her husband, Spanish director Carlos Scola, gave birth to a child with Jamaican reggae producer Bob Morgan, was arrested in Jamaica for speeding...
In 2005, Sade recorded the song Mum for the Voices For Darfur DVD, a benefit concert held on December 8, 2004 at the Royal Albert Hall in London to help raise awareness and funds to address the crisis in Darfur, Sudan.
The band's sixth studio album, Soldier of Love, was released on February 8, 2010, and was the last album in ten years to feature new songs.
These are just elements of the unknown puzzle of Helen Adu's life. Maybe this is the secret of her enduring success - not to waste yourself on trifles, to protect and infuse your gift like precious wine...
Sade, you are my no ordinary love
rafo 01.04.2006 11:03:32
Sade is a classic, something that has already gone down in the history of world music, and will always find its listener, at any time. Sade you have gained immortality in your songs. And the songs are about the eternal, about love, and unusual... very unusual, extraordinary love.
Sade
likusia 17.11.2006 01:38:48
Yes, she is simply a goddess, This is a classic. There is not a single performer who could be even a little like her. This style, this unique charm. At the same time, she is one of the most talented and strange people.
Sade is a group known all over the world. All members of this musical group are from Britain. Band members: Stuart Matthewman, Paul Spencer Denman and Andrew Hale. The question arises, why did the team get such a name? The answer is very simple - that is the name of the only girl in the group. Sade is a singer from God.
Group "Sade"
As for the stylistic direction in which the group plays, it combines soul, jazz, rhythm and blues, funk rock and soft rock. The group's first successful performance took place in 1984. The peak of popularity occurred in the 1990s and 2000s. The musicians were known not only in their native Britain, but throughout the world.
The very first album of the Sade group, released in 1985, was called Diamond life. It is known that about 50 million records from this collection alone were sold in all countries of Europe and the world. Only 17,000,000 copies were circulated in the United States of America, but this number was quite enough to literally infect many fans with the group’s creativity.
During its existence, the group has received a huge number of various prestigious awards, Grammy awards in various categories.
The famous lead singer Sade is a singer who was dubbed by many music critics as a real star of the 1980s. Previously, she was a completely ordinary, unknown girl; she was not known outside of England. At the moment, the already popular lead singer of the sensational rock band considers only the UK her homeland. It is known from reliable sources that the famous vocalist was born in a Nigerian village located near Lagos.
Difficult childhood
Sade (singer, lead singer of the group of the same name) is mulatto, as she was born from a dark-skinned father from the Yoruba tribe, who works as an economist, and a white-skinned English mother. Due to the fact that the girl was born dark-skinned, she constantly experienced humiliation and insults from others. Having moved to the UK with her mother, little Sade experienced terrible moral discomfort. At school, everyone without exception called her a black woman, but at home, on the contrary, no one talked to her because her skin was lighter than the rest.
Immediately after the girl returned to her homeland, she without any problems entered college with a degree in fashion design and fashion design. As the singer herself says, being a designer is her cherished dream, since, in her opinion, it develops a taste for beauty. Oddly enough, the singer Sade (the artist’s biography shows that she always strived for creativity) in her youth dreamed of sewing not women’s formal clothes, but men’s tuxedos and frock coats.
Fate turned out in such a way that the girl was unable to work in her acquired profession. The atelier, created together with a friend of his youth, quickly went bankrupt, and the reason for this was the decline in the professional abilities and enthusiasm of the girls.
First steps in a musical career
But, fortunately, luck was favorable to Sade, so she soon realized herself in another equally profitable industry. The lucky girl caught the eye of the manager of a vocal group called Pride. Since then, the name of the young and daring Sade began to appear more and more often on tabloids and posters, and she had a huge number of concerts behind her.
Sade remained in the shadows for quite a long time, as she was only listed as a backing vocalist. One fine day, the young nymph realized that all these performances, even in the best clubs, would not bring a stable income, because all this was temporary.
Creating your own team
After completing the stage of lessons in vocal skills and artistry, the girl decides to make her long-cherished dream come true and form her own team, which soon creates the first single called Love Is a Queen. By the way, before getting serious about creating a group and recording albums, the girl herself wrote the lyrics for some songs, which were soon recognized as immortal hits.
The singer wrote most of the recognized hits of the Sade group not alone, but in the company of an outstanding saxophonist named Stuart Matthewman. Distinctive features This collection is characterized by the very clean and natural sound of each vocal part, as well as the excellent voices of Martin Gay and Curtis Mayfield. In the new creation of the group it is no longer possible to find those deafening rhythms and annoying avant-garde that were considered fashionable at that time. On the contrary, Sade is no longer a fan of noisy music, but begins to promote her own direction, which turns out to be simpler and more pleasant for listeners to perceive. Soon fans thank Sade, giving her the unspoken title of the new Billie Holiday.
According to many music critics, some of the most melodic modern compositions are performed by the singer Sade. The songs are filled with special tenderness, mystery, some calmness and charm, which was sorely lacking in the performers of that time. Outwardly, the group’s completely calm tunes are suitable for those who want to throw out all their hidden temperament with the help of music. An interesting fact is that at numerous concerts of the newfangled group, there are mainly those people who have already crossed the forty-year mark.
Sade does not have star fever
Despite the fact that this group has been considered one of the most famous in foreign charts for a very long time, Sade herself is completely devoid of any snobbery and arrogance. On the contrary, the girl willingly communicates with the audience and sings about what worries ordinary people. The singer appears very rarely at social events, and lives in a modest apartment, which is located in a very ordinary area on the outskirts of London. It is also a credit to the singer that she abandoned her own PR when they wanted to remake her famous composition about love in a more modern way. Sade considered this a real blasphemy. The fact is that that song glorifies love, and making it a hit with a disco rhythm would be truly tactless.
Detractors say that despite the fact that the vocalists of the musical group work without rest, the group will soon collapse.
Personal life
The singer's personal life is full of unpleasant events. Her first marriage to Carlos Scolu (Spanish film director) did not last long. But their wedding was gorgeous. The couple married in Madrid on October 11, 1989. The ancient castle of Vinuelas was chosen for the celebration.
The mid-90s are replete with no less significant events. The singer moved to Jamaica. There, Sade had a fateful meeting with Bobby Morgan.
Sade's only daughter
In 1996, Sade and Morgan had a daughter, Ila. Very soon the artist was in for an unpleasant surprise. Singer Sade and her daughter, who was only one year old, were in a car accident. The police insisted that it was Sade who created emergency situation. After failing to appear in court, the singer was issued an arrest warrant, but she justified herself by being near her hospitalized daughter by providing a medical report.
Today, the daughter of singer Sade has finally decided to become a man. For a long time the girl had affairs, but not with young people, but with women. Most recently, Ila began active hormonal therapy for gender reassignment.
Woman of mystery
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1959
↓Woman of mystery
Helen Folasade Adu is a woman of unearthly beauty, but in addition she is a talented author of music and lyrics, a skilled arranger and an experienced producer. She never tried to be a role model. She built her life, trying to act as her feelings suggested, honestly and sincerely. Always true to herself and never compromising her principles and her music, Sade is one of the brightest musical phenomena of our generation.
When Sade first appeared on the music scene in the mid-'80s, seemingly out of nowhere, attractive and exotic, playing soul music with hints of jazz, she was the epitome of restraint. Time passed, and she turned into the personification of femininity. But her music, extremely sensual and frank, always found a response in the hearts of listeners.
Ironically, Sade is both a goddess and a rebel. She refuted the popular belief that if nature has endowed someone with a pleasant appearance, then he mental capacity leave much to be desired. She did not fit into the established pattern of affairs, where female performers merely served as eye candy for the men who ran the recording industry. She destroyed many stereotypes of the music business, taking away the ability of officials to control the creative process and entrusting it directly to the musicians. Sade and her band quickly became a completely autonomous team with unwavering leadership in every aspect of the recording process.
Sade has always strived to protect her privacy. She rarely gave interviews and believed that for those who wanted to listen, there was enough information about her and her life in her songs. This character trait of Sade greatly irritated the British media and the rumor machine often came into action.
Carier start
Sade was born in Ibadan, Nigeria on January 16th 1959 of the year. Her parents, Bisi Adu and Anne Hayes, met in London while her father was studying at the London School of Economics. The couple moved to West Africa when Bisi was offered a position as a university professor. Later, when the marriage was going through difficulties, Anne returned to England to live with her parents, taking four-year-old Sade and her older brother Banji.
In the early seventies, while living in Colchester, Essex, England, Sade learned to ride and owned a horse, which she kept while constantly working on Saturdays. She read widely, was interested in fashion, and mastered the art of dance and soul music at discos at nearby American air bases and at local clubs in Ilford and Canvey Island. Sade listened to soul singers such as Curtis Mayfield, Donny Hathaway and Marvin Gaye, performers who inimitably conveyed the full range of feelings of heartache and hope and had the amazing skill of creating from these experiences something durable and extraordinary. However, she never thought about singing herself.
IN 1977 Sade came to London to study a three-year course in fashion design at St. Martin's College of Art. After graduating, she and her friend Gioia Mellor, who still designs stage costumes for Sade, opened a small tailoring studio for men's clothing in London's Chalk Farm. But the new business hardly developed. And she started working as a fashion model.
IN 1980 In the same year, Sade met Lee Barrett, manager of the Latin-soul group Ariva, who later became her manager. He famously asked Sade if she could sing and she found that she could. She joined the group Ariva despite her unsuccessful audition and began writing her own songs. She found greater pleasure in the process of songwriting, and during numerous moves, when she had to live without a certain future in the cabin of a tourist bus, it gave her strength.
IN 1981 1998, Sade moved into the top floor of an unused fire station in north London with a large record collection. Many of the compositions of the future debut album were written here.
The appearance of the group
IN 1982 year, as a member of the Latin-soul group Pride, Sade met Stuart Matthewman and Paul Spencer Denman. Together with Paul Cooke, they formed a separate group called Sade and began writing their own material. Andrew Hale later joined them, and Paul Cook left the group.
October 18 1983 Sade signed a contract with Epic Records. All subsequent albums of the group Sade - Diamond Life ( 1984 ), Promise ( 1985 ), Stronger Than Pride ( 1988 ), Love Deluxe ( 1992 ), The Best Of Sade ( 1994 ), Lovers Rock ( 2000 ), Lovers Live ( 2002 ) - were released at this recording studio.
IN 1985 In the same year, Sade starred in the film Absolute Beginners, directed by Julian Temple. She played singer Athene Duncannon, performing Killer Blow, which she co-wrote with Simon Booth of the soul-jazz group Working Week.
IN 1986 Sade moved to Madrid, Spain.
October 11 1989 At the ancient Vinuelas Castle in Madrid, Spain, Sade married Carlos Scola, a Spanish film director. But this marriage turned out to be unhappy and they soon began to live separately.
IN 1990 bought Sade big house Victorian style in North London. For a year and a half, she and her brother repaired and put it in order. She took an active part in the renovation process. Thanks to her imagination, the house turned into a stylish residence with a studio.
In the middle 1990 's Sade moved to Ocho Rios, Jamaica, where she lived with Bob Morgan, a Jamaican producer. 21 July 1996 year she gave birth to a daughter, Ila.
IN 1997 In Montego Bay, Jamaica, Sade was charged with driving in an accident and disobeying a police officer. She was detained and taken to the police station. She was then released on bail. A Jamaican court later issued an arrest warrant for Sade when she failed to appear in court to answer the charges. But she said she was unable to appear in court because her daughter was hospitalized. The medical report on the hospitalization of her daughter allowed the arrest warrant to be suspended.
IN 2005 Sade recorded the song Mum especially for the DVD Voices For Darfur with a recording of a charity concert held on December 8 2004 year at the Royal Albert Hall in London to help raise awareness and funds to address the crisis in Darfur, Sudan.
The present
Today Sade lives in his home in London. She protects her personal life more than anything else and prefers the company of old friends to a social lifestyle. She loves to drive fast in her old Mercedes and is constantly trying to quit smoking. And she still often goes to bed very late - a habit that has proven to be very tiring given the fact that she has a beautiful little daughter to care for.
Sade rarely records new albums and it can seem that each album is in some way her return after retirement. Of course, the significant time gaps between Sade's last albums might give rise to such a misconception. But the real reason is that Sade's albums are not products that appear with the precision of trains, they are... individual elements a single work that requires both a plan and a basis. From album to album, the songs she wrote were refined, developed and moved further from jazz soul, and her professional skills became more and more perfect. The principle of her manner of dressing is to achieve with minimal means maximum effect- also applies to her music. “If you have nothing nice to say, don’t say it!”
Modern media - television, Internet video - have provided artists with the ideal means to promote their music around the globe. But Sade and her band are first and foremost a live band. “When we perform, I understand that people like this music. I can feel it." Throughout its history, Sade have always attracted a diverse, multicultural audience, captivated by the band's open-minded approach to music. “And this is the best we have achieved.”
For millions of fans around the world and for the numerous singers and musicians who express their gratitude to Sade, Sade Adu remains a constant source of inspiration.
New album 2010 - Soldier of Love
February 8 2010 year, after ten years of silence, Sade released her new album entitled Soldier of Love. Of course, the delight and joy of her fans knew no bounds. Although this album no longer contains such cult tunes as Smooth Operator or No Ordinary Love, it pleased with such amazing songs as Soldier of Love, The Moon And The Sky, Morning Bird, as well as other minor compositions.
The album's release was originally scheduled for 2009 , but in the end the disc was released only in February of the following year.
After the release of the album, a real turmoil began in the press and among the singer’s fans: Soldier of Love sold 501,000 copies in the United States in the first week, reaching the top of the American hit parade.
However, Sade herself admits that it is difficult for her to cope with her own popularity: “I am not comfortable with fame, so I try to avoid places that will attract a lot of attention to me.”
The first single, Soldier of Love, has already made history by debuting at No. 11 on the Urban Hot AC chart, the highest debut position in over a decade and the third-highest position in the chart's history. The single also debuted at No. 5 on the Smooth Jazz airplay chart, a compilation of airplay numbers on jazz radio stations, rising to No. 1 and becoming the very first song with vocals to reach the top spot on the Smooth Jazz Top 20 Countdown chart.
December 14 2009 An official presentation and listening party for the new album for the press and invited guests took place at Lincoln Center in New York.
It is noteworthy that Sade’s album takes only fourth place in the native British chart. However, music critics and producers assure that the return of the singer and her group can rightfully be called one of the most impressive successes of this year.
Helen Folasade Adu is a woman of unearthly beauty, but in addition she is a talented author of music and lyrics, a skilled arranger and an experienced producer. She never tried to be a role model. She built her life, trying to act as her feelings suggested, honestly and sincerely. Always true to herself and never compromising her principles and her music, Sade is one of the brightest musical phenomena of our generation.
When Sade first appeared on the music scene in the mid-'80s, seemingly out of nowhere, attractive and exotic, playing soul music with hints of jazz, she was the epitome of restraint. Time passed, and she turned into the personification of femininity. But her music, extremely sensual and frank, always found a response in the hearts of listeners.
Ironically, Sade is both a goddess and a rebel. She refuted the popular belief that if nature has endowed someone with a pleasant appearance, then his mental abilities leave much to be desired. She did not fit into the established pattern of affairs, where female performers merely served as eye candy for the men who ran the recording industry. She destroyed many stereotypes of the music business, taking away the ability of officials to control the creative process and entrusting it directly to the musicians. Sade and her band quickly became a completely autonomous team with unwavering leadership in every aspect of the recording process.
Sade has always strived to protect her privacy. She rarely gave interviews and believed that for those who wanted to listen, there was enough information about her and her life in her songs. This character trait of Sade greatly irritated the British media and the rumor machine often came into action.
Carier start
Sade was born in Ibadan, Nigeria on January 16, 1959. Her parents, Bisi Adu and Anne Hayes, met in London while her father was studying at the London School of Economics. The couple moved to West Africa when Bisi was offered a position as a university professor. Later, when the marriage was going through difficulties, Anne returned to England to live with her parents, taking four-year-old Sade and her older brother Banji.
In the early seventies, while living in Colchester, Essex, England, Sade learned to ride and owned a horse, which she kept while constantly working on Saturdays. She read widely, was interested in fashion, and mastered the art of dance and soul music at discos at nearby American air bases and at local clubs in Ilford and Canvey Island. Sade listened to soul singers such as Curtis Mayfield, Donny Hathaway and Marvin Gaye, performers who inimitably conveyed the full range of feelings of heartache and hope and had the amazing skill of creating from these experiences something durable and extraordinary. However, she never thought about singing herself.
In 1977, Sade came to London to study a three-year course in fashion design at St Martin's College of Art. After graduating, she and her friend Gioia Mellor, who still designs stage costumes for Sade, opened a small tailoring studio for men's clothing in London's Chalk Farm. But the new business hardly developed. And she started working as a fashion model.
In 1980, Sade met Lee Barrett, manager of the Latin soul group Ariva, who later became her manager. He famously asked Sade if she could sing and she found that she could. She joined the group Ariva despite her unsuccessful audition and began writing her own songs. She found greater pleasure in the process of songwriting, and during numerous moves, when she had to live without a certain future in the cabin of a tourist bus, it gave her strength.
In 1981, Sade moved into the top floor of a disused fire station in north London with a large record collection. Many of the compositions of the future debut album were written here.
The appearance of the group
In 1982, as a member of the Latin soul group Pride, Sade met Stuart Matthewman and Paul Spencer Denman. Together with Paul Cooke, they formed a separate group called Sade and began writing their own material. Andrew Hale later joined them, and Paul Cook left the group.
On October 18, 1983, Sade signed a contract with Epic Records. All subsequent albums by Sade Diamond Life (1984), Promise (1985), Stronger Than Pride (1988), Love Deluxe (1992), The Best Of Sade (1994), Lovers Rock (2000), Lovers Live (2002) were released at this recording studio.
In 1985, Sade starred in the film Absolute Beginners, directed by Julian Temple. She played singer Athene Duncannon, performing Killer Blow, which she co-wrote with Simon Booth of the soul-jazz group Working Week.
In 1986, Sade moved to Madrid, Spain.
On October 11, 1989, at the ancient Vinuelas Castle in Madrid, Spain, Sade married Carlos Scola, a Spanish film director. But this marriage turned out to be unhappy and they soon began to live separately.
In 1990, Sade bought a large Victorian house in north London. For a year and a half, she and her brother repaired and put it in order. She took an active part in the renovation process. Thanks to her imagination, the house turned into a stylish residence with a studio.
In the mid-1990s, Sade moved to Ocho Rios, Jamaica, where she lived with Bob Morgan, a Jamaican producer. On July 21, 1996, she gave birth to a daughter, Ila.
In 1997, in Montego Bay, Jamaica, Sade was charged with driving a vehicle causing an accident and disobeying a police officer. She was detained and taken to the police station. She was then released on bail. A Jamaican court later issued an arrest warrant for Sade when she failed to appear in court to answer the charges. But she said she was unable to appear in court because her daughter was hospitalized. The medical report on the hospitalization of her daughter allowed the arrest warrant to be suspended.
In 2005, Sade recorded the song "Mum" specifically for the Voices For Darfur DVD for a benefit concert held on December 8, 2004 at the Royal Albert Hall in London to help raise awareness and funds to address the crisis in Darfur, Sudan.
The present
Today Sade lives in his home in London. She protects her personal life more than anything else and prefers the company of old friends to a social lifestyle. She loves to drive fast in her old Mercedes and is constantly trying to quit smoking. And she still often goes to bed very late, a habit that has proven to be very tiring when she has a beautiful little daughter to care for.
Sade rarely records new albums and it can seem that each album is in some way her return after retirement. Of course, the significant time gaps between Sade's last albums might give rise to such a misconception. But the real reason is that Sade's albums are not products that appear like trains, they are individual elements of a single work that need both an idea and a basis. From album to album, the songs she wrote were refined, developed and moved further from jazz soul, and her professional skills became more and more perfect. The principle of her dressing style - using minimal means to achieve maximum effect - also applies to her music. “If you have nothing nice to say, don’t say it!”
Modern media television, internet video have provided artists with the ideal means to promote their music across the globe. But Sade and her band are first and foremost a live band. “When we perform, I understand that people like this music. I can feel it." Throughout its history, Sade have always attracted a diverse, multicultural audience, captivated by the band's open-minded approach to music. “And this is the best we have achieved.”
For millions of fans around the world and for the numerous singers and musicians who express their gratitude to Sade, Sade Adu remains a constant source of inspiration.
New album 2010 Soldier of Love
On February 8, 2010, after ten years of silence, Sade released her new album entitled Soldier of Love. Of course, the delight and joy of her fans knew no bounds. Although this album no longer contains such cult tunes as Smooth Operator or No Ordinary Love, it pleased with such amazing songs as Soldier of Love, The Moon And The Sky, Morning Bird, as well as other minor compositions.
The album's release was initially scheduled for early 2009, but in the end the disc was released only in February of the following year.
After the release of the album, a real turmoil began in the press and among the singer’s fans: Soldier of Love sold 501,000 copies in the United States in the first week, reaching the top of the American hit parade.
However, Sade herself admits that it is difficult for her to cope with her own popularity:
"I'm not comfortable with fame, so I try to avoid places that will bring a lot of attention to me."
The first single, Soldier of Love, has already made history by debuting at No. 11 on the Urban Hot AC chart, the highest debut position in over a decade and the third-highest position in the chart's history. The single also debuted at No. 5 on the Smooth Jazz airplay chart, a compilation of airplay numbers on jazz radio stations, rising to No. 1 and becoming the very first song with vocals to reach the top spot on the Smooth Jazz Top 20 Countdown chart.
On December 14, 2009, an official presentation and listening party for the new album took place at Lincoln Center in New York City for the press and invited guests.
It is noteworthy that Sade’s album takes only fourth place in the native British chart. However, music critics and producers assure that the return of the singer and her group can rightfully be called one of the most impressive successes of this year.
The DVD and Blu-ray contain twenty-one tracks, as well as rare glimpses of behind-the-stage scenes with a twenty-minute documentary, exclusive candid moments, a short technical documentary by Stuart Matthewman, and outtakes from the crew. The CD that accompanies the DVD release includes thirteen tracks. Bring Me Home Live 2011 debuted at number one on the US Top Music Videos chart.
In 2011, a DVD and Blu-ray entitled “Bring Me Home: Live 2011” was released, featuring a recording from Sade’s concert in Ontario, California. In addition to the concert, the disc also includes behind-the-scenes footage. The video reached number one on the US Top Music Videos chart.
Sade and her group visited Russia for the first time as part of this world tour. She gave two concerts on November 7 and 8, 2012 in Moscow (Crocus City Hall) and St. Petersburg (Ice Palace).
Sade is an English singer of Nigerian origin who has been popular for more than a quarter of a century. Heartfelt lyrics and a sensual voice brought the girl well-deserved success. Sade compares favorably with all the pop queens and princesses, becoming over the years, like expensive wine, only better.
Singer Sade. Biography
Helen Folashade Adu was born on January 16, 1959 in the family of an economics teacher and a nurse in Nigeria. After the collapse of the marriage, the girl’s mother returned to Colchester (UK) with her children.
In the early 70s, Sade was interested in literature, fashion, dance and soul singers. The girl decided to connect her choice of profession with the fashion industry and in 1977 came to apply to St. Martin's College of Art in London for a fashion design course. After receiving her diploma, Sade and her friend decided to open a men's clothing tailoring shop. In addition, the young beauty worked part-time as a fashion model.
While still a student, Sade, at the request of her friends, agreed to be a temporary vocalist in their group, but, as it turned out, the girl was afraid of the stage, so she had to leave the group. For several years, Sade battled her fear by performing backing vocals in the funk band Pride.
Robert
All the girl’s creativity is closely connected with men. Sade the singer transferred all her emotions and experiences into music and songs.
Her first great love was Robert Elms. They met in London after one of the singer's performances. The young man was amazed and fascinated.
Robert supported the aspiring star and managed to persuade the owners of a major record label to come to the Pride concert. From this moment on, Sade's star rises. The girl was immediately offered to sign a contract, but she resisted persuasion for another year and a half, not wanting to leave the team that had become family. In the end, she agreed, but on the condition that some of the musicians (keyboardist, bassist and saxophonist) would go with her. In 1984, the group Sade was born.
All this time, Sade lived with Robert in a poor neighborhood, in a house without heating, but she was happy. However, due to the girl’s demand, constant concerts and recordings, the young people grew increasingly distant from each other and eventually broke up.
Carlos
In 1985, a new man appears in Sade's life: the sultry Spaniard Carlos Scola. According to the singer, she fell in love with him as soon as she saw him. The feelings turned out to be mutual, and already in 1986 the girl moved to her lover in Madrid. And two years later he recorded his third disc - Stronger than pride.
Having lived with her lover for four years, Sade accepts the marriage proposal, although she does not consider herself created for marriage. Remembering her previous sad experience, the girl tries to spend as much time as possible with Carlos. But the relationship still began to deteriorate, which is noticeable in the album Love Deluxe, released in 1992. Singer Sade received the most positive reviews for the album. However, if his creative career was going uphill, his personal life was sliding into the abyss. In 1995, the couple divorces, and Sade decides never to marry again.
Bean
Seeking peace and solitude, Sade (the singer) leaves London and moves to Jamaica. The girl meets Bob Morgan. Their romance was bright and temperamental. In 1996, the couple had a daughter, Ayla. But the singer can only dream of a peaceful life: it seems that failures are pursuing her. First there was a traffic accident, which led to an arrest warrant. The case dragged on for several years, but the situation was resolved peacefully. Then Sade found out about Bob's betrayal...
The singer and her child return to London. In 2000, a new album, Lovers Rock, was released. Singer Sade wrote songs for him herself, putting into them the experiences that tormented her.
Ian
And then the star disappeared from view. No public appearances, no performances, no new songs. As it turned out, the soul diva moved to Gloucestershire, where in 2006 she met her new, and so far last, love - chemist Ian Watts. After meeting him, she believed that it was still possible to live happily with one person.
After a ten-year break, in 2010, Sade (singer) recorded her sixth album, Soldier of love. The songs feel that the woman has finally found the desired happiness and peace.
Despite the fact that the singer does not indulge her fans with frequent interviews and tours, she still remains the deserved queen of soul. And the next album that she records, no matter how many years later, will definitely be in the top ranks of Billboard. Because it's talent.
