Helen Folasade Adu, OBE, (born 16 January 1959), better known as Sade, is a British singer-songwriter, composer, and record producer. She first achieved success in the 1980s as the frontwoman and lead vocalist of the popular Brit and Grammy Award winning English group Sade
Sade was born in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Her middle name, Folasade, means honor confers your crown. Her parents, Bisi Adu, a Nigerian lecturer in economics of Yoruba background, and Anne Hayes, an English district nurse, met in London, married in 1955 and moved to Nigeria. Later, when the marriage ran into difficulties, Anne Hayes returned to England, taking four-year-old Sade and her older brother Banji to live with her parents. When Sade was 11, she moved to live at Holland-on-Sea with her mother, and after completing school at 18 she moved to London and studied at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.
While at college, she joined a soul band, Pride, in which she sang backing vocals. Her solo performances of the song Smooth Operator attracted the attention of record companies and in 1983, she signed a solo deal with Epic Records taking three members of the band, Stuart Matthewman, Andrew Hale and Paul Denman, with her. Sade and her band produced the first of a string of hit albums, the debut album Diamond Life, in 1984, and have subsequently sold over 50 million albums. She is the most successful solo female artist in British history.
In 2002, she appeared on the Red Hot Organization's Red Hot and Riot, a compilation CD in tribute to the music of fellow Nigerian musician, Fela Kuti. She recorded a remix of her hit single, "By Your Side," for the album and was billed as a co-producer.
Personal life
Education: St. Martin's College of Art, BA, 1979.
Fashion designer, London, 1979-83; backup singer for the funk band Pride, 1982; formed band Sade, 1983; signed with Epic Records, 1984; toured throughout the United States, Europe, and the Far East, 1985; appeared in the film Absolute Beginners, 1986.
In 1989 she married Spanish film director Carlos Scola. Their marriage ended in 1995. She gave birth to a daughter, Ila Adu, in 1996 after a relationship with Jamaican Bob Morgan(a record producer).
Adu currently resides in Stroud, United Kingdom, with her partner Ian, his son Jack and her daughter Ila. She keeps her personal life private.
She was made a member of the Order of the British Empire in 2002. Prior to the release of Soldier of Love in 2010, the Daily Mail described her as "famously reclusive".
Diamond Life 1984
1. Smooth Operator
2. Your Love Is King
3. Hang On to Your Love
4. Frankie's First Affair
5. When Am I Going to Make a Living
6. Cherry Pie
7. Sally
8. I Will Be Your Friend
9. Why Can't We Live Together
http://www.mediafire.com/?lygtummymi2
Promise 1985
01. Is It a Crime
02. The Sweetest Taboo
03. War of the Hearts
04. You're Not the Man
05. Jezebel
06. Mr Wrong
07. Punch Drunk
08. Never as Good as the First Time
09. Fear
10. Tar Baby
11. Maureen
http://www.mediafire.com/?mtammmxhbhg
or
http://www.mediafire.com/?3jjzjhdjt4k
Stronger Than Pride 1988
01. Love Is Stronger Than Pride
02. Paradise
03. Nothing Can Come Between Us
04. Haunt Me
05. Turn My Back on You
06. Keep Looking
07. Clean Heart
08. Give It Up
09. I Never Thought I'd See the Day
10. Siempre Hay Esperanza
http://www.mediafire.com/?gdinnmirjz3
Love Deluxe 1992
1. No Ordinary Love
2. Feel No Pain
3. I Couldn't Love You More
4. Like a Tattoo
5. Kiss of Life
6. Cherish the Day
7. Pearls
8. Bullet Proof Soul
9. Mermaid
http://www.mediafire.com/?nztmzynvmz2
The Remix Deluxe 1993
1. Feel No Pain (Nellee Hooper Remix)
2. Love Is Stronger Than Pride (Mad Professor Remix)
3. Make Some Room
4. Paradise (Ronin Remix)
5. Super Bien Total
http://www.mediafire.com/?duamqtzcjd0
Best Of Sade 1994
01. Your Love Is King
02. Hang on to Your Love
03. Smooth Operator
04. Jezebel
05. The Sweetest Taboo
06. Is It a Crime
07. Never as Good as the First Time
08. Love Is Stronger Than Pride
09. Paradise
10. Nothing Can Come Between Us
11. No Ordinary Love
12. Like a Tattoo
13. Kiss of Life
14. Please Send Me Someone to Love
15. Cherish the Day
16. Pearls
http://www.mediafire.com/?dmn5om1tgu5
Lovers Rock 2000
01. By Your Side
02. Flow
03. King of Sorrow
04. Somebody Already Broke My Heart
05. All About Our Love
06. Slave Song
07. The Sweetest Gift
08. Every Word
09. Immigrant
10. Lovers Rock
11. It's Only Love That Gets You Through
http://www.mediafire.com/?nmmi1qu2jmf
Lovers Live 2002
01. Cherish the Day
02. Somebody Already Broke My Heart
03. Smooth Operator
04. Jezebel
05. Kiss of Life
06. Slave Song
07. The Sweetest Gift
08. The Sweetest Taboo
09. Paradise
10. No Ordinary Love
11. By Your Side
12. Flow
13. Is It a Crime
http://www.mediafire.com/?nujkqjtijdg
Soldier Of Love 2010
01. The Moon and the Sky
02. Soldier of Love
03. Morning Bird
04. Babyfather
05. Long Hard Road
06. Be That Easy
07. Bring Me Home
08. In Another Time
09. Skin
10. The Safest Place
http://www.mediafire.com/?tmnzlnd3hjm
The Ultimate Collection 2011
Disc one
01. Your Love Is King
02. Smooth Operator
03. Hang on to Your Love
04. The Sweetest Taboo
05. Is It a Crime
06. Never as Good as the First Time
07. Jezebel
08. Love Is Stronger Than Pride7
09. Paradise
10. Nothing Can Come Between Us
11. No Ordinary Love
12. Kiss of Life
13. Feel No Pain
14. Bullet Proof Soul
Disc two
01. Cherish the Day
02. Pearls
03. By Your Side
04. Immigrant
05. Flow
06. King of Sorrow
07. The Sweetest Gift
08. Soldier of Love
09. The Moon and the Sky
10. Babyfather
11. Still in Love with You
12. Love is Found
13. I Would Never Have Guessed
14. The Moon and the Sky (Remix)
15. By Your Side (Neptunes remix)
http://www.4shared.com/file/cqGFebUg/Sade_-_The_Ultimate_Collection.html
or
http://www.crocko.com/1915302679/Sade_-_The_Ultimate_Collection_(2011)_[MP3]_ES_3563744.rar
