When she was four, Sade, also known as Helen Folasade Adu, was born in Nigeria and later immigrated to the UK. She later rose to fame and became a global household name.
Soul icon Sade Adu has traded her worldwide celebrity for a quiet life in the West Country, from the heights of “Smooth Operator” to a peaceful existence in Somerset.
She moved to Colchester when she was just four years old to live with her grandparents and was born Helen Folasade Adu in Nigeria. She was later given the name Sade Adu. Her parents lived in Essex at the time. However, her trajectory dramatically changed when she and her band achieved fame with the release of “Your Love is King,” their debut smooth soul song, which peaked at No. 6 in the 1984 charts. Four decades later, their debut album, Diamond Life, sold out in excess of 10 million copies, making it a timeless record.
In addition to receiving four Grammys for her work, Sade also received critical acclaim after their sophomore album was dropped, including Best New Artist. The vocalist made her acting debut with Absolute Beginners, a film set in 1950s London, while still working in this field.
Throughout the following two decades, Sade attained global recognition, with tracks such as “Smooth Operator”, “The Sweetest Taboo” and “No Ordinary Love” playing across radio stations around the world. These songs remain beloved today, amassing over a billion streams on Spotify alone, according to the Daily Record, reports the Mirror.
The mysterious musician, who has been renowned for her sporadic album releases and extended periods of silence from the spotlight, appears to have settled into a peaceful life by purchasing a farm in the West Country to live on while living alongside her partner Ian Watts and her mother, who are affectionately known as “Granny Annie.”
Source: Mirror
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