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Sade Adu | First Nigerian To Win a Grammy Award
ByKunle MarkAugust 18, 2019
Sade Adu (Born ‘Helen Folasade Adu’) is the first Nigerian ever to win a Grammy award. She is also the most successful Solo Artiste in British history to have over 50million sales with 110 music albums. She was born in Ibadan, Oyo State.
Sade Adu
Born in Ibadan, Nigeria, and brought up in Essex, England, Sade gained modest recognition as a fashion designer and part-time model, prior to joining the band Pride in the early 1980s. After gaining attention as a performer, she formed the band Sade,and secured a recording contract with Epic Records in 1983.
The band then released the album Diamond Life a year later, which became one of the best selling albums of the era, and the best-selling debut ever by a British female vocalist.
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