Nigerian musician Sade Adu finally gets old

Sade Adu

Sade Adu

At one point we thought that Sade will never look old. At 40 she looked 25. Finally, it seems like age is catching up with this Ibadan, Oyo beauty at 52.

A little about Sade Adu.

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 Brit and Grammy Award winning English group Sade.

Sade gets old

Sade gets old

Sade was born in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.Her middle name, Folasade, means honor confers your crown.Her parents, Adebisi 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 Holland-on-Sea to live 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.

Sade gets old

Sade gets old

 

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. Their debut album Diamond Life was in 1984. She is the most successful solo female artist in British history, having sold over 110 million albums worldwide.

Sade gets old

Sade gets old

 

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.

Source: Wikipedia.

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  1. Lawrence Lurrenz Onuzulike August 21, 2011 at 1:05 pm - Reply

    cool

    • Onyebinama Magdaline August 22, 2011 at 10:16 am - Reply

      boss na wa for u ooo every news cool and ok no other comment y na lol

    • Lawrence Lurrenz Onuzulike August 22, 2011 at 11:37 pm - Reply

      I do write other comments. You no dey see am, lol

    • Onyebinama Magdaline August 23, 2011 at 9:19 am - Reply

      ok boss i hear u

  2. Eboney Chuks August 21, 2011 at 1:08 pm - Reply

    That is human for u , we all most get old sumday.

  3. Heywhizzie Ayodimeji August 21, 2011 at 3:06 pm - Reply

    ..nice

  4. Ann Bernard August 21, 2011 at 3:17 pm - Reply

    Growing old is mendatory.

  5. Oluwaseun Adeniyi August 21, 2011 at 5:20 pm - Reply

    she still luks cute doe at age 52.

  6. Princess Florence-Toya August 21, 2011 at 6:20 pm - Reply

    Amazingly beautiful

  7. Yemi Onafuwa Alfred August 22, 2011 at 8:35 am - Reply

    Ohhhh, seee my wonderful Saddyyyy. Na all of us go get old ooo.

    • Onyebinama Magdaline August 22, 2011 at 10:16 am - Reply

      yes ke abi u no want to old ni

    • Yemi Onafuwa Alfred August 22, 2011 at 10:44 am - Reply

      na all of us go old oooo

  8. Aniema Akpabio August 22, 2011 at 8:49 am - Reply

    It's a wonderful thing to be old, still looking elegant and sassy.

  9. Catherine-Emaeyak Idiong August 22, 2011 at 9:06 am - Reply

    not bad still, sexy.

  10. Ugwuezumba Ebere Jeanie August 22, 2011 at 9:19 am - Reply

    oops, looking beautful still.

  11. Onyebinama Magdaline August 22, 2011 at 10:15 am - Reply

    wow even in her old age she still looks very pretty my sister is a good ting to get old o and hope say u don see your grand kids sha.

    • Faith Adaugo Agomuo August 23, 2011 at 3:30 pm - Reply

      mother ask her again biko

    • Onyebinama Magdaline August 23, 2011 at 3:31 pm - Reply

      abi na faith

  12. Grace Gideon Edem August 22, 2011 at 12:04 pm - Reply

    We cannot cheat on nature.

  13. Amaka Anigbata August 22, 2011 at 12:20 pm - Reply

    1daful even at that at her 50s she still look pretty.

  14. Nelly Ejiro J August 22, 2011 at 2:29 pm - Reply

    I love this lady.

  15. George Olori August 22, 2011 at 3:17 pm - Reply

    but she still remains a darling oo, chai age na just number oo (pretty angel).

    • Onyebinama Magdaline August 22, 2011 at 3:35 pm - Reply

      oloriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

    • George Olori August 22, 2011 at 3:37 pm - Reply

      meg, infact i don dey trip for her oo…lolz

    • Faith Adaugo Agomuo August 23, 2011 at 3:30 pm - Reply

      lolzz

    • Onyebinama Magdaline August 23, 2011 at 3:43 pm - Reply

      Olori hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm my hand nor dey o

  16. Akindele Oluwafemi Adekunle August 22, 2011 at 6:22 pm - Reply

    Eyah! She is not bad thou.

  17. Obed Ihemere August 23, 2011 at 12:21 am - Reply

    YOU NEVER GROW OLD ON YOUR VOICE.

  18. Faith Adaugo Agomuo August 23, 2011 at 3:29 pm - Reply

    But she still fine small sha.

    • Onyebinama Magdaline August 23, 2011 at 3:42 pm - Reply

      na fine girl na olori

  19. Happi Chi Victor August 23, 2011 at 3:42 pm - Reply

    Wow! wat a world, d young shall grow…..

  20. Faustina Ugochi Uboh August 24, 2011 at 9:55 am - Reply

    the young shall grow old one day.

  21. Rondol C Kirkwood September 27, 2011 at 12:17 am - Reply

    I still lovvvve Sade n always will! Her music soothing, meaningful, soulful n seductive. She looks good for her age n can still blow some younger women away with her beauty! Plus I have a dghtr that shares her name as her middle name that's how much I am a fan!

  22. Claudio Silvestro February 4, 2012 at 12:22 pm - Reply

    she was one of the most beautifull women allways, and is stiil elegant and attractive. and is, was and allways will be wonderfull.ciao

  23. Zianni Coats June 6, 2012 at 2:47 am - Reply

    I cant believe what is written that is not important. What's important is "life" at any giving moment, and what another chooses to share is more than words by someone who give or shares nothing. Gossip is merely a form of no life by someone who tries to make something none important worth mentioning but its just the fact that the ones who Gossip are not worth mentioning.

  24. Zianni Coats June 6, 2012 at 2:51 am - Reply

    I'm blessed by excepting my ability to live as I choose. thank you to the Heavens above and only wish everyone could live there "Life" to its fullest.

  25. Phyllis Hawkins-Jones July 17, 2012 at 1:41 am - Reply

    Sade really does not look that old in person. I saw her last summer in Calif. It is a gift to continue to be beautiful and blessed with age! Her voice, as well, is still amazing!!!!

    • Phyllis Hawkins-Jones November 7, 2012 at 7:41 am - Reply

      HATERS!!!!!!!!!!!

  26. Rosirene Alves Do Nascimento August 15, 2012 at 1:20 am - Reply

    Ouvi e ainda ouço muito Sade.

  27. Giada Venturini August 16, 2012 at 11:24 pm - Reply

    ay love sade my chik!

  28. Mary Mali August 24, 2012 at 12:38 am - Reply

    She looks awesome to me!! Damn these stupid lies!

  29. Graziella LiCavoli September 24, 2012 at 1:43 am - Reply

    Sade is one of the most beautiful woman on this planet! She still rockin it at her age! I love her n her band as wel!

  30. Graziella LiCavoli September 24, 2012 at 1:43 am - Reply

    Sade is one of the most beautiful woman on this planet! She still rockin it at her age! I love her n her band as wel!

  31. Blue Karoly October 7, 2012 at 8:18 am - Reply

    Sade is my Dream Woman. I met her in 1989 backstage in Radio City Music Hall. I asked her if she was still single and she replied why? are you available? she was just a Smooth Operator in her reply.

  32. Philosophica October 18, 2012 at 2:07 am - Reply

    I’m sorry but tagging “Sade get old” in each of her lovely photos is not only rude, but unnecessary.
    Maybe it’s just me but 50 something is not old (and I’m 30). I think we can all agree Sade is as beautiful and talented as ever.

    I get what the writer was trying to do but it could have been delivered much more elequently.

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