May 23, 2013

Sade Part of the Hip Hop Generation?

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*Sade is no conventional singer. In fact, she surprisingly is inspired by Hip Hop and vice versa. The performer, who has never disappointed fans and even after a decade of missing in action, still knows how to woo the crowd. Sade and her bandleader Stuart Matthewman, interviewed with Life+Times about what makes the group the [...]




Audio: Sade’s “The Moon and the Sky” Remix Feat. Jay-Z

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*The previously-reported remix of Sade’s song “The Moon and the Sky” featuring Jay-Z – her first ever collaboration with a rapper – arrived online today. “Smoke and mirrors clouding my vision, we hit a wall/Couldn’t see the moon and the sky behind the fall,” Jay raps over the English R&B group’s simmering beat. The collabo [...]




Sade Back With Another Classic Album in May and Tour in June

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*Just when you thought you wouldn’t hear from Sade for another decade, the group (Sade and them) announces a release of “The Ultimate Collection” set to drop May 3. The two-disc album will include three new songs including “Moon & Sky” featuring Jay-Z as well as a collection of songs from the singer’s best selling [...]




Sade Announces First Tour in 10 Years

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*On the success of its album “Soldier of Love,” which sold 1.3 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen Soundscan, and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, Sade has announced it will embark on its first tour in a decade. The North American leg of the trek, produced by Live Nation, kicks [...]




Video: Sade Turns Housewife in Clip for ‘Babyfather’

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*Stop the presses. Sade has her hair down and is washing dishes in the new Sophie Mueller-directed music video for her latest single, “Babyfather.” She’s also doing laundry and making Jello in the clip, her latest release from the “Soldier of Love” album. Meanwhile, a bunch of children (a.k.a. “flowers”) play just outside of her [...]




Video: Sade Sings ‘Babyfather’, ‘Sweetest Taboo’ on DWTS

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*For Sade fans who either missed, stopped watching or never watched “Dancing with the Stars,” here’s video of her performance on the show this week – singing “Babyfather” from her new album “Soldier of Love” and her classic hit “The Sweetest Taboo.”




New Usher, Badu Albums Storm Billboard

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*Usher’s new album “Raymond v Raymond” sold 329,000 copies in its first week to give the singer his third consecutive No. 1 album on the pop chart. It marks the third-best sales week of the year, following the debuts of Sade’s “Soldier of Love” (502,000) and Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now” (481,000), according to Nielsen [...]




Sade Rules Billboard for Third Week

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 *Sade’s new album “Soldier of Love” tops the Billboard 200 album chart for a third consecutive week. Her first album in almost 10 years sold 127,000 copies through the week ending Feb. 28, bringing the set’s total sales to 820,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Elsewhere on the chart, country group Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now” [...]




Smooth & Sexy Sade Covers April Ebony

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*Ebony magazine has landed the sizzling hot Sade for April, 2010 cover and feature story. The reclusive singer who’s topping the charts with her first recording project in 10 years, “Soldier of Love,” gave Ebony a peek at what goes on in her world. “I’ve had my ups and downs in the years between these [...]




Sade Tops Billboard for Second Week

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*Sade leads the Billboard 200 album chart for a second straight week, with sales of her first album in almost 10 years, “Soldier of Love,” reaching 190,000 copies during the week ended Feb. 21, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Elsewhere on the chart, The Black Eyed Peas’ “The E.N.D.” jumped five places to No. 3 with [...]




Video: Sade’s ‘Wanda Sykes’ Skit

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*Sade appeared in a skit during Saturday’s episode of “The Wanda Sykes Show” in which the singer had to deal with Wanda’s obsession with her. In the bit, Sade drives up to the studio and pulls into a parking space that Wanda reserved for her in an attempt to woo her onto the show. But [...]




Video: Sade on ’106 & Park’ and ‘The View’

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By Popular Demand… For the Sade-heads who just can’t get enough, below are her performances on BET’s “106 & Park” and ABC’s “The View” this week. Sade began working the talk show circuit Tuesday with a “Today” show performance of her current single “Soldier of Love,” the title track of her first new album in [...]




First Week Sales of ‘Soldier of Love’ Look to be Impressive

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*It should come as no surprise that Sade has a smash on her hands with the release of “Soldier of Love.” After all, it’s been 10 years since her fans had new music from her According to industry trade magazine Hits Daily Double, based off of her debut sales effort on Feb 9, it’s predicted [...]




Video: Sade on ‘Letterman’; ‘Soldier’ to debut at No. 1

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Sade performs on “Late Show with David Letterman” *Sade stopped by “Late Show with David Letterman” Tuesday to promote her new album “Soldier of Love” with a performance of its title track. [Watch clip below.] The CD, her first studio effort since 2000′s “Lover’s Rock,” will debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album [...]




Video: Sade Performs ‘Solder of Love’ on ‘Today’ Show

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*Sade promoted today’s release of her new album “Soldier of Love” by performing the title track on “The Today Show” this morning. In a quick interview with host Meredith Viera, Sade joked that she’s been busy “staying ahead of the law” in the 10 years she’s been off the scene. [In 1997, she was charged [...]