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Celebrating Sade

Sade performing onstage in Nice, southeastern France, on April 29, 2011.
Sade performing onstage in Nice, southeastern France, on April 29, 2011.Valery Hache/AFP via Getty Images
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by Jim McGuinn

January 15, 2022

This week on Teenage Kicks, we celebrate Sade, who has a birthday on January 16. The singer Helen Folasade Adu was born in Nigeria, raised in London, and schooled on American soul classics, first singing in British funk band Pride before forming Sade the band, whose debut album Diamond Life was a worldwide smash. Sade's impact still remains large, with shoutouts from Beyoncé to Kanye to Adele, based on her iconic songs.

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Program playlist, hour 2

Sade
Sade poses for a photo, January 27, 1984.
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