Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Sade–both the singer and the band that bears her name–has been ...

*For the first time in the band’s history, The Best of Sade has climbed to No. 1 on Billboard’s Jazz Albums chart, marking a significant milestone for the iconic group. The greatest hits compilation, ...

Few artists have mastered timelessness in the music industry quite like Sade Adu, known worldwide as Sade. Rising to global fame in the mid-1980s, the British-Nigerian singer became the face of her ...

"Soldier Of Love," the highly anticipated anthemic first single off Sade's forthcoming album, Soldier Of Love is already making radio history. Following it's release on December 8th, the track debuted ...

Jazz-pop singer-songwriter Sade is releasing her first new song since 2018, and it’s in honor of her trans son, Izaak, on an album dedicated to transgender awareness. “We started talking about all the ...

International jazz singer and Palm Beach County native Bianca Rosarrio and the Smooth Operators cover legendary classic music, from Sade to Anita Baker. Art After Dark, an intimate fusion of live ...

This episode of World Cafe was produced and edited by Kimberly Junod. The web story was created by Miguel Perez. Our engineer is Chris Williams. Our programming and booking coordinator is Chelsea ...

54 BELOW will present Alice Dan in Smooth Operator: A Tribute to Sade on September 19, 2025 at 9:30pm. Since their 1984 debut Diamond Life, soul and jazz icons Sade have captivated listeners with ...

*Over 30 years since it first hit shelves, “The Best of Sade” continues to find fresh chart success. The beloved greatest hits compilation has broken into the top 10 on Billboard’s Top R&B Albums ...

When Sade first came on the recording scene in the \'80s, her record company, Epic, made a point of printing “pronounced shar-day" after her name on the record ...

If you turned on your radio in the mid-1980s, chances are you were going to hear something loud and bombastic. World Cafe correspondent John Morrison says that's exactly why the smooth R&B sound of ...