Home / Music / Sade Adu is both the name and the voice of SadeMusic linernotes album music sadeSade Adu is both the name and the voice of SadeSade Adu, born Helen Folasade Adu in Nigeria, is the band’s vocalist and namesake. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesThe Sweetest Taboo became one of Sade's signature songsDiamond Life was Sade's debut albumSade recorded Promise at London's Power Plant StudiosThe Dukes of Stratosphear's 25 O'Clock outsold XTC's The Big Express — the side project beat the main actTango in the Night featured all five classic Fleetwood Mac membersExploreRichard Hawley and Colin Elliot produced A Girl Called Eddy.Jac Holzman produced Judy Collins' A Maid of Constant Sorrow.David Behrman produced Terry Riley's A Rainbow in Curved Air.Gurf Morlix did everything on A Taste of Ashes himself.George Martin produced Abbey Road.Previous Sade recorded Promise at London's Power Plant StudiosNext Rapture was Anita Baker's breakthrough, winning two Grammys in 1986