(1.) Sade (pronounced "shah-day") is a Grammy-winning British band named after its lead singer Sade Adu. The band's music features elements of smooth jazz, soul, sophisti-pop, and R&B. Sade was formed in 1982, when members of Latin soul band Pride — Sade Adu, (real name Helen Folasade Adu - born 16 January 1959 in Ibadan, Nigeria) Stuart Matthewman and Paul Spencer Denman — together with Paul Cook formed a splinter group and began to write their own material.