Accessibility links

Sade Sade artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music

Sade

Subscribe to Breaking News Alerts

The 100 Best Songs Of 2018 (80-61)

Illustration: Angela Hsieh/NPR

Best Music Of 2018

The 100 Best Songs Of 2018 (80-61)

December 5, 2018 • During a turbulent year rife with personal and political trauma, the most memorable songs pulled no punches in the pursuit of pop.

As Only She Can, Sade's 'The Big Unknown' Bottles A Resolute Sadness

Sade's "The Big Unknown" will appear on Widows — the movie and soundtrack come out Nov. 16. Ethan Miller/Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption

Ethan Miller/Getty Images

New Music

As Only She Can, Sade's 'The Big Unknown' Bottles A Resolute Sadness

November 12, 2018 • We are all Viola Davis, staring out of a window, crying and listening to Sade.

Sade's 'Flower Of The Universe' Is Here, And It Is Stunning

Sade performs at the MGM Grand Garden Arena September 3, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller/Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption

Ethan Miller/Getty Images

All Songs Considered

Sade's 'Flower Of The Universe' Is Here, And It Is Stunning

March 6, 2018 • The singer, on her first song in nearly seven years, is as honeyed and lush as ever. "Flower On The Universe" appears on the soundtrack to A Wrinkle in Time.

The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women

Nina Simone in the recording studio in approximately 1967. Gilles Petard/Redferns/Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption

Gilles Petard/Redferns/Getty Images

Turning The Tables

The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women

July 24, 2017 • NPR's list of the greatest albums made by women, from 1964 to the present.

Music

Wedding Day Blues: Finding the Perfect Mix CD

June 19, 2007 • Countless music fans have attempted to craft the perfect mix CD — just the thing to put a soundtrack on special occasions. But an hour of love-themed dinner music for a wedding reception isn't as easy to assemble as it may seem.

Wedding Day Blues: Finding the Perfect Mix CD

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/11157882/11160269" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Music Lists

In Your Ear: Melanie Fiona

April 15, 2010 • Canadian R&B artist Melanie Fiona tells us what musicians she's listening to. Lauren Hill and Sade are among those on her playlist.

In Your Ear: Melanie Fiona

Listen · 5:50 5:50

Download
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/126017336/126017311" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Transcript

Sade: A Skeletal 'Soldier Of Love'

Sade. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

toggle caption

Courtesy of the artist

Review

Music Reviews

Sade: A Skeletal 'Soldier Of Love'

February 12, 2010 • Aside from a handful of jarring, military marching beats, Sade's new album is sonically spartan. She's always tended to do more with less, but Soldier of Love — her first album in 10 years — feels like less, period.

Browse archive or search npr.org