Sade discography

Sade discography
Releases
↙Studio albums 6
↙Live albums 1
↙Compilation albums 2
↙EPs 2
↙Singles 20
↙Video albums 3
↙Music videos 18

The discography of Sade, an English based R&B and soul band, consists of six studio albums, one live album, two compilation album, two EP, twenty singles, and eighteen music videos.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]		 AUS
[2]		 AUT
[3]		 CAN
[4]		 GER
[5]		 NLD
[6]		 SWE SWI NOR US US R&B
Diamond Life 2 6 1 — 1 1 19 1 19 5 3
Promise
  • Released: 9 November 1985
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
 1 9 6 — 2 1 4 1 6 1 1
  • US: 4× Platinum[7]
  • UK: 2× Platinum[8]
  • CAN: 2× Platinum[9]
  • GER: Platinum[10]
Stronger Than Pride
  • Released: 8 May 1988
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
 3 11 6 — 4 1 2 2 7 7 3
  • US: 3× Platinum[7]
  • UK: Platinum[8]
  • CAN: Platinum[9]
  • GER: Gold[10]
Love Deluxe
  • Released: 1 November 1992
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD, cassette
 10 13 11 — 14 10 7 6 — 3 2
Lovers Rock
  • Released: 14 November 2000
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD, cassette
 18 28 5 13 4 20 2 6 5 3 2
  • US: 3× Platinum[7]
  • UK: Gold [8]
  • CAN: 2× Platinum[11]
  • GER: Platinum[10]
Soldier of Love 4 4 2 1 2 2 1 1 7 1 1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other albums

Year Title Chart positions Certifications
US US R&B UK AUS GER FRA SWE AUT SWI NOR
1994 The Best of Sade
  • Greatest hits album
  • Released: 12 November 1994
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD
 9 7 6 23 15 — 7 9 11 12
2002 Lovers Live
  • Live album
  • Released: 5 February 2002
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD, DVD
 10 5 51 — 41 36 50 40 27 25
2011 The Ultimate Collection
  • Compilation album
  • Released: 3 May 2011
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: 2CD, DVD
 7 2 8 35 18 23 6 22 11 19

Extended plays

Year Title
1989 Solid Gold Series — Sade
1992 Remix Deluxe
  • Released only in Japan

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
UK IRE GER FRA NL US US R&B US AC
1984 "Your Love Is King" 6 7 — — — 54 35 8 Diamond Life
"When Am I Going to Make a Living" 36 28 — — 12 — — —
"Hang on to Your Love" — — — — 28 102 14 —
"Smooth Operator" 19 17 11 9 19 5 5 1
1985 "The Sweetest Taboo" 31 11 28 30 14 5 3 1 Promise
1986 "Never as Good as the First Time" 89 29 65 — 35 20 — 6
"Is It a Crime" 49 21 57 46 32 — 55 —
1988 "Love Is Stronger Than Pride" 44 28 51 36 18 — — — Stronger Than Pride
"Paradise" 29 — — 38 26 16 1 3
"Nothing Can Come Between Us" 92 — — — — — 3 21
"Turn My Back on You" — — — — — — 12 —
1992 "No Ordinary Love" 14 — 43 20 19 28 9 14 Love Deluxe
"Feel No Pain" 56 — 80 — — — 59 —
1993 "Kiss of Life" 44 — 88 — — 78 10 20
"Cherish the Day" 53 — — — — 116 45 —
2000 "By Your Side" 17 29 67 — — 75 41 18 Lovers Rock
2001 "King of Sorrow" 59 — — — — — 101 —
2002 "Somebody Already Broke My Heart" (live) — — — — — — — — Lovers Live
2010 "Soldier of Love" 123 — — 37 — 52 6 — Soldier of Love
"Babyfather" — — — — — — 53 —
"The Moon and the Sky" — — — — — — 54 —
2011 "Still in Love with You" — — — — — — 55 — The Ultimate Collection
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Featured singles

Year Single Artist Album
2001 "Hard Time Hustlin'" Krayzie Bone Thug on da Line

Videography

Live performances

Music videos

Diamond Life (1985)
  • "Your Love is King" – 3:37 (Directed by Jack Semmens)
  • "Smooth Operator" – 4:17 (Directed by Julian Temple)
  • "Hang on to Your Love" – 3:58 (Directed by Brian Ward)
  • "When Am I Going to Make a Living" – 3:34 (Director unknown, this video is not available on the Sade video collection)
Promise (1986)
  • "Never as Good as the First Time" – 3:54 (Directed by Brian Ward)
  • "Sweetest Taboo" – 5:02 (Directed by Brian Ward)
  • "Is it a Crime" – 7:02 (Directed by Brian Ward)
Stronger Than Pride (1988)
  • "Paradise" – 3:37 (Directed by Alex McDowell)
  • "Nothing Can Come Between Us" – 3:51 (Directed by Sophie Muller)
  • "Turn My Back on You" – 4:08 (Directed by Sophie Muller)
  • "Love is Stronger Than Pride" (Directed by Sophie Muller)
Love Deluxe (1992)
  • "No Ordinary Love" – 4:01 (Directed by Sophie Muller)
  • "Cherish the Day" – 4:23 (Directed by Albert Watson)
  • "Kiss of Life" – 4:11 (Directed by Albert Watson)
  • "Feel No Pain" – 3:47 (Directed by Albert Watson)
Lovers Rock (2000)
  • "By Your Side" – 4:25 (Directed by Sophie Muller)
  • "King of Sorrow" – 4:40 (Directed by Sophie Muller)
Voices for Darfur (2005)
  • "Mum" – 2:41
Soldier of Love (2010)
  • "Soldier of Love" – 4:59 (Directed by Sophie Muller, released 12 January 2010. Shot on Location in London, England)
  • "Babyfather"
The Ultimate Collection (2011)
  • "Love Is Found[14]" – 4:08

External links

References

  1. ^ "UK Charts > Sade". Official Charts Company. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/sade/. Retrieved 2011-03-28. 
  2. ^ "Australian Charts > Sade". australian-charts.com Hung Medien. http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Sade. Retrieved 2011-03-28. 
  3. ^ "Austrian Charts > Sade" (in German). austriancharts.at Hung Medien. http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Sade. Retrieved 2011-03-28. 
  4. ^ "Sade > Album & Song Chart History > Canadian Albums". Billboard Nielsen Business Media. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/sade/chart-history/5590?f=309&g=Albums. Retrieved 2011-03-28. 
  5. ^ "Chartverfolgung / Sade / Longplay" (in German). musicline.de PhonoNet. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Sade?sort=entry&type=longplay. Retrieved 2011-03-28. 
  6. ^ "Dutch Album Charts > Sade" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl Hung Medien. http://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?search=sade&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-03-28. 
  7. ^ a b c d e f g "RIAA - Gold & Platinum - February 17, 2010: Sade certified album". Recording Industry Association of America. http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=2&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Sade&format=ALBUM&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2010&sort=Artist&perPage=25. Retrieved 2010-02-17. 
  8. ^ a b c d e f "BPI search results". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx. Retrieved 2010-02-17. 
  9. ^ a b c d e "Canadian Recording Industry Association search results". Canadian Recording Industry Association. http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php. Retrieved 2010-02-17. 
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Sade)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=&strInterpret=Sade&strTtArt=alle&strAwards=checked. Retrieved 2010-06-24. 
  11. ^ "Gold & Platinum Certification – November 2001". Canadian Recording Industry Association. http://www.cria.ca/gold/1101_g.php. Retrieved 2010-08-17. 
  12. ^ "Gold & Platinum Search Results: Sade (Page 2)". Recording Industry Association of America. http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=2&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Sade&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2010&sort=Artist&perPage=25. Retrieved 2010-03-30. 
  13. ^ "Gold & Platinum Certifications: March 2010". CRIA. http://www.cria.ca/gold/0310_g.php. Retrieved 2010-04-13. 
  14. ^ http://adwiin-music.com/2011/07/07/video-sade-love-is-found/
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Studio albums
Other albums
Singles
"Your Love Is King" · "When Am I Going to Make a Living" · "Hang on to Your Love" · "Smooth Operator" · "The Sweetest Taboo" · " Never as Good as the First Time" · "Is It a Crime" · "Love Is Stronger Than Pride" · "Paradise" · "Nothing Can Come Between Us" · "Turn My Back on You" · "No Ordinary Love" · "Feel No Pain" · "Kiss of Life" · "Cherish the Day" · "Pearls" · "By Your Side" · "King of Sorrow" · "Lovers Rock" · "Somebody Already Broke My Heart" (Live) · "Soldier of Love" · "Babyfather" · "The Moon and the Sky" · "Still in Love with You"
Concert tours
1984 Tour (1984) · Promise Tour (1985-86) · Sade in Concert (1988-89) · Love Deluxe World Tour (1993) · Lovers Rock Tour (2001) · Sade Live (2011)
Related articles
Discography · Awards and nominations · Sweetback