Album: Lovers Live by Sade (2002)
Genre: Soul | Style: Urban/R&B | Mood: Dreamy
Record Label: Epic
Format: Live

Description: Lovers Live is the first live album by English band Sade, released on 5 February 2002 by Epic Records. It was recorded at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California on 20 September 2001 and at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California on 21 September as part of the band's Lovers Rock Tour. The CD contains thirteen tracks while the DVD contains twenty-two tracks as well as special features.

Lovers Live reached number ten on the US Billboard 200 and number fifty-one on the UK Albums Chart, Sade's first album to miss the top twenty in the UK. The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on 7 March 2002, having sold US sales of 562,000 copies, while the DVD was certified platinum on 30 January 2003 for shipping 100,000 copies.

Artist Background: Sade (pronounced "shah-day") is a Grammy-winning British smooth jazz band named after their lead singer Sade Adu. The band's music features elements of jazz, funk, soul and rnb. Sade was formed in 1982, when members of a Latino-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. Sade made their debut in December 198... Part of the Ibadán, Nigeria music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Soul movement. Known for Urban/R&B style.

Related Artists: Erykah Badu, Solange, Anita Baker, Sweetback

Music Scene: Part of the Ibadán, Nigeria music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Soul movement. Known for Urban/R&B style.

Tags: Soul, Urban/R&B, Dreamy, 2000s, Live, Epic


Lovers Live is the first live album by English band Sade, released on 5 February 2002 by Epic Records. It was recorded at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California on 20 September 2001 and at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California on 21 September as part of the band's Lovers Rock Tour. The CD contains thirteen tracks while the DVD contains twenty-two tracks as well as special features.

Lovers Live reached number ten on the US Billboard 200 and number fifty-one on the UK Albums Chart, Sade's first album to miss the top twenty in the UK. The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on 7 March 2002, having sold US sales of 562,000 copies, while the DVD was certified platinum on 30 January 2003 for shipping 100,000 copies.

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