Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye MFR (born 22 September
1946), known professionally as King Sunny Adé, is a Nigerian jùjú singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.[1] He is regarded as
one of the first African pop musicians
to gain international success, and has been called one of the most influential
musicians of all time.[2] For his longevity,
fluid moves, boundless stage energy and vast collaborative variety, he is
Africa's Mick Jagger.
In March 2017, he was appointed ambassador
for the "Change Begins With Me" campaign by the Nigerian minister of
Information Lai Mohammed.[3]
Stage performances
In the 1970s and 1980s Adé embarked on a
tour of America and Europe. His stage act was characterised by dexterous
dancing steps and mastery of the guitar.
After more than a decade of resounding
success in his native Nigeria, Adé was received
to great acclaim in Europe and North America in 1982.[6][7] The global release
of Juju Music and its accompanying tour
was "almost unanimously embraced by critics (if not consumers)
everywhere".[6] Adé was described
in The New York Times as "one of the world's great band
leaders",[8] in Record as
"a breath of fresh air, a positive vibration we will feel for some time to
come"[9] and in Trouser Press as "one of the
most captivating and important musical artists anywhere in the world".[6]
His next album, Syncro System (1983), was equally
successful,[10] earned him his
first Grammy Award nomination
in the ethnic/traditional folk recording category, hence making him the first
Nigerian Grammy award nominee ever[11]
On 16 July 2017, King Sunny Ade announced
that he would be returning to stage in London alongside his rival act Ebenezer
Obey for a musical comeback themed A Night 2 Remember with the Legends [12]
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