# King Sunny Adé

> He brought jùjú music out of Lagos and onto turntables worldwide - the first Nigerian pop star to crack the international market, and one of the few African musicians to score a Grammy nomination in the 1980s when the industry barely looked past its own borders.

*Nigerian musician*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/king-sunny-ade

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** Nigeria
- **Born:** 1946-09-22
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Sunday Adéníyì Adégẹyè was born 22 September 1946 and formed his backing band, eventually called the African Beats, in 1967. Through the 1970s he built a following across Nigeria and launched his own independent label. Island Records signed him in 1982, and the albums that followed - Juju Music (1982) and Synchro System (1983) - delivered the crossover: Synchro System earned him a Grammy nomination, the first for any Nigerian artist. His 1998 album Odu brought a second nomination. He later served as board chairman of the Musical Copyright Society of Nigeria and was appointed its honorary president in recognition of the role he played shaping the organization.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 70.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 8.8 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 19.0 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 9.1 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 75.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 85.0 / 100
- **Total followers across platforms:** 29,600

## Platforms
- **FACEBOOK**: https://www.facebook.com/115703645107170 (@115703645107170)
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0011750/ (@nm0011750)
- **YOUTUBE**: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq-SwmezM_e9jqiQ66uXrgQ (@King Sunny Ade - Topic, 29,600 followers)

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/King_Sunny_Ad%C3%A9)
- [كينج سونى اد](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%A7%D8%AF)
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- [کینگ سانی آده](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%A2%D8%AF%D9%87)
- [King Sunny Adé](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Sunny_Ad%C3%A9)
- [Sunny Ade](https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_Ade)
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- [キング・サニー・アデ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%87)
- [King Sunny Adé](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Sunny_Ad%C3%A9)
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- [King Sunny Ade](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Sunny_Ade)
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- [کنگ سنی ادے](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%86%DA%AF_%D8%B3%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%92)
- [King Sunny Adé](https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Sunny_Ad%C3%A9)
- [Wikiquote](https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/King_Sunny_Ad%C3%A9)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3e110caa-e9e8-4c33-98dc-ebbf0c6d2494)
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/83811)
- [Кинг Санни Аде](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%B5)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q982678)

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