King Sunny Ade

King Sunny Adé (Sunday Adeniyi, born 1946) is by far the most popular performer of Nigerian juju music. With his band, His African Beats, King Sunny Ade became an international star across Africa during the mid-1980s, touring and gaining a significant audience in the United States and Europe as well. He is known as the Minister of Enjoyment. This work is copyrighted. ... This work is copyrighted. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Juju is a kind of Nigerian popular music, derived from traditional Yoruban percussion. ... Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Music Look up Music in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Wikisource, as part of the 1911 Encyclopedia Wikiproject, has original text related to this article: Music Wikicities has a wiki about Music: Music free mp3 downloads. ... Africa is the worlds second-largest continent and 3rd most populous. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 60s and 70s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Europe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

Born to a Nigerian royal family in Oshgobo, Ade left grammar school to pursue his career, which began with Moses Olaiya's Federal Rhythm Dandies, a highlife band. He left to form The Green Spots in 1967. He formed a record label in 1974, fed up with being exploited by a major label. Beginning with Juju Music, Ade began gaining a wide following as Mango Records, a subsidiary of Island Records, released his albums. He was soon billed as the African Bob Marley, and headlined concerts in the US. A royal family is the extended family of a monarch. ... Highlife is a type of music that originated in Ghana and spread to other West African English-speaking countries near the end of the 19th century. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Mango Records is a subsidiary of Island Records. ... Island Records is a record label that was founded in Jamaica in 1959 by Chris Blackwell. ... Bob Marley Robert Nesta Marley (February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981 ) better known as Bob Marley, was a Jamaican singer, guitarist, and songwriter. ...

By the end of the 1980s, Ade's star began to dim, and his albums sold less, though he continued to garner critical acclaim and widespread popularity in Africa. 1998's Odu, a collection of traditional Yoruba songs, was nominated for a Grammy Award. He has also become one of the most powerful people in Nigeria, running multiple companies in several industries. He has also created a non-profit organization called the King Sunny Ade Foundation and works with the Musical Copyright Society of Nigeria. // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 60s and 70s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... 1998 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music Awards, and the...