King Sunny Adé

King Sunny Adé is a Nigerian superstar singer-songwriter in the Yoruba tongue whose infectious blend of traditional African rhythms, western guitar pop and electric rock and roll - known as juju music - has won him an international audience. Celebrated as an ambassador for his homeland's culture and music, he teaches and is involved in the nation's music industry with a large organisation involved in clubs and recordings. Adé started in show business as a young man with Moses Olaiya's band, the Federal Rhythm Dandies, and in 1967 he formed his own ensemble, the Green Spots, which later became the African Beats and the Golden Mercury. Extensive tours of Europe and America in the 1970s and '80s spread the popularity of juju and he has recorded many albums including 'Juju Music' (1983), 'Synchro System' (1983), which earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Ethnic Or Traditional Folk Recording, 'Authority of Your Ticket' (1990), 'E Dide (Get Up)' (1995), 'Odu' (1998), which earned another Grammy Award nomination for Best World Music Album, and 'Seven Degrees North' (2000). In August 2017, he appeared at London's Transformation House in a concert called 'A Night 2 Remember' with the Legends.

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