Sade Mounts An Impressive Comeback On The Charts
Written by admin on September 14, 2025
Sade sees Diamond Life and Promise return to Billboard’s Contemporary Jazz Albums chart, while The Best of Sade stays at No. 1 and climbs on the Billboard 200. Sade on stage during the Live Aid concert held in London. The 1985 concert was held simultaneously at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia and at Wembley Stadium in London, and raised over $70 million for Ethiopian famine relief. (Photo by Jacques Langevin/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images)
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The music of Sade can be classified under many different genre labels, and it changes from song to song and project to project. On the Billboard charts these days, the group – headed by the woman who lent her name to the band – usually fits onto the jazz rankings. This frame, Sade sees two beloved albums return to the same tally and almost bounce back to the summit at the same time.
Two Sade Classics Return
Two Sade titles reappear on the Contemporary Jazz Albums chart this week. Diamond Life and Promise are back at Nos. 13 and 15, respectively.
Diamond Life And Promise
Between those projects, Diamond Life — the more successful of the two — has spent 29 weeks on the list and peaked at No. 1. Promise only climbed as high as No. 7 and has racked up just two months somewhere on the roster of more modern jazz releases in America.
Sade Almost Back At No. 1
Sade is almost back at No. 1 on the Jazz Albums tally. The Best of Sade lifts from No. 3 to the runner-up spot more than a year after it debuted. The list is once again led by Laufey’s latest full-length, A Matter of Time, which debuted at No. 1 last week and doesn’t budge.
The Best of Sade Remains at No. 1
The Best of Sade is steady at No. 1 on the Contemporary Jazz Albums chart. The compilation has now spent 58 weeks on the roster and has never vacated the throne.
Gains On The Billboard 200
Sade’s hits-packed project also climbs on the Billboard 200. It leaps 20 spaces north to No. 158. Luminate reports the compilation moved 9,600 equivalent copies, a little more than 1,100 in pure sales, which shows that Americans are still in love with the sensual sounds of the group, and especially lead singer Sade herself.
