Soldier of Love is the sixth studio album by the English group Sade. It is their first album of original material since Lovers Rock (2000). The album was initially released on 5 February 2010 in Germany, and it was released worldwide on 8 February 2010 and in the United States on 9 February 2010. The first single "Soldier of Love" premiered on 8 December 2009 on the group's official website. Soldier of Love is the sixth studio album by the English group Sade. It is their first album of original material since Lovers Rock (2000). The album was initially released on 5 February 2010 in Germany, and it was released worldwide on 8 February 2010 and in the United States on 9 February 2010. The first single "Soldier of Love" premiered on 8 December 2009 on the group's official website. false 2024-01-22 12:07:02 Soldier of Love 8.5 2010 2010-02-05 2010-02-05 42 Downtempo Jazz Pop Soul Smooth Soul Soul Trip Hop 111362 2111373 569051ff-8c63-4fe8-a02c-39a7bae05e74 67930b3e-e00b-469f-8c74-fd69f20522ec cae97363-d79e-4529-b6a8-11a56742ed14 /media/data/media5/Music/Sade/Soldier of Love (2010)/folder.jpg Sade AlbumArtist Sade Artist Sade Sade 1 The Moon and the Sky 04:27 2 Soldier of Love 05:58 3 Morning Bird 03:55 4 Babyfather 04:40 5 Long Hard Road 03:02 6 Be That Easy 03:40 7 Bring Me Home 04:08 8 In Another Time 05:05 9 Skin 04:13 10 The Safest Place 02:46 Sade ( SHAH-day) are an English band, formed in London in 1982 and named after their lead singer, Sade Adu. Three members, Paul Anthony Cooke, Stuart Mathewman, and Paul Spencer Denman, are from Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Its music features elements of soul, quiet storm, smooth jazz and sophisti-pop. All of the band's albums, including compilations and a live album, have charted in the US Top Ten. The band's debut studio album, Diamond Life (1984), reached number two on the UK Album Chart, selling over 1.2 million copies and won the Brit Award for Best British Album in 1985. The album was also a hit internationally, reaching number one in several countries and the top ten in the United States, where it has sold four million copies to date. In late 1985, the band released its second studio effort Promise, which peaked at number one in both the United Kingdom and the US. It was certified double platinum in the UK and quadruple platinum in the US. In 1986, Sade won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Their fifth studio album, Lovers Rock (2000), won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album. Their sixth studio album, Soldier of Love (2010), peaked at number four in the UK and number one in the US. In 2011, the band won its fourth Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. Sade's US certified sales in 2012 stood at 23.5 million units according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and by 2014 sold more than 75 million records worldwide to date. The band were ranked at No. 50 on VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".