Sade is releasing a new greatest hits collection. The Ultimate Collection is described as a two-disc, 29-track compilation of the smooth jazz pioneer’s most prolific works.

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Sade is hitting the road with John Legend. The smooth jazz icon announced last week that the multi award-winning Legend will join her as the supporting act for her upcoming summer tour of the US. The run kicks off on June 16 with a stop at the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore before wrapping up in Anaheim on Aug. 30.

The tour will support Sade’s Grammy-nominated 2010 release Soldier of Love.

“I’m very excited to join Sade on her summer tour. She is an incomparable artist and I’m honored to share the stage with her. I know we’ll provide our fans with an experience to remember. I can’t wait to start the tour,” Legend said in a statement last week.

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On Thursday, smooth jazz legend Sade announced that she and her band will be heading out on tour of North America for the first time in a decade!

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After a hiatus from recording that included a marriage to The-Dream and an unexpected pregnancy courtesy of hip-hop spermanator Lil Wayne, now mother of three Nivea is singing her way back to the forefront.

The Southern soulster is putting her spin on Sade’s 1989 ballad “Stronger Than Pride,” which will serve as the first single from her upcoming mixtape, Nivea Uncovered. Nivea does the song great justice, but we think Rahsaan Patterson retains the crown for “Best Sade Cover of All-Time.”

Check out his rendition of this neo-soul classic:

After a decade-long absence, soul star Sade is back on top of the Billboard 200 — and letting her hair down on the cover of the April issue of Ebony.

The girl’s still got it! Soldier of Love — the new album from smooth jazz legend Sade Adu, 51 — has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart and achieved gold just seven days after it’s release.

The album — the legend’s first in ten years and first No. 1 disc in nearly a quarter century -– sold 501,665 units in its first week, Nielsen SoundScan said Wednesday. Soldier of Love is the follow-up to the 2000 Grammy-winning album Lovers Rock. The last time the “Smooth Operator” singer was on top of the charts was back in 1986, when she released the LP Promise.

Sade’s still got it! The singing legend’s first studio album in 10 years –- Soldier of Love — hit stores on Tuesday and is already is on pace to move between 400,000-425,000 units its first week, topping next weeks Billboard 200 chart, according to Hits Daily Double.

Smooth jazz legend Sade promoted today’s release of her eagerly-awaited new comebacl album “Soldier of Love” with a performance of the title track on The TODAY Show this morning.

The crooner even joked that she’s spent the past decade trying to “stay one step ahead of the law.”

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Reclusive smooth jazz legend Sade will release her sixth studio album, Soldier of Love, via Sony Music on Feb. 8. Executive produced by Mike Pela, the set features collaborations with Andrew Hale, Stuart Matthewman and Paul Spencer Denman.

The new disc is Sade’s first since the 2000 charttopper, Lover’s Rock.

Sade Soldier of Love Official Tracklisting:

1. The Moon and The Sky

2. Soldier of Love

3. Morning Bird

4. Baby Father

5. Long Hard Road

6. Be That Easy

7. Bring Me Home

8. In Another Time

9. Skin

10. The Safest Place