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Sade pips Adele in 2012 US money list

Reclusive singer rakes in £10.5m to be highest-earning British musical act in America last yearViewers of the 2012 Grammys watched a 23-year old girl from Tottenham walk away with six awards, but the top-earning act from the UK in America last year was an artist who fans back home have to some extent forgotten.Sade raked in $16.4m (£10.5m) in 2011 on the back of her first tour in North America for a decade and the release of The Ultimate Collection, eclipsing Adele, the only other Brit in the ...

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12:52 on March 13 2012

Sade pips Adele in 2012 US money list

Guardian Music — Reclusive singer rakes in £10.5m to be highest-earning British musical act in America last yearViewers of the 2012 Grammys watched a 23-year old girl from Tottenham walk... more info

13:44 on March 13 2012

Sade Is A Smooth Operator On US Money List

Sky News — British jazz singer Sade has topped multi-Grammy award winner Adele in the 2012 US money list. more info

Sade Adele

18:41 on March 13 2012

Sade - Sade Surprisingly Topple Adele In U.S. Earners List

ContactMusic — Everyone was expecting at least one Brit in the top ten of the Billboard Money Makers list for 2011 but few wouldve thought that the name highest in their chart from UK s... more info

Adele Sade

00:00 on March 13 2012

She's still a smooth operator ... Sade in at No 6 on 2012 US money list

The Independent — Adele may be the toast of America with six Grammy awards and millions of sales, but the top-earning British musician across the Atlantic last year was, surprisingly, a s... more info

Sade Adele