New Sade Album

Sade Adu, an influential soul singer returns
to the studio for the first time since 2000's
"Lover's Rock".

Cottonbelly a.k.a. Stuart Matthewman
(Sade's band mate), confirms that something
is in progress but still in its "early days" and
won't be closed to finished until "later in the year".

"Lover's Rock" in 2000 sold 3,881,000 copies in
the U.S. alone. "Love Deluxe"in 1992 sold
3,407,000. According to Nielsen Soundscan, Sade
has sold nearly 17 million units since her
"Diamond Life" debut in 1985.