For generations of Nigerians and global music fans as well as critics, watching King Sunny Ade transform the stage to his playground is a memory to cherish and preserve. Panning from famous music ...

Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye, known as King Sunny Adé, is 80 this year. He has devoted more than 60 years of his life to influencing Nigeria’s popular music and promoting the unique sounds of jùjú music.

King Sunny Adé turns 80, celebrating six decades of reshaping jùjú music and taking its sound worldwide. For more than six decades, King Sunny Adé has remained one of the defining figures in Nigerian ...

Fans of legendary Nigerian musician, Sunday Adegeye, popularly known as King Sunny Ade (KSA), have celebrated him with goodwill messages as he marks his 80th birthday. The fans on Tuesday flooded ...

The president credits King Sunny Ade with inspiring generations of musicians and practitioners in Nigeria’s creative industry ...

‘King Sunny Adé is not dead.” That was the headline in one Nigerian news source earlier this spring, as rumors of the great juju bandleader’s death circulated around his homeland. Speaking on the ...

Ooni of Ife gifts King Sunny Ade a multi-million naira house in Akure as the Jùjú legend celebrates his 80th birthday in an ...

For more than three decades, King Sunny Ade and his African Beats have been thrilling audiences worldwide with their extraordinary music. The Nigerian singer, guitarist, bandleader, and entrepreneur ...

Legendary Jùjú music pioneer King Sunny Adé celebrates his 80th birthday on September 22, 2026, marking six decades of a monumental career that reshaped the global landscape of African music.

Nigeria's King Sunny Ade plays juju music, a vocal-rich blend of percussion, guitars, keyboards and choreographed dance. In the early '80s, Ade and his band heralded a coming wave of African pop music ...

President Bola  Tinubu has celebrated Nigerian music legend, Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye, popularly known as King Sunny Ade, on his 80th birthday, describing ...

King Sunny Ade holds a special place in world music history, and a special place in KCRW music history as well. There were trailblazers like Miriam Makeba and Olatunji before King Sunny, back before ...