King Sunny Adé

Nigerian musician
Person human Q982678
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King Sunny Adé

Summary

King Sunny Adé is a human[1]. Born in Ondo[2], he… he was born on September 22, 1946[3]. He worked as a singer[4] and conductor[5]. He ranks in the top 0.71% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (489 views/month, #7,118 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • Born in Ondo[2], King Sunny Adé…
  • King Sunny Adé was born on September 22, 1946[3].
  • King Sunny Adé was born on January 1, 1946[7].
  • King Sunny Adé held citizenship in Nigeria[8].
  • King Sunny Adé is identified as part of the Yoruba people ethnic group[9].
  • King Sunny Adé worked as a singer[4].
  • King Sunny Adé's professions included conductor[5].
  • King Sunny Adé is recorded as male[10].
  • King Sunny Adé's instance of is recorded as human[11].
  • King Sunny Adé's genre is Jùjú music[12].
  • King Sunny Adé's genre is music of Africa[13].
  • King Sunny Adé's record label is recorded as I.R.S. Records[14].
  • King Sunny Adé's record label is recorded as Island Records[15].
  • King Sunny Adé's discography is recorded as King Sunny Adé discography[16].
  • King Sunny Adé's Commons category is recorded as King Sunny Adé[17].
  • King Sunny Adé's instrument is recorded as voice[18].
  • King Sunny Adé's instrument is recorded as guitar[19].
  • King Sunny Adé's described by source is recorded as Dictionary of African Biography[20].
  • King Sunny Adé's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as French[21].
  • King Sunny Adé's start of work period is recorded as 1960[22].
  • King Sunny Adé's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+7420'}[23].
  • King Sunny Adé's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+9060'}[24].
  • King Sunny Adé's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+12100'}[25].
  • King Sunny Adé's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+16100'}[26].
  • King Sunny Adé's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+17900'}[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[28]

  • Country: NG[29]

  • Began / founded: 1946-09-20[30]

  • Genre(s): jùjú[31]

  • Community tags: jùjú[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 3e110caa-e9e8-4c33-98dc-ebbf0c6d2494[33]

Body

Origins and Family

King Sunny Adé's place of birth was Ondo[2]. Recorded date of birth include September 22, 1946[3] and January 1, 1946[7]. He is identified as part of the Yoruba people ethnic group[9].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include singer[4] and conductor[5].

Why It Matters

King Sunny Adé ranks in the top 0.71% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (489 views/month, #7,118 of 1,000,298).[6] He has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] He is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

FAQs

Where was King Sunny Adé born?

King Sunny Adé was born in Ondo[2].

What did King Sunny Adé do for work?

King Sunny Adé worked as singer[4] and conductor[5].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] . wikidata.org.
  15. [7] . Dictionary of African Biography. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · ZI Jony · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start of work period +1960-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Aliases
    Shazam artist id 77539
    Instrument voice, guitar
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P4003]]: King-Sunny-Ade/115703645107170, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257116|batch #257116]]"
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