Sade has received one award from four nominations. The name was originally a shortened form of British or Britannia, but has subsequently become a ' backronym' for British Record Industry Trust. The Brit Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. Before and after that time span, winners have been announced by Billboard, both in the press and as part of their year-end issue. The award ceremony was held from 1990 to 2007, until its reintroduction in 2011. The awards are based on sales data by Nielsen SoundScan and radio information by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems. The Billboard Music Awards are held to honor artists for commercial performance in the U.S., based on record charts published by Billboard.

The BET Awards are an annual awards ceremony created by Black Entertainment Television network (BET) in 2001. Sade has received one award from five nominations. The American Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony created by Dick Clark in 1973. The American Black Achievement Award is presented by Ebony and Jet magazines and given to African Americans that have achieved success in a variety of fields. The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a not-for-profit performance rights organization that protects its members' musical copyrights by monitoring public performances of their music, whether via a broadcast or live performance, and compensating them accordingly.

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