Over the course of a career spanning over five decades on the stage and as a recording artiste with more than 120 albums, King Sunny Ade is one of the most influential artistes ever from Nigeria. He led the exposure of his genre of music on the global stage, while remaining King to the Juju music tradition.
With two Grammy nominations, King Sunny Ade is among a select group of the world's greatest artistes whose musical instruments have been preserved in the hallowed Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America.
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