Lovers Rock

Lovers Rock is the fifth studio album (sixth overall) by the English group Sade, released on 14 November 2000 by Epic Records. The album reached number eighteen on the UK Albums Chart and number three on the U.S. Billboard 200. It has since been certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America,[2] having sold 3,9 million copies in the United States.[3] On 27 February 2002, the album earned Sade the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album.
According to the booklet, the track "The Sweetest Gift" is dedicated to the Rainbow Trust Children's Charity caring for children who have a life-threatening or terminal illness and their families, both in their own homes and at the Trust's two UK family respite centres.

Track listing

All songs written by Sade Adu, Andrew Hale, Stuart Matthewman and Paul S. Denman, except where noted.
"By Your Side" – 4:34
"Flow" – 4:34
"King of Sorrow" – 4:53
"Somebody Already Broke My Heart" – 5:01
"All About Our Love" – 2:40
"Slave Song" – 4:12
"The Sweetest Gift" – 2:18
"Every Word" – 4:04
"Immigrant" (Adu, Janusz Podrazik) – 3:48
"Lovers Rock" – 4:13
"It's Only Love That Gets You Through" (Adu, Podrazik) – 3:53
Target limited edition bonus disc
"The Sweetest Taboo" (Live)
"Smooth Operator" (Live)
"Nothing Can Come Between Us" (Live)
"No Ordinary Love" (Live)

Musicians
Sade
Sade Adu – vocals
Andrew Hale – keyboards
Stuart Matthewman – guitar, woodwinds
Paul S. Denman – bass
Additional musicians
Andy Nice – cello
Leroy Osbourne – vocals
Janusz Podrazik – keyboards
Karl Vanden Bossche – percussion

Production
Sade Adu – producer, arranger
Mike Pela – producer, engineer
Andrew Hale – programming
Stuart Matthewman – programming
Andy "Nipper" Davies – assistant engineer
Tom Coyne – mastering
Nick Ingman – string arrangements
Albert Watson – cover photography, all other photography
Sophie Muller – cover photography
Melissa Caplan – Sade inside photography
Intro, London – design

Chart (2000/2001) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[4] 28
Austrian Albums Chart[4] 5
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[4] 16
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[4] 10
Canadian Albums Chart[5] 13
Danish Albums Chart[6] 7
Dutch Albums Chart[4] 20
Finnish Albums Chart[4] 9
French Albums Chart[4] 4
German Albums Chart[7] 4
Hungarian Albums Chart[8] 8
Irish Albums Chart[9] 26
Italian Albums Chart[4] 4
New Zealand Albums Chart[4] 26
Norwegian Albums Chart[4] 5
Polish Albums Chart[10] 1
Swedish Albums Chart[4] 2
Swiss Albums Chart[4] 6
UK Albums Chart[11] 18
U.S. Billboard 200[5] 3
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[5] 2

Certifications
Country Certification
(sales thresholds)
Australia Gold[12]
Austria Gold[13]
Canada 2× platinum[14]
Denmark Gold[15]
Europe Platinum[16]
Germany Platinum[17]
Netherlands Gold[18]
New Zealand Gold[19]
Norway Gold[20]
Poland Platinum[21]
Sweden Platinum[22]
Switzerland Gold[23]
United Kingdom Gold[24]
United States 3× platinum[2]

Chart procession and succession
Preceded by
Golec uOrkiestra 2 by Golec uOrkiestra Polish Albums Chart number-one album
4 December 2000 Succeeded by
A Day Without Rain by Enya