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Oleta Adams

United States • b. 1954-05-04

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Biography

Oleta Angela Adams (born May 4, 1953) is an American singer, pianist, and songwriter. She found limited success during the early 1980s, before gaining fame via her contributions to Tears for Fears' international chart-topping album The Seeds of Love (1989). Her albums Circle of One (1991) and Evolution (1993) were top 10 hits in the UK; the former yielded a Grammy-nominated cover of Brenda Russell's "Get Here", which was a top 5 hit in both the UK and the U.S. Adams has been nominated for four Grammy Awards, as well as two Soul Train Music Awards.

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Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Credited work

710 releases · 65 albums · active 1983–2025

  • Performance · 2,022
  • Production · 61
  • Other credits · 57
  • Engineering · 8

Studios: Record Plant, Los Angeles · Neptune's Kitchen · Andora Studios · Olympic Studios

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