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Synchro System

Synchro System is a 1983 album by Nigerian jùjú band King Sunny Adé and His African Beats. It was the second of King Sunny Adé's three releases for Island Records, following on the heels of 1982's crossover success Juju Music. The title track is a re-recording of Adé's 1974 Nigerian hit of the same name. The album peaked at No. 91 on Billboard's "Pop Albums" chart. It garnered Adé a Grammy Award nomination, a first for a Nigerian artist. It was re-released in 1990.

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Synchro System is a 1983 album by Nigerian jùjú band King Sunny Adé and His African Beats. It was the second of King Sunny Adé's three releases for Island Records, following on the heels of 1982's crossover success Juju Music. The title track is a re-recording of Adé's 1974 Nigerian hit of the same name. The album peaked at No. 91 on Billboard's "Pop Albums" chart. It garnered Adé a Grammy Award nomination, a first for a Nigerian artist. It was re-released in 1990.

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  1. release date: 1990 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the release date is "1990". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1375362697

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