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Stevie Wonder
human
Ein sex anaa gendermale Edit
Country wey e be citizenUnited States, Ghana Edit
Name in native languageStevland Hardaway Morris Edit
Birth nameStevland Hardaway Judkins Edit
Name wey dem give amStevland Edit
Family nameHardaway, Judkins, Morris Edit
PseudonymStevie Wonder, Eivets Rednow, Little Stevie Wonder, El Toro Negro Edit
Short nameStevie Wonder Edit
Ein date of birth13 May 1950 Edit
Place dem born amSaginaw Edit
MummieLula Mae Hardaway Edit
SpouseSyreeta Wright Edit
KiddieA'isha Morris, Keita Morris Edit
RelativeMichael Jackson Edit
Significant personTed Hull Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signEnglish Edit
Educate forMichigan School for the Blind Edit
Work period (start)1961 Edit
Lifestyleveganism Edit
Ethnic groupAfrican Americans Edit
Medical conditionblindness Edit
Voice typetenor Edit
DiscographyStevie Wonder discography Edit
Record labelMotown Edit
Dema official websitehttp://www.steviewonder.net Edit
Copyright representativeAmerican Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Edit
Related categoryCategory:Films scored by Stevie Wonder Edit
Copyright status as creatorworks protected by copyrights Edit

Stevland Hardaway Morris (/ˈstiːvˌlənd/; né Judkins; dem born am May 13, 1950), alias Stevie Wonder, be an Afro American with Ghanaian citizenship[1][2] singer-songwriter, musician, den record producer. He be credited as sam pioneer den influence by musicians across sam range of genres wey dey include R&B, pop, soul, gospel, funk, den jazz. Sam virtual one-man band, Wonder ein use of synthesizers den oda electronic musical instruments for de 1970s tym reshape de conventions of contemporary R&B. He sana help drive such genres go de album era, wey dey craft ein LPs as cohesive den consistent, in addition to socially conscious statements plus complex compositions. Blind since shortly afta ein birth, na Wonder be sam child prodigy wey sign plus Motown ein Tamla label for de age of 11, wer na dem give am de professional name Little Stevie Wonder.

Ein Early life

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Dem born Wonder Stevland Hardaway Judkins for Saginaw, Michigan, for May 13, 1950 insyd, de third of five kiddies wey dem born to Lula Mae Hardaway,[3] den de second of Hardaway ein two kiddies plus Calvin Judkins.[4] Dem born am six weeks premature, sam condition wey, along plus de oxygen-rich atmosphere for de hospital incubator insyd, eresult for retinopathy of prematurity insyd, sam disease wey dey abort eye growth wey often dey cause de retinas make e detach, wey elef am blind.[5][6]

Awards den recognition

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Grammy Awards

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Wonder win 25 Grammy Awards,[7] as well as Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for 1996 insyd.[8] He be one of four artists den groups per wey win de Grammy for Album of de Year three tyms as de main artist dem credit, along plus Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon, den Taylor Swift. Wonder be de artist per wey win de award plus three consecutive album releases.

Grammy Awards
Year Award Title
1973 Best Rhythm & Blues Song "Superstition"
1973 Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male "Superstition"
1973 Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male "You Are the Sunshine of My Life"
1973 Album of the Year Innervisions
1974 Best Rhythm & Blues Song "Living for the City"
1974 Best Male R&B Vocal Performance "Boogie on Reggae Woman"
1974 Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Fulfillingness' First Finale
1974 Album of the Year Fulfillingness' First Finale
1976 Best Male R&B Vocal Performance "I Wish"
1976 Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Songs in the Key of Life
1976 Best Producer of the Year* N/A
1976 Album of the Year Songs in the Key of Life
1985 Best Male R&B Vocal Performance In Square Circle
1986 Best Pop Performance by a Duo Or Group With Vocal

(dem award to Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight, den Wonder)

"That's What Friends Are For"
1995 Best Rhythm & Blues Song "For Your Love"
1995 Best Male R&B Vocal Performance "For Your Love"
1998 Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)

(dem award to Herbie Hancock, Robert Sadin, den Wonder)

"St. Louis Blues"
1998 Best Male R&B Vocal Performance "St. Louis Blues"
2002 Best R&B Performance by a Duo Or Group With Vocals

(dem award to Wonder den Take 6)

"Love's in Need of Love Today"
2005 Best Male Pop Vocal Performance "From the Bottom of My Heart"
2005 Best R&B Performance by a Duo Or Group With Vocals

(dem award to Beyoncé den Wonder)

"So Amazing"
2006 Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals (dem award to Tony Bennett den Wonder) "For Once in My Life"
Year Nominee / work Award Result
1967 "Uptight" Best Rhythm & Blues Recording Dem nominate am
Best Rhythm & Blues Solo Vocal Performance, Male or Female Dem nominate am
1969 "For Once in My Life" Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance, Male Dem nominate am
1971 "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" Best Rhythm & Blues Song Dem nominate am
Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male Dem nominate am
1972 "We Can Work It Out" Dem nominate am
1974 "Superstition" Win
Best Rhythm & Blues Song Win
"You Are the Sunshine of My Life" Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male Win
Record of the Year Dem nominate am
Song of the Year Dem nominate am
Innervisions Album of the Year Win
1975 Fulfillingness' First Finale Win
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male Win
"Boogie On Reggae Woman" Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male Win
"Living for the City" Best Rhythm & Blues Song Win
"Tell Me Something Good" Dem nominate am
Stevie Wonder Best Producer of the Year Dem nominate am
1977 Win
"Contusion" Best Pop Instrumental Performance Dem nominate am
Best Instrumental Composition Dem nominate am
"Have a Talk with God" Best Inspirational Performance Dem nominate am
Songs in the Key of Life Album of the Year Win
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male Win
"I Wish" Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male Win
1981 "Master Blaster (Jammin')" Dem nominate am
Stevie Wonder's Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants" Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special Dem nominate am
Stevie Wonder Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) Dem nominate am
"Let's Get Serious" Best Rhythm & Blues Song Dem nominate am
1983 "That Girl" Dem nominate am
"Do I Do" Dem nominate am
Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male Dem nominate am
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) Dem nominate am
"Ebony and Ivory" Record of the Year Dem nominate am
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Dem nominate am
"What's That You're Doing" Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Dem nominate am
1985 "I Just Called to Say I Love You" Song of the Year Dem nominate am
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male Dem nominate am
"I Just Called to Say I Love You (Instrumental)" Best Pop Instrumental Performance Dem nominate am
The Woman in Red Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male Dem nominate am
1986 In Square Circle Win
"Part-Time Lover" Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male Dem nominate am
1987 "That's What Friends Are For" Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Win
Record of the Year Dem nominate am
1988 "Skeletons" Best Rhythm & Blues Song Dem nominate am
Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male Dem nominate am
1989 Characters Dem nominate am
1992 "Gotta Have You" Dem nominate am
Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television Dem nominate am
"Jungle Fever" Dem nominate am
1996 "For Your Love" Best Male R&B Vocal Performance Win
Best Rhythm & Blues Song Win
1997 "Kiss Lonely Goodbye (Harmonica with Orchestra)" Best Pop Instrumental Performance Dem nominate am
1998 "How Come, How Long" Best Short Form Music Video Dem nominate am
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals Dem nominate am
1999 "How Come, How Long" (Live) Dem nominate am
"St. Louis Blues" Best Male R&B Vocal Performance Win
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) Win
2003 "Love's in Need of Love Today" Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Win
"Christmas Song" Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals Dem nominate am
2005 "Moon River" Dem nominate am
2006 "A Time to Love" Dem nominate am
A Time to Love Best R&B Album Dem nominate am
"So What the Fuss" Best Male R&B Vocal Performance Dem nominate am
"How Will I Know" Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals Dem nominate am
"So Amazing" Win
"From the Bottom of My Heart" Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Win
2007 "For Once in My Life" Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals Win
2009 "Never Give You Up" Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals Dem nominate am
2010 "All About the Love Again" Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Dem nominate am

Other awards den recognition

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Awards and recognition
  • 1983: dem induct am to de Songwriters Hall of Fame.
  • 1984: receive Academy Award for Best Song for "I Just Called to Say I Love You" from de movie The Woman in Red.
  • 1989: dem induct am to de Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
  • 1994: Star on de Hollywood Walk of Fame.
  • 1999: receive de Polar Music Prize den Kennedy Center Honors.
  • 2002: receive de George and Ira Gershwin Lifetime Achievement Award at UCLA's Spring Sing. De same year, Wonder receive de Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award from de Songwriters Hall of Fame.
  • 2004: receive de Billboard Century Award. Sanso for 2004 insyd, Rolling Stone rank am No. 15 for dema list of de 100 Greatest Rock and Roll Artists of All Time top.
  • 2006: dem induct am, as one of de first inductees, into de Michigan Walk of Fame.
  • 2006: Recipient of Lifetime Achievement Award from de National Civil Rights Museum insyd Memphis.
  • 2008: Dem rank am at number five on "The Billboard Hot 100 Top All-Time Artists", wey dey make am as de third most successful male artist insyd de history of Billboard Hot 100 chart.
  • February 23, 2009: Recipient of de Library of Congress's second Gershwin Prize For Popular Song, US Presido Barack Obama honor am at de White House.
  • 2009: Recipient of de Montreal Jazz Festival Spirit Award. Dis special award dey underline popular artist ein extraordinary contribution to de musical world. De Montreal Jazz Festival Spirit Award dey for bronze insyd.
  • 2009: Dem name am Messenger of Peace by de United Nations.
  • March 6, 2010: Dem appoint am Commander of de Order of Arts and Letters by French Culture Minister Frédéric Mitterrand. Wonder be due make dem invest am plus dis honor for 1981 insyd, buh scheduling problems prevent dis from make e happen. Dem sanso give de Lifetime achievement award to Wonder for de same day, at France ein biggest music awards.
  • June 2011: de Apollo Theater induct Wonder into de Apollo Legends Hall of Fame.
  • 2012: Recipient of de Billboard Icon Award.
  • 2013: Receive de Music Makes One Global Ambassador Award from de outstanding music award ceremony of Asia den de World, Mnet Asian Music Awards.
  • 2014: Recipient of de Presidential Medal of Freedom.
  • 2014: Recipient of ASCAP Centennial Award.
  • 2021: Founding inductee of de Black Music and Entertainment Walk of Fame.
  • 2022: Recipient of de inaugural Icon Award from de Legal Defense Fund.

Honorary degrees

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Stevie Wonder receive chaw honorary degrees in recognition of ein music career. Dese dey include:

State Date School Degree
Washington, D. C. May 14, 1978 Howard University Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL)[9]
Providence, RI 1987 Brown University Doctor of Music (DHL)[10]
Alabama June 2, 1996 University of Alabama at Birmingham Doctor of Music (D.Mus.)[11]
New Jersey May 19, 1999 Rutgers University Doctor of Fine Arts (D.F.A.)[12]
Ohio April 30, 2010 Oberlin College Doctor of Music (D.Mus.)[13]
Louisiana May 12, 2011 Tulane University Doctor of Fine Arts (D.F.A.)[14]
Connecticut May 22, 2017 Yale University Doctor of Music (D.Mus.)[15]
Michigan May 7, 2022 Wayne State University Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL)[16][17]

Discography

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  • The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie (1962)
  • Tribute to Uncle Ray (1962)
  • With a Song in My Heart (1963)
  • Stevie at the Beach (1964)
  • Up-Tight (1966)
  • Down to Earth (1966)
  • I Was Made to Love Her (1967)
  • Someday at Christmas (1967)
  • Eivets Rednow (1968)
  • For Once in My Life (1968)
  • My Cherie Amour (1969)
  • Signed, Sealed & Delivered (1970)
  • Where I'm Coming From (1971)
  • Music of My Mind (1972)
  • Talking Book (1972)
  • Innervisions (1973)
  • Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974)
  • Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
  • Stevie Wonder's Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants" (1979, soundtrack)
  • Hotter than July (1980)
  • The Woman in Red (1984, soundtrack)
  • In Square Circle (1985)
  • Characters (1987)
  • Jungle Fever (1991, soundtrack)
  • Conversation Peace (1995)
  • A Time to Love (2005)

References

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  1. ↑ "Stevie Wonder takes Oath of Allegiance; receives certificate of citizenship as a Ghanaian - MyJoyOnline". www.myjoyonline.com. May 13, 2024. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  2. ↑ "President Akufo-Addo confers Ghanaian citizenship on Stevie Wonder". Ministry of the Interior│Republic of Ghana. May 2024. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  3. ↑ Love, Dennis; Brown, Stacy (2007). Blind Faith: The Miraculous Journey of Lula Hardaway, Stevie Wonder's Mother. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4165-7785-0.
  4. ↑ Ribowski, Mark (2010). Signed, Sealed, and Delivered: The Soulful Journey of Stevie Wonder. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Hardaway had her first child, Stevie's half-brother Milton, prior to her relationship with Judkins; following her split with Judkins, she rekindled her relationship with Milton's father, coincidentally named Paul Hardaway, who by now had another child of his own – Stevie's stepbrother Larry – and with whom she went on to have two more children, Stevie's half-sister Renee and half-brother Timmy
  5. ↑ "Stevie Wonder: Blind faith". The Independent. July 12, 2008. Archived from the original on May 25, 2022. Retrieved July 29, 2008.
  6. ↑ "Transcript of interview: Larry King and Stevie Wonder". Larry King Live. CNN. November 30, 2010. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved January 4, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Stevie Wonder – Artist Profile". Grammy.com. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Lifetime Achievement Award". Grammy.com. Archived from the original on February 13, 2007. Retrieved October 30, 2008.
  9. ↑ Feinberg, Lawrence (May 14, 1978). "Howard U. Confers Honorary Degree On Stevie Wonder". Washington Post.
  10. ↑ "Honorary Degrees: 1900s". The Corporation of Brown University. Brown University. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Honorary UAB Degrees Conferred" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  12. ↑ Billboard Staff (May 31, 2018). "20 Musicians With Honorary Degrees". Billboard. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  13. ↑ Ricci, Michael (March 10, 2010). "Stevie Wonder, Bill And Camille Cosby To Help Oberlin Dedicate And Celebrate The Grand Opening Of The Litoff Building April 30 – May 1". AllAboutJazz. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
  14. ↑ Marinello, Nick (May 12, 2011). "Idealism and Wonder Reign at Commencement". News. Tulane University. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
  15. ↑ Megan, Kathleen (May 22, 2017). "Yale Honors Stevie Wonder, John Kerry, John Lewis At Commencement". The Hartford Courant.
  16. ↑ "Ceremony III – May 7, 2022 | Stevland Hardaway Morris". May 2022 Commencement. Wayne State University. May 7, 2022. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
  17. ↑ McCollum, Brian (May 7, 2022). "Stevie Wonder gets honorary doctorate at Wayne State University commencement". Detroit Free Press.
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