A success timeline featuring the most significant achievements of Brenda Lee.
Brenda Lee, known as "Little Miss Dynamite," is an American singer prominent in rockabilly, pop, country, and Christmas music. Achieving her first hit at 12, she's known for songs like "Sweet Nothin's" and "I'm Sorry." Her 1958 Christmas song, "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 2023, making her the oldest artist to achieve this feat and breaking numerous records.
On September 26, 1986, Brenda Lee was installed in the Atlanta Music Hall of Fame 5th Annual Awards Ceremony in Atlanta, Georgia.
In 1990, Brenda Lee reached the final ballot for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame without success.
In 1997, Brenda Lee was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
On October 4, 2000, Brenda Lee inducted Faron Young and Charley Pride into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
In 2001, Brenda Lee reached the final ballot for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame without success.
In 2002, Brenda Lee was voted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
In September 2006, Brenda Lee was the second recipient of the Jo Meador-Walker Lifetime Achievement award by the Source Foundation in Nashville.
In February 2009, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences gave Brenda Lee a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award.
In 2016, Brenda Lee announced Randy Travis, Charlie Daniels, and Fred Foster as the newest inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Brenda Lee at number 161 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.
Also in December 2024, Brenda Lee was honored at the Tennessee State Capitol, where "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" was named the Official Holiday Song of Tennessee.
In December 2024, Spotify revealed that "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" is among the Top 10 most streamed holiday songs of all time, reaching more than a billion downloads. The Recording Industry Association of America also certified "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" that month for 7× Platinum for US sales of 7 million copies of the digital single.
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