A success timeline featuring the most significant achievements of Stevie Wonder.
Stevie Wonder, born Stevland Hardaway Morris, is a highly influential American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. Blind from infancy, he became a child prodigy, signing with Motown's Tamla label at age 11. Wonder is celebrated for his pioneering use of synthesizers and electronic instruments, revolutionizing R&B in the 1970s. He is credited with transforming R&B, pop, soul, gospel, funk, and jazz music into complex album-oriented works, known for their cohesive nature and socially conscious themes. He is considered a pioneer and influence by musicians across a range of genres.
In November 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. received an honorary degree from Newcastle University. This event was later recognized when Stevie Wonder was awarded the Freedom of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne for his campaign to establish a U.S. national holiday for Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday
In 1973, Stevie Wonder's album, Innervisions, won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
In 1974, Stevie Wonder's album, Fulfillingness' First Finale, won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
In 1976, Stevie Wonder's album, Songs in the Key of Life, won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
In 1984, Stevie Wonder won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "I Just Called to Say I Love You" from the movie The Woman in Red.
In 1996, Stevie Wonder won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, adding to his collection of 25 Grammy Awards.
In June 2009, Stevie Wonder became the fourth artist to receive the Montreal Jazz Festival Spirit Award.
In 2009, Stevie Wonder's harmonica playing was featured on the Grammy-nominated song "Never Give You Up", featuring CJ Hilton and Raphael Saadiq.
In 2014, Stevie Wonder received a Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama, presented at a ceremony in the White House on November 24.
In 2023, Stevie Wonder was awarded the Freedom of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, in recognition of his campaign to establish a U.S. national holiday for the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
On May 13, 2024, Stevie Wonder's 74th birthday, he was conferred Ghanaian citizenship by Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo, taking the Oath of Allegiance and receiving his Certificate of Citizenship at Jubilee House in Accra.
In May 2024, Stevie Wonder was a recipient of the George Peabody Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Music and Dance in America, the highest honor awarded by the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University.
In 2024, Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph ranked Stevie Wonder the fifth greatest keyboard player of all time.
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