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Stevie Wonder

Profession
Acting
Born
May 13, 1950 · Saginaw, Michigan, USA

Biography

Stevland Hardaway Morris (né Judkins; born May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Wonder is credited as a pioneer and influence by musicians across a range of genres that include R&B, pop, soul, gospel, funk, and jazz. A virtual one-man band, Wonder's use of synthesizers and other electronic musical instruments during the 1970s reshaped the conventions of contemporary R&B. He also helped drive such genres into the album era, crafting his LPs as cohesive and consistent, in addition to socially conscious statements with complex compositions. Blind since shortly after his birth, Wonder was a child prodigy who signed with Motown's Tamla label at the age of 11, where he was given the professional name Little Stevie Wonder. Wonder's single "Fingertips" was a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963, when he was 13, making him the youngest solo artist ever to top the chart. Wonder's critical success was at its peak in the 1970s. His "classic period" began in 1972 with the releases of Music of My Mind and Talking Book, the latter featuring "Superstition", which is one of the most distinctive and famous examples of the sound of the Hohner Clavinet keyboard. His works Innervisions (1973), Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974) and Songs in the Key of Life (1976) all won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, making him the only artist to have won the award with three consecutive album releases. Wonder began his "commercial period" in the 1980s; he achieved his biggest hits and highest level of fame, had increased album sales, charity participation, high-profile collaborations (including with Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson), political impact, and television appearances. Wonder has continued to remain active in music and political causes. Wonder is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with sales of more than 100 million records worldwide. He has won 25 Grammy Awards (the most by a male solo artist) and one Academy Award (Best Original Song, for the 1984 film The Woman in Red). Wonder has been inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He is also noted for his political activism, including his 1980 campaign to make Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a federal holiday in the United States. In 2009, Wonder was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace, and in 2014, he was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He was conferred Ghanaian citizenship in 2024. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stevie Wonder, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​

Known for

Sing poster
Sing
Film · 2016 · ★ 7.1
Fahrenheit 9/11 poster
Fahrenheit 9/11
Film · 2004 · ★ 7.1
The Woman in Red poster
The Woman in Red
Film · 1984 · ★ 6.3
Saturday Night Live poster
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975 · ★ 6.9
The Cosby Show poster
The Cosby Show
Series · 1984 · ★ 7.0
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2014 · ★ 5.8
Jungle Fever poster
Jungle Fever
Film · 1991 · ★ 6.4
The Greatest Night in Pop poster
The Greatest Night in Pop
Film · 2024 · ★ 7.9
20 Feet from Stardom poster
20 Feet from Stardom
Film · 2013 · ★ 7.2
Leaving Neverland poster
Leaving Neverland
Series · 2019 · ★ 6.4
The Adventures of Pinocchio poster
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Film · 1996 · ★ 5.3
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) poster
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Film · 2021 · ★ 7.6

Filmography