Here is a have a look at the lifetime of Stevie Wonder, singer, songwriter, producer and activist.
Birth date: May 13, 1950
Birth place: Saginaw, Michigan
Birth title: Stevland Hardaway Judkins
Father: Calvin Judkins
Mother: Lula Mae Hardaway
Marriages: Tomeeka Robyn Bracy (2017-present); Karen “Kai” Millard Morris (2001-October 5, 2015, divorced); Syreeta Wright (September 14, 1970-1972, divorced)
Children: with Tomeeka Robyn Bracy: Nia and Zaiah; with Kai Millard Morris: Mandla Kadjaly and Kailand; with Melody McCulley: Mumtaz; with Yolanda Simmons: Keita and Aisha; Mothers’ names unavailable publicly: Kwame and Sophia
Education: Michigan School for the Blind
Nominated for 75 Grammy Awards and received 25, plus obtained an honorary award.
Nominated for one Academy Award with one win.
Born prematurely; docs consider he was blinded when he was by chance given an excessive amount of oxygen in his incubator.
Learned to play piano, drums and harmonica by age 9.
His first stage title was Little Stevie Wonder.
Wonder is one in all six kids. His siblings use the final title Hardaway. According to his mom’s licensed biography, Wonder’s surname was legally modified to Morris, “an old family name,” when he signed with Motown, and Berry Gordy gave him the stage title Wonder.
1961 – Signs a contract with Motown.
1963 – First chart-topper, “Fingertips, Part 2,” and the album “The 12 Year Old Genius,” are launched and attain primary.
1971 – Contract with Motown expires. Wonder negotiates for full inventive management earlier than re-signing.
August 6, 1973 – Is in a near-fatal automobile accident.
1974 – Wins Grammy Awards for:
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Best Rhythm & Blues Song – “Superstition.”
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Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male – “Superstition.”
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Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male – “You are the Sunshine of My Life.”
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Album of the Year – “Innervisions” (he obtained two awards, one as artist and one as producer).
1975 – Wins Grammy Awards for:
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Best Rhythm & Blues Song – “Living For the City.”
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Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male – “Boogie on Reggae Woman.”
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Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male – “Fulfillingness’ First Finale.”
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Album of the Year – “Fulfillingness’ First Finale” (he obtained two awards, one as artist and one as producer).
1977 – Wins Grammy Awards for:
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Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male – “I Wish.”
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Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male – “Songs in the Key of Life.”
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Best Producer of the Year.
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Album of the Year – “Songs in the Key of Life” – (he obtained two awards, one as artist and one as producer).
1980 – Releases the track “Happy Birthday,” a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and spearheads a marketing campaign to make King’s birthday a nationwide vacation.
1982 – Collaborates with Paul McCartney on the track, “Ebony and Ivory.” The track spends a number of weeks on the high of the charts.
1985 – Wins an Academy Award for Best Original Song, “I Just Called to Say I Love You” from the movie, “The Woman in Red.”
1986 – Wins Grammy for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male for “In Square Circle.”
1987 – Wins a Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal – “That’s What Friends Are For” – with Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight and Elton John.
1989 – Is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
1996 – Wins Grammy Awards for:
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Best Rhythm & Blues Song – “For Your Love.”
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Best Male R&B Vocal Performance – “For Your Love.”
1996 – Receives the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
1999 – Wins Grammy Awards for:
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Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals – “St. Louis Blues” with Herbie Hancock and Robert Sadin.
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Best Male R&B Vocal Performance – “St. Louis Blues.”
1999 – Is a Kennedy Center Honoree.
2002 – Is inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
2003 – Wins a Grammy award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal – “Love’s in Need of Love Today” – with Take 6.
2004 – Receives the Billboard Century Award.
2006 – Wins Grammy Awards for:
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Best Male Pop Vocal Performance – “From the Bottom of My Heart.”
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Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals – “So Amazing” – with Beyoncé.
February 5, 2006 – Performs through the pregame ceremonies at Super Bowl XL.
2007 – Wins a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals – “For Once in My Life” – with Tony Bennett.
2007 – Receives the primary American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) American Troubadour Award.
February 25, 2009 – President Barack Obama presents Wonder with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from the Library of Congress.
December 2009 – Is designated as a UN Messenger of Peace in honor of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
March 6, 2010 – Receives the National Order of Arts and Letters medal from the cultural minister of France. The honor was initially given to Wonder in 1981, however schedule conflicts delayed the presentation.
September 20, 2010 – Speaks earlier than the UN’s World Intellectual Property Organization concerning the want for higher copyright legal guidelines to enhance entry to audiobooks for visually impaired folks.
June 13, 2011 – Is inducted into the Apollo Legends Hall of Fame.
November 11, 2014 – The White House pronounces that Wonder is a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.
February 10, 2015 – “Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life – An All-Star Grammy Salute” takes place on the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles with artists resembling Lady Gaga, Beyoncé and John Legend performing songs from Wonder’s ample music catalog.
July 6, 2019 – Announces throughout a live performance in London that he’ll bear a kidney transplant in September.
October 13, 2020 – Releases two new songs with the launch of his new label, So What the Fuss Records. The transfer marks a break from Wonder’s practically 60-year profession with Motown.
January 18, 2021 – Releases a video in help of the formation of the first federal racial justice commission tasked with inspecting the nation’s historical past of systemic racism towards Black folks, addressing inequities and backing efforts to offer reparations for slavery.
May 13, 2024 – On his birthday, Wonder is granted Ghanaian citizenship by the nation’s president Nana Akufo-Addo.