Stevie Wonder

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Age

Movies

125

Born: May 13, 1950
From: Saginaw, Michigan, USA
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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.

Works

125 films

The Greatest Night in Pop

20247.9

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy

20266.0

Jim Henson Idea Man

20247.9

Bad 25

20127.3

Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World)

20265.1

MTV Icon: Janet Jackson

20017.0

One World: Together at Home

20207.1

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

20257.8

Michael Jackson: A Life in Music

2026

America | A Tribute to Heroes

20016.5

Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan

20236.8

Fahrenheit 9/11

20047.1

One Love Manchester

20178.4

Live 8

20057.4

537 Votes

20207.1

Muscle Beach Party

19645.7

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

20217.6

One to One: John & Yoko

20257.2

Commitment to Life

2023

20 Feet from Stardom

20137.2

Stevie Wonder: Live at Last

20097.1

Quincy

20187.3

The World of Nat King Cole

2004

Bikini Beach

19645.6

2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

20254.8

Mr. SOUL!

20187.0

FireAid Benefit Concert

20258.5

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

20217.4

Stevie Wonder - Live at Wembley Stadium - London England 1989

198910.0

Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall

20167.0

Tony Bennett Celebrates 90

20168.0

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

20156.7

American Symphony

20236.6

Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade

20095.0

We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial

20094.6

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

19886.5

Black Note

20236.5

Black Woodstock

19698.0

Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days

20216.5

The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles

20147.1

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

20228.2

Genius. A Night for Ray Charles

20047.4

An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.

1986

The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts

20097.9

Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found

20058.0

Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute

20158.0

Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever

19838.7

Chasing Happiness

20198.0

The Price of Protest

20197.6

George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

20236.7

1989

2019

The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012

20128.2

George Michael: Freedom Uncut

20227.1

Stevie Wonder: A Night Of Wonder Live in London

19958.5

Tony Bennett: An American Classic

20067.7

Christmas in Hollywood

20036.0

Power to the People: John & Yoko Live in NYC

2026

Parkinson at 50

202110.0

Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon

2022

Casey Kasem's Rock 'n' Roll Goldmine: The Soul Years

20049.8

Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration

19937.5

Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic

2007

Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres

20217.3

The One to One Concert

19726.5

We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song

19858.5

Who You Gonna Call?

20207.3

George Michael: Freedom

20177.2

Neil Diamond... Hello Again

1986

Henry Mancini: 100 at the Hollywood Bowl

2024

The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's

19804.0

The Lady and The Legend

202610.0

A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand

20115.6

From Hope to Home: The Obama Presidential Center

2026

Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023

20248.0

VH1 Divas 2009

2009

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

20157.3

A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy

20187.3

Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees

20177.6

I Love Quincy

1984

DTV: Golden Oldies

1984

Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip

19792.0

Classic Albums: Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key of Life

19978.0

Cocksucker Blues

19725.8

Stevie Wonder Live Musikladen

1974

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2014-2017

2018

Motown at the BBC

20095.0

O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar

2009

Michael Jackson: Bad Tour Live in Brisbane 1987

198710.0

The Best Of Beat

2003

Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle

2019

The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert

198810.0

John Legend and Family: Bigger Love Father's Day

2020

Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville

2017

National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony

20165.5

Pavarotti & Friends - For the Children of Liberia

1998

Paul Simon and Friends | The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song

20076.2

Motown 60: A Grammy Celebration

20197.0

Babyface: MTV Unplugged NYC 1997

1997

iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World

20116.9

From Legend To Life: The Making of Mulan

1998

Hope for Haiti Now

20106.3

Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones

20187.0

Paul McCartney: In Performance at the White House

2010

Sous les marches du palais

1991

Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally

19717.5

Stevie Wonder: Broadcasting Live

2006

Stevie Wonder : Visionnaire et prophète

20196.7

When Woodstock Was Young

2009

Hard Rock Calling 2010

2010

Elton John: Live at Wembley 1977

19778.5

Stevie Wonder: The Best of Stevie Wonder

2011

The Giants of Black Music

2003

Brian Wilson’s Imagination

19987.0

To John With Love

2006

Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei

1996

A Grammy Salute to Earth, Wind & Fire Live: The 21st Night of September

2025

Stevie Wonder: Beat Club Live

1973

Ready Steady Go! The Sounds of Motown

1995

Happy Birthday to John

19975.3

Black Journal: 23; New-Ark

1970

Stevie Wonder live at Rock in Rio 2011

20113.8

The Changin' Times of Ike White

20204.0

Stevie Wonder - At The Nippon Budoken Hall Tokyo 1982

2007

Stevie Wonder at the BBC

20227.7

Stevie Wonder: Live at Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo 1982

2007