Stevie Wonder - wikipedia Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder Wonder performing in 1973 Stevland Hardaway Judkins ( 1950 - 05 - 13 ) May 13, 1950 ( age 68 ) Saginaw, Michigan, U.S. Other names Stevland Hardaway Morris ( legal ) Little Stevie Wonder ( stage ) Occupation Singer songwriter record producer multi-instrumentalist Years active 1961 -- present Home town Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Spouse ( s ) Syreeta Wright ( m. 1970 ; divorce filed 1972 ) Kai Millard ( m. 2001 ; divorce filed 2012 ) Tomeeka Bracy ( m. 2017 ) Children 9 Musical career Genres Soul pop R&B funk jazz Instruments Vocals piano keyboards harmonica drums Labels Tamla Motown Associated acts Elton John Michael Jackson Paul McCartney Website steviewonder.net Stevland Hardaway Morris ( né Judkins ; born May 13, 1950 ), known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. A child prodigy, he is considered to be one of the most critically and commercially successful musical performers of the late 20th century. Wonder signed with Motown 's Tamla label at the age of 11, and he continued performing and recording for Motown into the 2010s. He has been blind since shortly after birth. Among Wonder 's works are singles such as `` Signed, Sealed, Delivered I 'm Yours '', `` Superstition '', `` Sir Duke '', `` You Are the Sunshine of My Life '' and `` I Just Called to Say I Love You '' ; and albums such as Talking Book, Innervisions and Songs in the Key of Life. He has recorded more than 30 U.S. top ten hits and received 25 Grammy Awards, one of the most - awarded male solo artists, and has sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the top 60 best - selling music artists. Wonder is also noted for his work as an activist for political causes, including his 1980 campaign to make Martin Luther King Jr. 's birthday a holiday in the United States. In 2009, Wonder was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace. In 2013, Billboard magazine released a list of the Billboard Hot 100 All - Time Top Artists to celebrate the US singles chart 's 55th anniversary, with Wonder at number six. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 1961 -- 1969 : Sixties singles 2.2 1970 -- 1979 : Seventies albums and classic period 2.3 1980 -- 1990 : Commercial period 2.4 1991 -- present : Later career 3 Legacy 4 Personal life 4.1 Marriages 4.2 Children 4.3 Other 4.4 Religious views 5 Awards and recognition 5.1 Grammy Awards 5.2 Other awards and recognition 5.3 Honorary degrees 6 Discography 7 See also 8 References 9 External links Early Life Stevie Wonder was born in Saginaw, Michigan, in 1950, the third of six children of Calvin Judkins and Lula Mae Hardaway, a songwriter. He was born six weeks premature which, along with the oxygen - rich atmosphere in the hospital incubator, resulted in retinopathy of prematurity ( ROP ), a condition in which the growth of the eyes is aborted and causes the retinas to detach ; so he became blind. When Wonder was four, his mother divorced his father and moved to Detroit with her children. She changed her name back to Lula Hardaway and later changed her son 's surname to Morris, partly because of relatives. Wonder has retained Morris as his legal surname. He began playing instruments at an early age, including piano, harmonica and drums. He formed a singing partnership with a friend ; calling themselves Stevie and John, they played on street corners, and occasionally at parties and dances. Wonder sang as a child in a choir at the Whitestone Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan. Career 1961 -- 1969 : sixties singles Rehearsing for a performance on Dutch TV in 1967 In 1961, when aged 11, Wonder sang his own composition, `` Lonely Boy '', to Ronnie White of the Miracles ; White then took Wonder and his mother to an audition at Motown, where CEO Berry Gordy signed Wonder to Motown 's Tamla label. Before signing, producer Clarence Paul gave him the name Little Stevie Wonder. Because of Wonder 's age, the label drew up a rolling five - year contract in which royalties would be held in trust until Wonder was 21. He and his mother would be paid a weekly stipend to cover their expenses : Wonder received $2.50 ( equivalent to $20.47 in 2017 ) per week, and a private tutor was provided for when Wonder was on tour. Wonder was put in the care of producer and songwriter Clarence Paul, and for a year they worked together on two albums. Tribute to Uncle Ray was recorded first, when Wonder was still 11 years old. Mainly covers of Ray Charles 's songs, it included a Wonder and Paul composition, `` Sunset ''. The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie was recorded next, an instrumental album consisting mainly of Paul 's compositions, two of which, `` Wondering '' and `` Session Number 112 '', were co-written with Wonder. Feeling Wonder was now ready, a song, `` Mother Thank You '', was recorded for release as a single, but then pulled and replaced by the Berry Gordy song `` I Call It Pretty Music, But the Old People Call It the Blues '' as his début single ; released summer 1962, it almost broke into the Billboard 100, spending one week of August at 101 before dropping out of sight. Two follow - up singles, `` Little Water Boy '' and `` Contract on Love '', both had no success, and the two albums, released in reverse order of recording -- The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie in September 1962 and Tribute to Uncle Ray in October 1962 -- also met with little success. At the end of 1962, when Wonder was 12 years old, he joined the Motortown Revue, touring the `` chitlin ' circuit '' of theatres across America that accepted black artists. At the Regal Theater, Chicago, his 20 - minute performance was recorded and released in May 1963 as the album Recorded Live : The 12 Year Old Genius. A single, `` Fingertips '', from the album was also released in May, and became a major hit. The song, featuring a confident and enthusiastic Wonder returning for a spontaneous encore that catches out the replacement bass player, who is heard to call out `` What key ? What key ? '', was a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 when Wonder was aged 13, making him the youngest artist ever to top the chart. The single was simultaneously No. 1 on the R&B chart, the first time that had occurred. His next few recordings, however, were not successful ; his voice was changing as he got older, and some Motown executives were considering cancelling his recording contract. During 1964, Wonder appeared in two films as himself, Muscle Beach Party and Bikini Beach, but these were not successful either. Sylvia Moy persuaded label owner Berry Gordy to give Wonder another chance. Dropping the `` Little '' from his name, Moy and Wonder worked together to create the hit `` Uptight ( Everything 's Alright ) '', and Wonder went on to have a number of other hits during the mid-1960s, including `` With a Child 's Heart '', and `` Blowin ' in the Wind '', a Bob Dylan cover, co-sung by his mentor, producer Clarence Paul. He also began to work in the Motown songwriting department, composing songs both for himself and his label mates, including `` The Tears of a Clown '', a No. 1 hit for Smokey Robinson and the Miracles ( it was first released in 1967, mostly unnoticed as the last track of their Make It Happen LP, but eventually became a major success when re-released as a single in 1970, which prompted Robinson to reconsider his intention of leaving the group ). In 1968 he recorded an album of instrumental soul / jazz tracks, mostly harmonica solos, under the title Eivets Rednow, which is `` Stevie Wonder '' spelled backwards. The album failed to get much attention, and its only single, a cover of `` Alfie '', only reached number 66 on the U.S. Pop charts and number 11 on the US Adult Contemporary charts. Nonetheless, he managed to score several hits between 1968 and 1970 such as `` I Was Made to Love Her '', `` For Once in My Life '' and `` Signed, Sealed, Delivered I 'm Yours ''. A number of Wonder 's early hits, including `` My Cherie Amour '', `` I Was Made to Love Her '', and `` Uptight ( Everything 's Alright ) '', were co-written with Henry Cosby. 1970 -- 1979 : seventies albums and classic period In September 1970, at the age of 20, Wonder married Syreeta Wright, a songwriter and former Motown secretary. Wright and Wonder worked together on the next album, Where I 'm Coming From ; Wonder writing the music, and Wright helping with the lyrics. They wanted to `` touch on the social problems of the world '', and for the lyrics `` to mean something ''. It was released at around the same time as Marvin Gaye 's What 's Going On. As both albums had similar ambitions and themes, they have been compared ; in a contemporaneous review by Vince Aletti in Rolling Stone, Gaye 's was seen as successful, while Wonder 's was seen as failing due to `` self - indulgent and cluttered '' production, `` undistinguished '' and `` pretentious '' lyrics, and an overall lack of unity and flow. Also in 1970, Wonder co-wrote, and played numerous instruments on the hit `` It 's a Shame '' for fellow Motown act the Spinners. His contribution was meant to be a showcase of his talent and thus a weapon in his ongoing negotiations with Gordy about creative autonomy. Reaching his 21st birthday on May 13, 1971, he allowed his Motown contract to expire. During this period, Wonder independently recorded two albums and signed a new contract with Motown Records. The 120 - page contract was a precedent at Motown and gave Wonder a much higher royalty rate. Wonder returned to Motown in March 1972 with Music of My Mind. Unlike most previous albums on Motown, which usually consisted of a collection of singles, B - sides and covers, Music of My Mind was a full - length artistic statement with songs flowing together thematically. Wonder 's lyrics dealt with social, political, and mystical themes as well as standard romantic ones, while musically he began exploring overdubbing and recording most of the instrumental parts himself. Music of My Mind marked the beginning of a long collaboration with Tonto 's Expanding Head Band ( Robert Margouleff and Malcolm Cecil ). `` Superstition '' ( reduced quality ) from Talking Book by Stevie Wonder, Motown 1972 - 10 - 27. Sample from Stevie Wonder Song Review : A Greatest Hits Collection, Motown, 1996 - 12 - 10 Problems playing this file ? See media help. Released in late 1972, Talking Book featured the No. 1 hit `` Superstition '', which is one of the most distinctive and famous examples of the sound of the Hohner Clavinet keyboard. Talking Book also featured `` You Are the Sunshine of My Life '', which also peaked at No. 1. During the same time as the album 's release, Wonder began touring with the Rolling Stones to alleviate the negative effects from pigeonholing as a result of being an R&B artist in America. Wonder 's touring with the Stones was also a factor behind the success of both `` Superstition '' and `` You Are the Sunshine of My Life ''. Between them, the two songs won three Grammy Awards. On an episode of the children 's television show Sesame Street that aired in April 1973, Wonder and his band performed `` Superstition '', as well as an original called `` Sesame Street Song '', which demonstrated his abilities with television. Innervisions, released in 1973, featured `` Higher Ground '' ( No. 4 on the pop charts ) as well as the trenchant `` Living for the City '' ( No. 8 ). Both songs reached No. 1 on the R&B charts. Popular ballads such as `` Golden Lady '' and `` All in Love Is Fair '' were also present, in a mixture of moods that nevertheless held together as a unified whole. Innervisions generated three more Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year. The album is ranked No. 23 on Rolling Stone 's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Wonder had become the most influential and acclaimed black musician of the early 1970s. On August 6, 1973, Wonder was in a serious automobile accident while on tour in North Carolina, when a car in which he was riding hit the back of a truck. This left him in a coma for four days and resulted in a partial loss of his sense of smell and a temporary loss of sense of taste. Despite the setback, Wonder re-appeared for a European tour in early 1974, performing at the Midem convention in Cannes, at the Rainbow Theatre in London, and on the German television show Musikladen. On his return from Europe, he played a sold - out concert at Madison Square Garden in March 1974, highlighting both up - tempo material and long, building improvisations on mid-tempo songs such as `` Living for the City ''. The album Fulfillingness ' First Finale appeared in July 1974 and set two hits high on the pop charts : the No. 1 `` You Have n't Done Nothin ' '' and the Top Ten `` Boogie on Reggae Woman ''. The Album of the Year was again one of three Grammys won. The same year Wonder took part in a Los Angeles jam session that would become known as the bootleg album A Toot and a Snore in ' 74. He also co-wrote and produced the Syreeta Wright album Stevie Wonder Presents : Syreeta. On October 4, 1975, Wonder performed at the historic `` Wonder Dream Concert '' in Kingston, Jamaica, a benefit for the Jamaican Institute for the Blind. By 1975, at age 25, Wonder had won two consecutive Grammy Awards : in 1974 for Innervisions and in 1975 for Fulfillingness ' First Finale. In 1975, he played harmonica on two tracks on Billy Preston 's album It 's My Pleasure. The double album - with - extra-EP Songs in the Key of Life was released in September 1976. Sprawling in style, unlimited in ambition, and sometimes lyrically difficult to fathom, the album was hard for some listeners to assimilate, yet is regarded by many as Wonder 's crowning achievement and one of the most recognizable and accomplished albums in pop music history. The album became the first by an American artist to debut straight at No. 1 in the Billboard charts, where it stood for 14 non-consecutive weeks. Two tracks became No. 1 Pop / R&B hits `` I Wish '' and `` Sir Duke ''. The baby - celebratory `` Is n't She Lovely ? '' was written about his newborn daughter Aisha, while songs such as `` Love 's in Need of Love Today '' and `` Village Ghetto Land '' reflected a far more pensive mood. Songs in the Key of Life won Album of the Year and two other Grammys. The album ranks 57th on Rolling Stone 's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Until 1979 's Stevie Wonder 's Journey Through `` The Secret Life of Plants '' his only release was the retrospective three - disc album Looking Back, an anthology of his early Motown period. 1980 -- 1990 : commercial period The 1980s saw Wonder achieving his biggest hits and highest level of fame ; he had increased album sales, charity participation, high - profile collaborations, political impact, and television appearances. The 1979 mainly instrumental soundtrack album Stevie Wonder 's Journey Through `` The Secret Life of Plants '' was composed using an early music sampler, a Computer Music Melodian. Wonder toured briefly in support of the album, and used a Fairlight CMI sampler on stage. In this year Wonder also wrote and produced the dance hit `` Let 's Get Serious '', performed by Jermaine Jackson and ( ranked by Billboard as the No. 1 R&B single of 1980 ). Hotter than July ( 1980 ) became Wonder 's first platinum - selling single album, and its single `` Happy Birthday '' was a successful vehicle for his campaign to establish Dr. Martin Luther King 's birthday as a national holiday. The album also included `` Master Blaster ( Jammin ' ) '', `` I Ai n't Gonna Stand for It '', and the sentimental ballad, `` Lately ''. In 1982, Wonder released a retrospective of his 1970s work with Stevie Wonder 's Original Musiquarium, which included four new songs : the ten - minute funk classic `` Do I Do '' ( which featured Dizzy Gillespie ), `` That Girl '' ( one of the year 's biggest singles to chart on the R&B side ), `` Front Line '', a narrative about a soldier in the Vietnam War that Wonder wrote and sang in the first person, and `` Ribbon in the Sky '', one of his many classic compositions. He also gained a No. 1 hit that year in collaboration with Paul McCartney in their paean to racial harmony, `` Ebony and Ivory ''. In 1983, Wonder performed the song `` Stay Gold '', the theme to Francis Ford Coppola 's film adaptation of S.E. Hinton 's novel The Outsiders. Wonder wrote the lyrics. In 1983, he scheduled an album to be entitled People Work, Human Play. The album never surfaced and instead 1984 saw the release of Wonder 's soundtrack album for The Woman in Red. The lead single, `` I Just Called to Say I Love You '', was a No. 1 pop and R&B hit in both the United States and the United Kingdom, where it was placed 13th in the list of best - selling singles in the UK published in 2002. ( The single was also a hit in lots of other countries as well ). It went on to win an Academy award for best song in 1985. Wonder accepted the award in the name of Nelson Mandela and was subsequently banned from all South African radio by the Government of South Africa. Incidentally, on the occasion of his 35th birthday, Stevie Wonder was honored by the United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid for his stance against racism in South Africa that same year ( 1985 ). The album also featured a guest appearance by Dionne Warwick, singing the duet `` It 's You '' with Stevie and a few songs of her own. Following the success of the album and its lead single, Wonder made an appearance on The Cosby Show, in the episode `` A Touch of Wonder '' where he demonstrated his ability to sample. The following year 's In Square Circle featured the No. 1 pop hit `` Part - Time Lover ''. The album also has a Top 10 Hit with `` Go Home. '' It also featured the ballad `` Overjoyed '', which was originally written for Journey Through `` The Secret Life of Plants '', but did not make the album. He performed `` Overjoyed '' on Saturday Night Live when he was the host. He was also featured in Chaka Khan 's cover of Prince 's `` I Feel For You '', alongside Melle Mel, playing his signature harmonica. In roughly the same period he was also featured on harmonica on Eurythmics ' single, `` There Must Be an Angel ( Playing with My Heart ) '' and Elton John 's `` I Guess That 's Why They Call It the Blues ''. Wonder was in a featured duet with Bruce Springsteen on the all - star charity single for African Famine Relief, `` We Are the World '', and he was part of another charity single the following year ( 1986 ), the AIDS - inspired `` That 's What Friends Are For ''. He played harmonica on the album Dreamland Express by John Denver in the song `` If Ever '', a song Wonder co-wrote with Stephanie Andrews ; wrote the track `` I Do Love You '' for the Beach Boys ' 1985 self - titled album ; and played harmonica on `` Ca n't Help Lovin ' That Man '' on The Broadway Album by Barbra Streisand. In 1987, Wonder appeared on Michael Jackson 's Bad album, on the duet `` Just Good Friends ''. Michael Jackson also sang a duet with him entitled `` Get It '' on Wonder 's 1987 album Characters. This was a minor hit single, as were `` Skeletons '' and `` You Will Know ''. 1991 -- present : later career Stevie Wonder at the 1990 Grammy Awards After 1987 's Characters album, Wonder continued to release new material, but at a slower pace. He recorded a soundtrack album for Spike Lee 's film Jungle Fever in 1991. From this album, singles and videos were released for `` Gotta Have You '', `` Fun Day '' ( remix only ), `` These Three Words '' and `` Jungle Fever ''. The B - side to the `` Gotta Have You '' single was `` Feeding Off The Love of the Land '', which was played during the end credits of the movie Jungle Fever but was not included on the soundtrack. A piano and vocal version of `` Feeding Off The Love of the Land '' was also released on the Nobody 's Child : Romanian Angel Appeal compilation. Conversation Peace and the live album Natural Wonder were released in the 1990s. Among his other activities he played harmonica on one track for the 1994 tribute album Kiss My Ass : Classic Kiss Regrooved ; sang at the 1996 Summer Olympics closing ceremony ; collaborated in 1997 with Babyface on `` How Come, How Long '', a song about domestic violence that was nominated for a Grammy award ; and played harmonica on Sting 's 1999 `` Brand New Day ''. In December 1999, Wonder announced that he was interested in pursuing an intraocular retinal prosthesis to partially restore his sight. Into the 21st century, Wonder continues to record and perform ; though mainly occasional appearances and guest performances, he did do two tours, and released one album of new material, 2005 's A Time to Love. His key appearances include performing at the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake City, the 2005 Live 8 concert in Philadelphia, the pre-game show for Super Bowl XL in 2006, the Obama Inaugural Celebration in 2009, and the opening ceremony of the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens, Greece. He sang at the Michael Jackson memorial service in 2009, at Etta James ' funeral, in 2012, and a month later at Whitney Houston 's memorial service. Wonder 's first new album in ten years, A Time to Love, was released in October 2005 to lower sales than previous albums, and lukewarm reviews -- most reviewers appearing frustrated at the end of the long delay to get an album that mainly copied the style of Wonder 's `` classic period '' without doing anything new. The first single, `` So What the Fuss '', was released in April. A second single, `` From the Bottom of My Heart '', was a hit on adult - contemporary R&B radio. The album also featured a duet with India Arie on the title track `` A Time to Love ''. By June 2008, Wonder was working on two projects simultaneously : a new album called The Gospel Inspired By Lula, which will deal with the various spiritual and cultural crises facing the world, and Through The Eyes Of Wonder, an album he has described as a performance piece that will reflect his experience as a blind man. Wonder was also keeping the door open for a collaboration with Tony Bennett and Quincy Jones concerning a rumored jazz album. If Wonder were to join forces with Bennett, it would not be for the first time ; their rendition of `` For Once in My Life '' earned them a Grammy for best pop collaboration with vocals in 2006. Wonder 's harmonica playing can be heard on the 2009 Grammy - nominated `` Never Give You Up '', featuring CJ Hilton and Raphael Saadiq. In October 2013, Wonder revealed that he had been recording new material for two albums, When the World Began and Ten Billion Hearts, in collaboration with producer David Foster, the albums to be released in 2014. He is featured on two tracks on Mark Ronson 's new album Uptown Special. Wonder did a 13 - date tour of North America in 2007, starting in San Diego on August 23 ; this was his first U.S. tour in over ten years. On September 8, 2008, Wonder started the European leg of his Wonder Summer 's Night Tour, the first time he had toured Europe in over a decade. His opening show was at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham. During the tour, Wonder played eight UK gigs ; four at the O2 Arena in London ( filmed in HD and subsequently released as a live in concert release on DVD and Blu - Ray, `` Live At Last '' ), two in Birmingham and two at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester. Wonder 's other stops in the tour 's European leg also found him performing in the Netherlands ( Rotterdam ), Sweden ( Stockholm ), Germany ( Cologne, Mannheim and Munich ), Norway ( Hamar ), France ( Paris ), Italy ( Milan ) and Denmark ( Aalborg ). Wonder also toured Australia ( Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane ) and New Zealand ( Christchurch, Auckland and New Plymouth ) in October and November. His 2010 tour included a two - hour set at the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, Tennessee, a stop at London 's `` Hard Rock Calling '' in Hyde Park, and appearances at England 's Glastonbury Festival, Rotterdam 's North Sea Jazz Festival, and a concert in Bergen, Norway, and a concert in Dublin, Ireland, at the O2 Arena on June 24. Barack Obama presents Wonder with the Gershwin Prize in 2009. In 2000, Wonder contributed two new songs to the soundtrack for Spike Lee 's Bamboozled album ( `` Misrepresented People '' and `` Some Years Ago '' ). In June 2006, Wonder made a guest appearance on Busta Rhymes ' album The Big Bang, on the track `` Been through the Storm ''. He sings the refrain and plays the piano on the Dr. Dre and Sha Money XL - produced track. He appeared again on the last track of Snoop Dogg 's album Tha Blue Carpet Treatment, `` Conversations ''. The song is a remake of `` Have a Talk with God '' from Songs in the Key of Life. In 2006, Wonder staged a duet with Andrea Bocelli on the latter 's album Amore, offering harmonica and additional vocals on `` Canzoni Stonate ''. Wonder also performed at Washington, D.C. 's 2006 `` A Capitol Fourth '' celebration. Wonder appeared on singer Celine Dion 's studio album Loved Me Back to Life performing a cover of his 1985 song `` Overjoyed ''. The album was released in October 2013. Legacy A prominent figure in popular music during the latter half of the 20th century, Wonder has recorded more than 30 U.S. top ten hits and won 25 Grammy Awards ( the most ever won by a solo artist ) as well as a Lifetime Achievement Award. He has also won an Academy Award for Best Song, and been inducted into both the Rock and Roll and Songwriters halls of fame. He has also been awarded the Polar Music Prize. American music magazine Rolling Stone named him the ninth greatest singer of all time. In June 2009 he became the fourth artist to receive the Montreal Jazz Festival Spirit Award. He has had ten U.S. number - one hits on the pop charts as well as 20 R&B number one hits, and has sold over 100 million records, 19.5 million of which are albums ; he is one of the top 60 best - selling music artists with combined sales of singles and albums. Wonder has recorded several critically acclaimed albums and hit singles, and writes and produces songs for many of his label mates and outside artists as well. Wonder plays the piano, synthesizer, harmonica, congas, drums, bongos, organ, melodica and Clavinet. In his childhood, he was best known for his harmonica work, but today he is better known for his keyboard skills and vocal ability. Wonder was the first Motown artist and second African - American musician to win an Academy Award for Best Original Song, which he won for his 1984 hit single `` I Just Called to Say I Love You '' from the movie The Woman in Red. Wonder 's `` classic period '' is generally agreed to be between 1972 and 1977. Some observers see in 1971 's Where I 'm Coming From certain indications of the beginning of the classic period, such as its new funky keyboard style which Wonder used throughout the classic period. Some determine Wonder 's first `` classic '' album to be 1972 's Music of My Mind, on which he attained personal control of production, and on which he programmed a series of songs integrated with one another to make a concept album. Others skip over early 1972 and determine the beginning of the classic period to be Talking Book in late 1972, the album in which Wonder `` hit his stride ''. His classic 1970s albums were very influential on the music world : the 1983 Rolling Stone Record Guide said they `` pioneered stylistic approaches that helped to determine the shape of pop music for the next decade '' ; Rolling Stone 's 2003 list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time included four of the five albums, with three in the top 90 ; and in 2005, Kanye West said of his own work, `` I 'm not trying to compete with what 's out there now. I 'm really trying to compete with Innervisions and Songs in the Key of Life. It sounds musically blasphemous to say something like that, but why not set that as your bar ? '' Personal Life Marriages Wonder has been married three times. He was married to Motown singer - songwriter and frequent collaborator Syreeta Wright from 1970 until their amicable divorce in 1972. From 2001 until 2012 he was married to fashion designer Kai Millard. In October 2009, Wonder and Millard separated ; Wonder filed for divorce in August 2012. In 2017 he married Tomeeka Bracy. Children Wonder has nine children by five different women. The mother of Wonder 's first child is Yolanda Simmons, whom Wonder met when she applied for a job as secretary for his publishing company. Simmons gave birth to Wonder 's daughter on February 2, 1975 : Aisha Morris. After Aisha was born, Stevie said `` she was the one thing that I needed in my life and in my music for a long time. '' Aisha was the inspiration for Wonder 's hit single `` Is n't She Lovely ? '' Aisha is a singer who has toured with her father and accompanied him on recordings, including his 2005 album, A Time to Love. Wonder and Simmons had a son, Keita, in 1977. In 1983 Wonder had a son with Melody McCulley, Mumtaz Morris. Wonder has a daughter, Sophia, and a son, Kwame, with a woman whose identity has not been publicly disclosed. Wonder has two sons with second wife Kai Millard Morris ; the elder is named Kailand and he occasionally performs as a drummer on stage with his father. The younger son, Mandla Kadjay Carl Stevland Morris, was born on May 13, 2005, his father 's 55th birthday. Wonder 's ninth child, his second with Tomeeka Robyn Bracy, was born in December 2014, amid rumors that Wonder would be the father to triplets. This turned out not to be the case, and the couple 's new daughter was given the name of Nia, meaning `` purpose '' -- `` one of the seven principles of Kwanzaa ''. The name of Wonder 's first child with Bracy is unknown. Other In May 2006, Wonder 's mother Lula Mae Hardaway died in Los Angeles at the age of 76. During his September 8, 2008, UK concert in Birmingham, he spoke of his decision to begin touring again following his loss : `` I want to take all the pain that I feel and celebrate and turn it around. '' Wonder was introduced to Transcendental Meditation through his marriage to Syreeta Wright. Consistent with that spiritual vision, Wonder became vegetarian, and later a vegan, singing about it on The Late Late Show with James Corden during the show 's `` Carpool Karaoke '' segment. Stevie Wonder joined twitter on April 4, 2018, and his first tweet was a five - minute video honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Dozens of famous personalities were rounded up in the video, which was titled as `` The Dream Still Lives ''. Each person involved shared their dream calling back to King 's popular speech in 1963. His very first tweet took the internet by storm where he also encouraged viewers to share their own videos about their dreams with the hashtag # DreamStillLives. Religious views Stevie Wonder has been a longtime Baptist affiliated with Black churches. Awards and recognition Grammy Awards Wonder has won 25 Grammy Awards : as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996. He is one of only two artists and groups who have won the Grammy for Album of the Year three times as the main credited artist, along with Frank Sinatra. show Grammy Awards Year Award Title 1973 Best Rhythm & Blues Song `` Superstition '' 1973 Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male `` Superstition '' 1973 Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male `` You are the Sunshine of My Life '' 1973 Album of the Year Innervisions Best Rhythm & Blues Song `` Living for the City '' Best Male R&B Vocal Performance `` Boogie on Reggae Woman '' Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Fulfillingness ' First Finale Album of the Year Fulfillingness ' First Finale 1976 Best Male R&B Vocal Performance `` I Wish '' 1976 Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Songs in the Key of Life 1976 Best Producer of the Year * N / A 1976 Album of the Year Songs in the Key of Life 1985 Best Male R&B Vocal Performance In Square Circle 1986 Best Pop Performance by a Duo Or Group With Vocal ( awarded to Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight, and Wonder ) `` That 's What Friends Are For '' 1995 Best Rhythm & Blues Song `` For Your Love '' 1995 Best Male R&B Vocal Performance `` For Your Love '' 1998 Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal ( s ) ( awarded to Herbie Hancock, Robert Sadin, and Wonder ) `` St. Louis Blues '' 1998 Best Male R&B Vocal Performance `` St. Louis Blues '' 2002 Best R&B Performance by a Duo Or Group With Vocals ( awarded to Wonder and Take 6 ) `` Love 's in Need of Love Today '' 2005 Best Male Pop Vocal Performance `` From the Bottom of My Heart '' 2005 Best R&B Performance by a Duo Or Group With Vocals ( awarded to Beyoncé and Wonder ) `` So Amazing '' 2006 Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals ( awarded to Tony Bennett and Wonder ) `` For Once in My Life '' From 1965 to 1980 a self - produced artist received one Grammy Award as an artist and an additional one as a producer in the Record of the Year and Album of the Year categories Year Nominee / work Award Result 1967 `` Uptight '' Best Rhythm & Blues Recording Nominated Best Rhythm & Blues Solo Vocal Performance, Male or Female Nominated 1969 `` For Once in My Life '' Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance, Male Nominated 1971 `` Signed, Sealed, Delivered '' Best Rhythm & Blues Song Nominated Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male Nominated 1972 `` We Can Work It Out '' Nominated `` Superstition '' Won Best Rhythm & Blues Song Won `` You Are the Sunshine of My Life '' Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male Won Record of the Year Nominated Song of the Year Nominated Innervisions Album of the Year Won Fulfillingness ' First Finale Won Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male Won `` Boogie On Reggae Woman '' Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male Won `` Living for the City '' Best Rhythm & Blues Song Won `` Tell Me Something Good '' Nominated Stevie Wonder Best Producer of the Year Nominated 1977 Won `` Contusion '' Best Pop Instrumental Performance Nominated Best Instrumental Composition Nominated `` Have A Talk With God '' Best Inspirational Performance Nominated Songs in the Key of Life Album of the Year Won Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male Won `` I Wish '' Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male Won 1981 `` Master Blaster ( Jammin ' ) '' Nominated Stevie Wonder 's Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special Nominated Stevie Wonder Producer of the Year ( Non-Classical ) Nominated `` Let 's Get Serious '' Best Rhythm & Blues Song Nominated `` That Girl '' Nominated `` Do I Do '' Nominated Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male Nominated Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal ( s ) Nominated `` Ebony and Ivory '' Record of the Year Nominated Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Nominated `` What 's That You 're Doing '' Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Nominated 1985 `` I Just Called to Say I Love You '' Song of the Year Nominated Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male Nominated `` I Just Called To Say I Love You ( Instrumental ) '' Best Pop Instrumental Performance Nominated The Woman In Red Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male Nominated 1986 In Square Circle Won `` Part - Time Lover '' Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male Nominated `` That 's What Friends Are For '' Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Won Record of the Year Nominated `` Skeletons '' Best Rhythm & Blues Song Nominated Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male Nominated 1989 Characters Nominated 1992 `` Gotta Have You '' Nominated Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television Nominated `` Jungle Fever '' Nominated `` For Your Love '' Best Male R&B Vocal Performance Won Best Rhythm & Blues Song Won 1997 `` Kiss Lonely Goodbye ( Harmonica with Orchestra ) '' Best Pop Instrumental Performance Nominated 1998 `` How Come, How Long '' Best Short Form Music Video Nominated Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals Nominated 1999 `` How Come, How Long '' ( Live ) Nominated `` St. Louis Blues '' Best Male R&B Vocal Performance Won Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal ( s ) Won 2003 `` Love 's In Need Of Love Today '' Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Won `` Christmas Song '' Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals Nominated 2005 `` Moon River '' Nominated 2006 `` A Time To Love '' Nominated A Time To Love Best R&B Album Nominated `` So What the Fuss '' Best Male R&B Vocal Performance Nominated `` How Will I Know '' Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals Nominated `` So Amazing '' Won `` From The Bottom Of My Heart '' Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Won 2007 `` For Once in My Life '' Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals Won 2009 `` Never Give You Up '' Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals Nominated `` All About the Love Again '' Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Nominated Other Awards and recognition Wonder has been given a range of awards for his music, and for his civil rights work, including induction into the Songwriters and the Rock and Roll halls of fame ; gaining a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Civil Rights Museum, being named one of the United Nations Messengers of Peace, and earning a Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama in 2014. In December 2016, the City of Detroit recognized Wonder 's legacy by renaming a portion of his childhood street, Milwaukee Avenue West, between Woodward Avenue and Brush Street, as `` Stevie Wonder Avenue ''. He was also awarded an honorary key to the city, presented by Mayor Mike Duggan. show Awards and recognition 1983 : inducted to the Songwriters Hall of Fame. 1984 : received an Academy Award for Best Song for `` I Just Called to Say I Love You '' from the movie The Woman in Red. 1989 : inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 1999 : received the Polar Music Prize and Kennedy Center Honors. 2000 : received a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song for `` Wild Wild West '' from the movie Wild Wild West 2002 : received the George and Ira Gershwin Lifetime Achievement Award at UCLA 's Spring Sing. The same year, Wonder received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. 2004 : received the Billboard Century Award. Also in 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him No. 15 on their list of the 100 Greatest Rock and Roll Artists of All Time. 2006 : was inducted, as one of the first inductees, into the Michigan Walk of Fame. The same year, Wonder received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis. 2008 : Ranked at number five on `` The Billboard Hot 100 Top All - Time Artists '', making him as the third most successful male artist in the history of Billboard Hot 100 chart. February 23, 2009 : Recipient of the Library of Congress 's second Gershwin Prize For Popular Song, honored by US President Barack Obama at the White House. 2009 : Recipient of the Montreal Jazz Festival Spirit Award. This special award underlines a popular artist 's extraordinary contribution to the musical world. The Montreal Jazz Festival Spirit Award is in bronze. 2009 : Named a Messenger of Peace by the United Nations. March 6, 2010 : Wonder was appointed a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters by French Culture Minister Frédéric Mitterrand. Wonder had been due to be invested with this honor in 1981, but scheduling problems prevented this from happening. A lifetime achievement award was also given to Wonder on the same day, at France 's biggest music awards. * 2012 : Inducted into The SoulMusic Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award at SoulMusic.com. June 2011 : the Apollo Theater inducted Wonder into the Apollo Legends Hall of Fame. 2013 : received the Music Makes One Global Ambassador Award from the outstanding music award ceremony of Asia and the World, Mnet Asian Music Awards. 2014 : Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Honorary degrees Stevie Wonder has received many honorary degrees in recognition of his music career. These include : Country Date School Degree Alabama June 2, 1996 University of Alabama at Birmingham Doctor of Music ( D. Mus ) Connecticut May 22, 2017 Yale University Doctor of Music ( D. Mus ) This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it. Discography Main article : Stevie Wonder discography The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie ( 1962 ) Tribute to Uncle Ray ( 1962 ) With a Song in My Heart ( 1963 ) Stevie at the Beach ( 1964 ) Up - Tight ( 1966 ) Down to Earth ( 1966 ) I Was Made to Love Her ( 1967 ) Someday at Christmas ( 1967 ) Eivets Rednow ( 1968 ) For Once in My Life ( 1968 ) My Cherie Amour ( 1969 ) Signed, Sealed & Delivered ( 1970 ) Where I 'm Coming From ( 1971 ) Music of My Mind ( 1972 ) Talking Book ( 1972 ) Innervisions ( 1973 ) Fulfillingness ' First Finale ( 1974 ) Songs in the Key of Life ( 1976 ) Stevie Wonder 's Journey Through `` The Secret Life of Plants '' ( 1979 ) Hotter than July ( 1980 ) The Woman in Red ( 1984 ) In Square Circle ( 1985 ) Characters ( 1987 ) Jungle Fever ( 1991 ) Conversation Peace ( 1995 ) A Time to Love ( 2005 ) See also Book : Stevie Wonder African American portal Harry Mendell, who collaborated musically with Stevie Wonder on two albums List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones List of artists who reached number one on the Hot 100 ( U.S. ) References ^ Jump up to : Love, Dennis ; Brown, Stacy ( 2007 ). 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External links Wikiquote has quotations related to : Stevie Wonder Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stevie Wonder. Official website Stevie Wonder at Encyclopædia Britannica Stevie Wonder discography at Discogs Stevie Wonder on IMDb `` Stevie Wonder collected news and commentary ''. The New York Times. Appearances on C - SPAN Stevie Wonder Interview NAMM Oral History Library ( 2016 ) Stevie Wonder Studio albums The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie Tribute to Uncle Ray With a Song in My Heart Stevie at the Beach Up - Tight Down to Earth I Was Made to Love Her Someday at Christmas Eivets Rednow For Once in My Life My Cherie Amour Signed, Sealed & Delivered Where I 'm Coming From Music of My Mind Talking Book Innervisions Fulfillingness ' First Finale Songs in the Key of Life Hotter than July In Square Circle Characters Conversation Peace A Time to Love Live albums Recorded Live : The 12 Year Old Genius Stevie Wonder Live Live at the Talk of the Town Natural Wonder Soundtracks Stevie Wonder 's Journey Through `` The Secret Life of Plants '' The Woman in Red Jungle Fever Compilations Looking Back Stevie Wonder 's Original Musiquarium I Song Review : A Greatest Hits Collection At the Close of a Century Ballad Collection The Definitive Collection 20th Century Masters The Complete Stevie Wonder Top ten singles `` Fingertips - Part 2 '' `` Uptight ( Everything 's Alright ) '' `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' `` A Place in the Sun '' `` I Was Made to Love Her '' `` I 'm Wondering '' `` Shoo - Be-Doo - Be-Doo - Da - Day '' `` For Once in My Life '' `` My Cherie Amour '' `` Yester - Me, Yester - You, Yesterday '' `` Never Had a Dream Come True '' `` Signed, Sealed, Delivered I 'm Yours '' `` Heaven Help Us All '' `` If You Really Love Me '' `` Superstition '' `` You Are the Sunshine of My Life '' `` Higher Ground '' `` Living for the City '' `` He 's Misstra Know - It - All '' `` You Have n't Done Nothin ' '' `` Boogie On Reggae Woman '' `` I Wish '' `` Sir Duke '' `` Send One Your Love '' `` Master Blaster ( Jammin ' ) '' `` I Ai n't Gonna Stand for It '' `` Happy Birthday '' `` That Girl '' `` Do I Do '' `` Ebony and Ivory '' `` I Just Called to Say I Love You '' `` Love Light in Flight '' `` Part - Time Lover '' `` That 's What Friends Are For '' `` Go Home '' Other singles `` Hey Harmonica Man '' `` Hey Love '' `` I Do n't Know Why '' `` Never Dreamed You 'd Leave in Summer '' `` Superwoman ( Where Were You When I Needed You ) '' `` Do n't You Worry ' bout a Thing '' `` As '' `` Another Star '' `` Lately '' `` Ribbon in the Sky '' `` Overjoyed '' `` Faith '' Other songs `` You and I ( We Can Conquer the World ) '' `` Golden Lady `` All in Love Is Fair '' `` They Wo n't Go When I Go '' `` Knocks Me Off My Feet '' `` Pastime Paradise '' `` Is n't She Lovely '' `` Black Man '' Collaborations `` Ebony and Ivory '' `` We Are the World '' `` Just Good Friends '' `` California Roll '' Related articles Discography Lula Mae Hardaway Syreeta Wright KJLH Wonderin ' `` Wonder - ful '' Book Awards for Stevie Wonder Academy Award for Best Original Song 1934 -- 1940 `` The Continental '' Music : Con Conrad Lyrics : Herb Magidson ( 1934 ) `` Lullaby of Broadway '' Music : Harry Warren Lyrics : Al Dubin ( 1935 ) `` The Way You Look Tonight '' Music : Jerome Kern Lyrics : Dorothy Fields ( 1936 ) `` Sweet Leilani '' Music and lyrics : Harry Owens ( 1937 ) `` Thanks for the Memory '' Music : Ralph Rainger Lyrics : Leo Robin ( 1938 ) `` Over the Rainbow '' Music : Harold Arlen Lyrics : E.Y. Harburg ( 1939 ) `` When You Wish Upon a Star '' Music : Leigh Harline Lyrics : Ned Washington ( 1940 ) 1941 -- 1950 `` The Last Time I Saw Paris '' Music : Jerome Kern Lyrics : Oscar Hammerstein II ( 1941 ) `` White Christmas '' Music and lyrics : Irving Berlin ( 1942 ) `` You 'll Never Know '' Music : Harry Warren Lyrics : Mack Gordon ( 1943 ) `` Swinging on a Star '' Music : Jimmy Van Heusen Lyrics : Johnny Burke ( 1944 ) `` It Might as Well Be Spring '' Music : Richard Rodgers Lyrics : Oscar Hammerstein II ( 1945 ) `` On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe '' Music : Harry Warren Lyrics : Johnny Mercer ( 1946 ) `` Zip - a-Dee - Doo - Dah '' Music : Allie Wrubel Lyrics : Ray Gilbert ( 1947 ) `` Buttons and Bows '' Music : Jay Livingston Lyrics : Ray Evans ( 1948 ) `` Baby, It 's Cold Outside '' Music and lyrics : Frank Loesser ( 1949 ) `` Mona Lisa '' Music and lyrics : Ray Evans and Jay Livingston ( 1950 ) 1951 -- 1960 `` In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening '' Music : Hoagy Carmichael Lyrics : Johnny Mercer ( 1951 ) `` High Noon ( Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin ' ) '' Music : Dimitri Tiomkin Lyrics : Ned Washington ( 1952 ) `` Secret Love '' Music : Sammy Fain Lyrics : Paul Francis Webster ( 1953 ) `` Three Coins in the Fountain '' Music : Jule Styne Lyrics : Sammy Cahn ( 1954 ) `` Love Is a Many Splendored Thing '' Music : Sammy Fain Lyrics : Paul Francis Webster ( 1955 ) `` Que Sera, Sera ( Whatever Will Be, Will Be ) '' Music and lyrics : Jay Livingston and Ray Evans ( 1956 ) `` All the Way '' Music : Jimmy Van Heusen Lyrics : Sammy Cahn ( 1957 ) `` Gigi '' Music : Frederick Loewe Lyrics : Alan Jay Lerner ( 1958 ) `` High Hopes '' Music : Jimmy Van Heusen Lyrics : Sammy Cahn ( 1959 ) `` Never on Sunday '' Music and lyrics : Manos Hatzidakis ( 1960 ) 1961 -- 1970 `` Moon River '' Music : Henry Mancini Lyrics : Johnny Mercer ( 1961 ) `` Days of Wine and Roses '' Music : Henry Mancini Lyrics : Johnny Mercer ( 1962 ) `` Call Me Irresponsible '' Music : Jimmy Van Heusen Lyrics : Sammy Cahn ( 1963 ) `` Chim Chim Cher - ee '' Music and lyrics : Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman ( 1964 ) `` The Shadow of Your Smile '' Music : Johnny Mandel Lyrics : Paul Francis Webster ( 1965 ) `` Born Free '' Music : John Barry Lyrics : Don Black ( 1966 ) `` Talk to the Animals '' Music and lyrics : Leslie Bricusse ( 1967 ) `` The Windmills of Your Mind '' Music : Michel Legrand Lyrics : Alan and Marilyn Bergman ( 1968 ) `` Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head '' Music : Burt Bacharach Lyrics : Hal David ( 1969 ) `` For All We Know '' Music : Fred Karlin Lyrics : Robb Royer and Jimmy Griffin ( 1970 ) 1971 -- 1980 `` Theme from Shaft '' Music and lyrics : Isaac Hayes ( 1971 ) `` The Morning After '' Music and lyrics : Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn ( 1972 ) `` The Way We Were '' Music : Marvin Hamlisch Lyrics : Alan and Marilyn Bergman ( 1973 ) `` We May Never Love Like This Again '' Music and lyrics : Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn ( 1974 ) `` I 'm Easy '' Music and lyrics : Keith Carradine ( 1975 ) `` Evergreen ( Love Theme from A Star Is Born ) '' Music : Barbra Streisand Lyrics : Paul Williams ( 1976 ) `` You Light Up My Life '' Music and lyrics : Joseph Brooks ( 1977 ) `` Last Dance '' Music and lyrics : Paul Jabara ( 1978 ) `` It Goes Like It Goes '' Music : David Shire Lyrics : Norman Gimbel ( 1979 ) `` Fame '' Music : Michael Gore Lyrics : Dean Pitchford ( 1980 ) 1981 -- 1990 `` Arthur 's Theme ( Best That You Can Do ) '' Music and lyrics : Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross and Peter Allen ( 1981 ) `` Up Where We Belong '' Music : Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte - Marie Lyrics : Will Jennings ( 1982 ) `` Flashdance... What a Feeling '' Music : Giorgio Moroder Lyrics : Keith Forsey and Irene Cara ( 1983 ) `` I Just Called to Say I Love You '' Music and lyrics : Stevie Wonder ( 1984 ) `` Say You, Say Me '' Music and lyrics : Lionel Richie ( 1985 ) `` Take My Breath Away '' Music : Giorgio Moroder Lyrics : Tom Whitlock ( 1986 ) `` ( I 've Had ) The Time of My Life '' Music : Franke Previte, John DeNicola and Donald Markowitz Lyrics : Franke Previte ( 1987 ) `` Let the River Run '' Music and lyrics : Carly Simon ( 1988 ) `` Under the Sea '' Music : Alan Menken Lyrics : Howard Ashman ( 1989 ) `` Sooner or Later ( I Always Get My Man ) '' Music and lyrics : Stephen Sondheim ( 1990 ) 1991 -- 2000 `` Beauty and the Beast '' Music : Alan Menken Lyrics : Howard Ashman ( 1991 ) `` A Whole New World '' Music : Alan Menken Lyrics : Tim Rice ( 1992 ) `` Streets of Philadelphia '' Music and lyrics : Bruce Springsteen ( 1993 ) `` Can You Feel the Love Tonight '' Music : Elton John Lyrics : Tim Rice ( 1994 ) `` Colors of the Wind '' Music : Alan Menken Lyrics : Stephen Schwartz ( 1995 ) `` You Must Love Me '' Music : Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics : Tim Rice ( 1996 ) `` My Heart Will Go On '' Music : James Horner Lyrics : Will Jennings ( 1997 ) `` When You Believe '' Music and lyrics : Stephen Schwartz ( 1998 ) `` You 'll Be in My Heart '' Music and lyrics : Phil Collins ( 1999 ) `` Things Have Changed '' Music and lyrics : Bob Dylan ( 2000 ) 2001 -- 2010 `` If I Did n't Have You '' Music and lyrics : Randy Newman ( 2001 ) `` Lose Yourself '' Music : Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto Lyrics : Eminem ( 2002 ) `` Into the West '' Music and lyrics : Fran Walsh, Howard Shore and Annie Lennox ( 2003 ) `` Al otro lado del río '' Music and lyrics : Jorge Drexler ( 2004 ) `` It 's Hard out Here for a Pimp '' Music and lyrics : Juicy J, Frayser Boy and DJ Paul ( 2005 ) `` I Need to Wake Up '' Music and lyrics : Melissa Etheridge ( 2006 ) `` Falling Slowly '' Music and lyrics : Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová ( 2007 ) `` Jai Ho '' Music : A.R. Rahman Lyrics : Gulzar ( 2008 ) `` The Weary Kind '' Music and lyrics : Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett ( 2009 ) `` We Belong Together '' Music and lyrics : Randy Newman ( 2010 ) 2011 -- present `` Man or Muppet '' Music and lyrics : Bret McKenzie ( 2011 ) `` Skyfall '' Music and lyrics : Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth ( 2012 ) `` Let It Go '' Music and lyrics : Kristen Anderson - Lopez and Robert Lopez ( 2013 ) `` Glory '' Music and lyrics : John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn ( 2014 ) `` Writing 's on the Wall '' Music and lyrics : James Napier and Sam Smith ( 2015 ) `` City of Stars '' Music : Justin Hurwitz Lyrics : Benj Pasek and Justin Paul ( 2016 ) `` Remember Me '' Music and lyrics : Kristen Anderson - Lopez and Robert Lopez ( 2017 ) Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song 1960s `` Town Without Pity '' Lyrics by Ned Washington, Music by Dimitri Tiomkin ( 1961 ) `` Circus World '' Lyrics by Ned Washington, Music by Dimitri Tiomkin ( 1964 ) `` Forget Domani '' Lyrics by Norman Newell, Music by Riz Ortolani ( 1965 ) `` Strangers in the Night '' Lyrics by Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder, Music by Bert Kaempfert ( 1966 ) `` If Ever I Would Leave You '' Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, Music by Frederick Loewe ( 1967 ) `` The Windmills of Your Mind '' Lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Music by Michel Legrand ( 1968 ) `` Jean '' Music & Lyrics by Rod McKuen ( 1969 ) 1970s `` Whistling Away the Dark '' Lyrics by Johnny Mercer, Music by Henry Mancini ( 1970 ) `` Life Is What You Make It '' Lyrics by Johnny Mercer, Music by Marvin Hamlisch ( 1971 ) `` Ben '' Lyrics by Don Black, Music by Walter Scharf ( 1972 ) `` The Way We Were '' Lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Music by Marvin Hamlisch ( 1973 ) `` I Feel Love '' Lyrics by Betty Box, Music by Euel Box ( 1974 ) `` I 'm Easy '' Music & Lyrics by Keith Carradine ( 1975 ) `` Evergreen '' Lyrics by Paul Williams, Music by Barbra Streisand ( 1976 ) `` You Light Up My Life '' Music & Lyrics by Joseph Brooks ( 1977 ) `` Last Dance '' Music & Lyrics by Paul Jabara ( 1978 ) `` The Rose '' Music & Lyrics by Amanda McBroom ( 1979 ) 1980s `` Fame '' Lyrics by Dean Pitchford, Music by Michael Gore ( 1980 ) `` Arthur 's Theme ( Best That You Can Do ) '' Music & Lyrics by Peter Allen, Burt Bacharach, Christopher Cross, & Carole Bayer Sager ( 1981 ) `` Up Where We Belong '' Lyrics by Wilbur Jennings, Music by Jack Nitzsche & Buffy Sainte - Marie ( 1982 ) `` Flashdance... What a Feeling '' Lyrics by Irene Cara, Keith Forsey, Music by Giorgio Moroder ( 1983 ) `` I Just Called to Say I Love You '' Music & Lyrics by Stevie Wonder ( 1984 ) `` Say You, Say Me '' Music & Lyrics by Lionel Richie ( 1985 ) `` Take My Breath Away '' Lyrics by Tom Whitlock, Music by Giorgio Moroder ( 1986 ) `` ( I 've Had ) The Time of My Life '' Lyrics by Franke Previte, Music by John DeNicola & Donald Markowitz ( 1987 ) `` Let the River Run '' Music & Lyrics by Carly Simon / `` Two Hearts '' Lyrics by Phil Collins, Music by Lamont Dozier ( 1988 ) `` Under the Sea '' Lyrics by Howard Ashman, Music by Alan Menken ( 1989 ) 1990s `` Blaze of Glory '' Music & Lyrics by Jon Bon Jovi ( 1990 ) `` Beauty and the Beast '' Lyrics by Howard Ashman, Music by Alan Menken ( 1991 ) `` A Whole New World '' Lyrics by Tim Rice, Music by Alan Menken ( 1992 ) `` Streets of Philadelphia '' Music & Lyrics by Bruce Springsteen ( 1993 ) `` Can You Feel the Love Tonight '' Lyrics by Tim Rice, Music by Elton John ( 1994 ) `` Colors of the Wind '' Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, Music by Alan Menken ( 1995 ) `` You Must Love Me '' Lyrics by Tim Rice, Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber ( 1996 ) `` My Heart Will Go On '' Lyrics by Wilbur Jennings, Music by James Horner ( 1997 ) `` The Prayer '' Music & Lyrics by David Foster, Tony Renis, Carole Bayer Sager, Alberto Testa ( 1998 ) `` You 'll Be in My Heart '' Music & Lyrics by Phil Collins ( 1999 ) 2000s `` Things Have Changed '' Music and lyrics by Bob Dylan ( 2000 ) `` Until... '' Music and lyrics by Sting ( 2001 ) `` The Hands That Built America '' Music and lyrics by Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge & Larry Mullen Jr. ( 2002 ) `` Into the West '' Music and lyrics by Annie Lennox, Howard Shore & Frances Walsh ( 2003 ) `` Old Habits Die Hard '' Music and lyrics by Mick Jagger & David A. Stewart ( 2004 ) `` A Love That Will Never Grow Old '' Lyrics by Bernie Taupin, Music by Gustavo Santaolalla ( 2005 ) `` The Song of the Heart '' Music and lyrics by Prince Rogers Nelson ( 2006 ) `` Guaranteed '' Music and lyrics by Eddie Vedder ( 2007 ) `` The Wrestler '' Music and lyrics by Bruce Springsteen ( 2008 ) `` The Weary Kind '' Music and lyrics by Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett ( 2009 ) 2010s `` You Have n't Seen the Last of Me '' Music & Lyrics by Diane Warren ( 2010 ) `` Masterpiece '' Music & Lyrics by Madonna, Julie Frost and Jimmy Harry ( 2011 ) `` Skyfall '' by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth ( 2012 ) `` Ordinary Love '' by U2 and Danger Mouse ( 2013 ) `` Glory '' by Common and John Legend ( 2014 ) `` Writing 's on the Wall '' by Sam Smith and Jimmy Napes ( 2015 ) `` City of Stars '' by Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul ( 2016 ) `` This Is Me '' by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul ( 2017 ) Complete List ( 1960s ) ( 1970s ) ( 1980s ) ( 1990s ) ( 2000s ) ( 2010s ) Grammy Award for Album of the Year 1959 -- 1979 The Music from Peter Gunn -- Henry Mancini ( 1959 ) Come Dance with Me ! -- Frank Sinatra ( 1960 ) The Button - Down Mind of Bob Newhart -- Bob Newhart ( 1961 ) Judy at Carnegie Hall -- Judy Garland ( 1962 ) The First Family -- Vaughn Meader ( 1963 ) The Barbra Streisand Album -- Barbra Streisand ( 1964 ) Getz / Gilberto -- Stan Getz, João Gilberto ( 1965 ) September of My Years -- Frank Sinatra ( 1966 ) A Man and His Music -- Frank Sinatra ( 1967 ) Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band -- The Beatles ( 1968 ) By the Time I Get to Phoenix -- Glen Campbell ( 1969 ) Blood, Sweat & Tears -- Blood, Sweat & Tears ( 1970 ) Bridge over Troubled Water -- Simon & Garfunkel ( 1971 ) Tapestry -- Carole King ( 1972 ) The Concert for Bangladesh -- Various ( 1973 ) Innervisions -- Stevie Wonder ( 1974 ) Fulfillingness ' First Finale -- Stevie Wonder ( 1975 ) Still Crazy After All These Years -- Paul Simon ( 1976 ) Songs in the Key of Life -- Stevie Wonder ( 1977 ) Rumours -- Fleetwood Mac ( 1978 ) Saturday Night Fever -- Bee Gees / Various ( 1979 ) 1980 -- 2000 52nd Street -- Billy Joel ( 1980 ) Christopher Cross -- Christopher Cross ( 1981 ) Double Fantasy -- John Lennon and Yoko Ono ( 1982 ) Toto IV -- Toto ( 1983 ) Thriller -- Michael Jackson ( 1984 ) Ca n't Slow Down -- Lionel Richie ( 1985 ) No Jacket Required -- Phil Collins ( 1986 ) Graceland -- Paul Simon ( 1987 ) The Joshua Tree -- U2 ( 1988 ) Faith -- George Michael ( 1989 ) Nick of Time -- Bonnie Raitt ( 1990 ) Back on the Block -- Quincy Jones and various artists ( 1991 ) Unforgettable... with Love -- Natalie Cole ( 1992 ) Unplugged -- Eric Clapton ( 1993 ) The Bodyguard -- Whitney Houston ( 1994 ) MTV Unplugged -- Tony Bennett ( 1995 ) Jagged Little Pill -- Alanis Morissette ( 1996 ) Falling into You -- Celine Dion ( 1997 ) Time Out of Mind -- Bob Dylan ( 1998 ) The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill -- Lauryn Hill ( 1999 ) Supernatural -- Santana ( 2000 ) 2001 -- present Two Against Nature -- Steely Dan ( 2001 ) O Brother, Where Art Thou ? Soundtrack ( 2002 ) Come Away with Me -- Norah Jones ( 2003 ) Speakerboxxx / The Love Below -- Outkast ( 2004 ) Genius Loves Company -- Ray Charles and various artists ( 2005 ) How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb -- U2 ( 2006 ) Taking the Long Way -- Dixie Chicks ( 2007 ) River : The Joni Letters -- Herbie Hancock ( 2008 ) Raising Sand -- Robert Plant & Alison Krauss ( 2009 ) Fearless -- Taylor Swift ( 2010 ) The Suburbs -- Arcade Fire ( 2011 ) 21 -- Adele ( 2012 ) Babel -- Mumford & Sons ( 2013 ) Random Access Memories -- Daft Punk ( 2014 ) Morning Phase -- Beck ( 2015 ) 1989 -- Taylor Swift ( 2016 ) 25 -- Adele ( 2017 ) 24K Magic -- Bruno Mars ( 2018 ) Gershwin Prize recipients Paul Simon ( 2007 ) Stevie Wonder ( 2009 ) Paul McCartney ( 2010 ) Burt Bacharach and Hal David ( 2012 ) Carole King ( 2013 ) Billy Joel ( 2014 ) Willie Nelson ( 2015 ) Smokey Robinson ( 2016 ) Tony Bennett ( 2017 ) Kennedy Center Honorees ( 1990s ) Dizzy Gillespie Katharine Hepburn Risë Stevens Jule Styne Billy Wilder 1991 Roy Acuff Betty Comden and Adolph Green Fayard and Harold Nicholas Gregory Peck Robert Shaw 1992 Lionel Hampton Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward Ginger Rogers Mstislav Rostropovich Paul Taylor Johnny Carson Arthur Mitchell Sir Georg Solti Stephen Sondheim Marion Williams Kirk Douglas Aretha Franklin Morton Gould Harold Prince Pete Seeger 1995 Jacques d'Amboise Marilyn Horne B.B. King Sidney Poitier Neil Simon Edward Albee Benny Carter Johnny Cash Jack Lemmon Maria Tallchief 1997 Lauren Bacall Bob Dylan Charlton Heston Jessye Norman Edward Villella 1998 Bill Cosby Fred Ebb and John Kander Willie Nelson André Previn Shirley Temple Black 1999 Victor Borge Sean Connery Judith Jamison Jason Robards Stevie Wonder Complete list 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s MusiCares Person of the Year David Crosby ( 1991 ) Bonnie Raitt ( 1992 ) Natalie Cole ( 1993 ) Gloria Estefan ( 1994 ) Tony Bennett ( 1995 ) Quincy Jones ( 1996 ) Phil Collins ( 1997 ) Luciano Pavarotti ( 1998 ) Stevie Wonder ( 1999 ) Elton John ( 2000 ) Paul Simon ( 2001 ) Billy Joel ( 2002 ) Bono ( 2003 ) Sting ( 2004 ) Brian Wilson ( 2005 ) James Taylor ( 2006 ) Don Henley ( 2007 ) Aretha Franklin ( 2008 ) Neil Diamond ( 2009 ) Neil Young ( 2010 ) Barbra Streisand ( 2011 ) Paul McCartney ( 2012 ) Bruce Springsteen ( 2013 ) Carole King ( 2014 ) Bob Dylan ( 2015 ) Lionel Richie ( 2016 ) Tom Petty ( 2017 ) Fleetwood Mac ( 2018 ) Laureates of the Polar Music Prize 1990s Paul McCartney / the Baltic states ( 1992 ) Dizzy Gillespie / Witold Lutosławski ( 1993 ) Quincy Jones / Nikolaus Harnoncourt ( 1994 ) Elton John / Mstislav Rostropovich ( 1995 ) Joni Mitchell / Pierre Boulez ( 1996 ) Bruce Springsteen / Eric Ericson ( 1997 ) Ray Charles / Ravi Shankar ( 1998 ) Stevie Wonder / Iannis Xenakis ( 1999 ) 2000s Bob Dylan / Isaac Stern ( 2000 ) Burt Bacharach / Robert Moog / Karlheinz Stockhausen ( 2001 ) Miriam Makeba / Sofia Gubaidulina ( 2002 ) Keith Jarrett ( 2003 ) B.B. 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Question: when did stevie wonder released his first album
Answer: September 1962