Stevie Wonder

Stevie WonderStevland Morris (ne Judkins, May 13 1950) also known as Stevie Wonder is an American artist and singer. He is usually acknowledged as pioneers in a range of genres of music, such as rhythm and blues and soul and gospel, jazz, soul gospel and funk. The use of synthesizers in the 1970s by Stevie Wonder and other electronic musical instruments led to the creation of R&B an all-female show. He helped to bring such genres into the album age by creating LPs that were both coherent and consistent. Blind shortly after his birth, Wonder was a child prodigy, who signed with Motown's Tamla label at 11 years old, at which point he was given the name of a professional Little Stevie Wonder. Wonder's critical success was peaking in the 1970s. His "classic" period started in 1972, with Music of My Mind and Talking Book. The latter featured "Superstition" which is the most well-known and famous example of the Hohner Clavinet keyboard sound. The albums Innervisions (1973), Fulfillingness the First Finale (1974) and Songs in the Key of Life (1976) all received the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. He is an undisputed record holder for most album of the Year wins, with three. He is also the only artist who has won the award in three consecutive albums. Wonder began his "commercial period" in the 1980s; He had the biggest songs and the highest levels of fame. He had also seen an increase in album sales, charity participation as well as high-profile collaborations

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