Stevie Wonder

Stevland Hardaway Morris (ne Judkins; May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American musician and singer who is recognized as an innovator and influencer by musicians from a variety of genres that include pop, rhythm and blues soul, gospel, funk, and jazz. A virtual one-man group, Wonder's use of synthesizers as well as other electronic musical instruments during the 1970s changed the rules of R&B. He helped to bring such genres into the album age by creating LPs that were both cohesive and consistent. Wonder, who was blind at the time of his birth, was signed on Motown's Tamla label when he was 11 years old. The label gave him the official title Little Stevie Wonder. Wonder's critical acclaim was at its highest during the 1970s. His "classic period" began in 1972 with the releases of Music of My Mind and Talking Book, the latter with "Superstition" that is one of the most distinct and well-known examples of the sound of the Hohner Clavinet keyboard. The Grammy Award for Album of the Years was won by Innervisions (1973) as well as Fulfillingness's First Finale (1974), and Songs in the Key of Life (1976). He is tied for third highest number of albums with three Album of the YEAR wins. He is also the only artist who has won the award with three consecutive albums. Wonder started his "commercial period" in the 1980s. the artist had his biggest songs and the highest levels of fame. He also saw an increase in sales of albums, charitable participation and notable collaborations