Stevie Wonder

Stevland Hardaway Morris (ne Judkins; May 13 1950) is known as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter who is credited as a pioneer and influence by musicians across a range of genres including pop, rhythm and blues soul, gospel funk, and jazz. The synthesizers used by Wonder in the 1970s, and other electronic instruments made R&B a virtual one-man show. He also helped drive such genres into the album age, crafting his LPs as unison and consistent, in addition to thematically conscious and complex compositions. Blind since the day of the birth of his son, Wonder was a child prodigy who signed with Motown's Tamla label at the age of 11, at which point he was given the professional name Little Stevie Wonder. Wonder's popularity with critics reached its peak in the 1970s. The singer's "classic period" began in 1972, with the release of Music of My Mind and Talking Book, the latter featuring "Superstition", which is one of the most distinct and well-known recordings of the sound of the Hohner Clavinet keyboard. He was awarded the Grammy Award as Album of the year for Innervisions (1973), Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974), and Songs in the Key of Life ( 1976). This makes him the tie-record holder of the most Album of the year wins with three. He is the sole artist who has won the award for Album of the Year for three consecutive albums. Wonder was considered a "commercial artist" when he began to have his greatest hits in the late 1980s. The popularity of his music grew due to the increase in albums sales, charity involvement, and prominent collaborations.