He 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 federal holiday in the U.S. Wonder has been inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame. He has won 25 Grammy Awards (the most by a solo artist) and one Academy Award ( Best Original Song, for the 1984 film The Woman in Red). Wonder is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with sales of over 100 million records worldwide. Wonder has continued to remain active in music and political causes. 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 Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson), political impact, and television appearances. He is also the only artist to have won the award with three consecutive album releases. 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 tied-record holder for the most Album of the Year wins, with three.

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. Wonder's critical success was at its peak in the 1970s.

1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963, at the age of 13, making him the youngest artist ever to top the chart.

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. 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. A virtual one-man band, Wonder's use of synthesizers and other electronic musical instruments during the 1970s reshaped the conventions of R&B. He is credited as a pioneer and influence by musicians across a range of genres that include rhythm and blues, pop, soul, gospel, funk, and jazz. Stevland Hardaway Morris ( né Judkins May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter.

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