  Stevie Wonder was born in
Michigan on May 13, 1950. Although blind
since a baby (after being born premature and
accidentally exposed to too much oxygen in an
incubator), Stevie had learned to play the
piano, drums and harmonica by the age of 9.
By his teen years, Stevie was already on his
way to becoming a R&B and pop music icon
with a career spanning decades.
By age 12, Stevie had already
signed with Motown after being introduced to
the company's founder, Berry Gordy (via
Ronnie White of The Miracles).
 Tribute To Uncle Ray
and The
Jazz Soul Of Little Stevie were released.
Stevie, billed as 'Little Stevie
Wonder,' topped the pop and R&B charts
with "Fingertips (Pt. 2)."
 Little
Stevie Wonder / The 12 Year Old Genius and With
A Song In My Heart were released.
'Little Stevie Wonder' became
known simply as Stevie Wonder and Stevie
At The Beach was released.
 Down
To Earth and Up-Tight
Everything's Alright were released.
I
Was Made To Love Her and Someday
At Christmas were released.
 Greatest
Hits was released.
For
Once In My Life and My
Cherie Amour were released.
Stevie Wonder Live and Signed
Sealed & Delivered were released.
 Where
I'm Coming From and Stevie
Wonder's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 were released.
Music
Of My Mind and Talking
Book were released.
Stevie won an American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist
and was nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist.
 Innervisions was released.
Stevie was severely injured in a
car accident that left in comotose for a day
and the loss of his sense of smell.
Stevie won an American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist
and was nominated for Favorite Soul/R&B Album (Innervisions).
Stevie won 4 Grammy Awards for Album of the Year (Innervisions) and Best Pop Vocal Performance -
Male
("You Are The Sunshine Of My
Life"), and Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
and Best R&B Song (songwriter)
("Superstition").
 Fulfillingness'
First Finale was released.
Stevie won 4 Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance -
Male
(Fulfillingness'
First Finale), Best R&B Song (songwriter)
("Living For The City"), and Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
("Boogie On Reggae Woman").
 Songs
In The Key Of Life was released.
Stevie won 2 American Music Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B Album (Songs
In The Key Of Life) and Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist
and was nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock Album (Songs
In The Key Of Life).
 Stevie won 3 American Music Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B Album (Songs
In The Key Of Life), Favorite Soul/R&B Single
("Superstition") and Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist
and was nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist.
Stevie won 4 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
("I Wish"), Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance -
Male (Songs
In The Key Of Life), and Producer of the
Year.
Looking Back / Anthology
was released.
 Stevie hit the charts with a
collaboration with Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, and Smokey Robinson called "Pops, We
Love You."
Journey
Through The Secret Life Of Plants was released.
 # 24
Singles Artist of the Year
 Hotter
Than July was released.
Stevie hit the Top 40 with
"Master Blaster
(Jammin')."
 # 50
Singles Artist of the Year
 Stevie hit the Top 40 with
"I Ain't Gonna Stand For
It."
Stevie was nominated for 4 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
("Master Blaster" (Jammin')"),
Best R&B Song (songwriter)
("Let's Get Serious" with Lee
Garrett), Best Album of Original Score
Written for a Motion Picture or Television
Special (Journey
Through The Secret Life Of Plants), and Producer of the
Year.
 Stevie hit the Top 40 with
"Lately."
 # 7
Singles Artist of the Year
Stevie won an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist
and was honored with the Award of Merit - and was nominated
for Favorite Soul/R&B
Album
(Hotter
Than July).
 Stevie hit the Top 40 with
"That Girl."
Stevie hit the Top 10 with "That Girl."
Stevie hit the
Top 40 and Top 10 with Paul
McCartney with "Ebony & Ivory" from McCartney's
LP Tug
Of War. (  )
 Stevie
Wonder's Original Musiquarium I was released.
Stevie hit #1 for 7 weeks with Paul
McCartney with "Ebony & Ivory."
Stevie hit the Top 40 with
"Do I Do."
Stevie hit the Top 10 with "Do I Do."
 Stevie was nominated for 3 American Music
Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Single ("Ebony & Ivory"), Favorite Soul/R&B Album (Stevie
Wonder's Original Musiquarium I), and Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist.
Stevie was nominated for 7 Grammy Awards including Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group ("Ebony & Ivory" with Paul
McCartney), Best R&B Song (songwriter) ("Do
It Do" and "That Girl"), Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
and Best Instrumental Arrangement
Accompanying Vocals ("Do I Do"),
and Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("What That
You're Doing" with Paul
McCartney).
 # 35
Singles Artist of the Year
 The
Woman In Red soundtrack was released.
Stevie hit the Top 40 with
"I Just Called To Say I
Love You."
Stevie hit #1 for 2 weeks with
"I Just Called To Say I
Love You."
 # 16
Singles Artist of the Year
 Stevie won an American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist.
Stevie was nominated for 4 Grammy
Awards for Song of the Year (songwriter), Best Pop Vocal Performance -
Male, Best Pop Instrumental
Performance ("I Just Called To Say I
Love You"), and Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
("The Woman In Red").
 In
Square Circle was released.
Stevie hit #1
for a week with "Part-Time Lover."
 # 27
Singles Artist of the Year
 Stevie teamed up with Dionne Warwick, Elton John, and Gladys Knight with the #1 hit for
AIDS charities, "That's What Friends Are
For." The song topped the year-end Top 100 chart.
Stevie won 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist
and Favorite Soul/R&B Male Video Artist.
 Stevie won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male (In
Square Circle) and was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance -
Male
("Part-Time Lover").
 # 132
Singles Artist of the Year
Stevie was
nominated for an American Music
Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist.
Stevie won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or
Group with Vocal ("That's What Friends Are
For" with Dionne Warwick, Elton John, and Gladys Knight) and was also
nominated for Record of the Year ("That's What
Friends Are For").
 Characters was released.
 # 132
Singles Artist of the Year
Stevie was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Male R&B Vocal
Performance and Best R&B Song (awarded to
songwriter) ("Skeletons).
Stevie was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal
Performance (Characters).
Stevie was
inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of
Fame.
 Music
From The Movie 'Jungle Fever' was released.
Stevie was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Male R&B Vocal
Performance and Best Song Written
Specifically for a Motion Picture or
Television ("Gotta Have You").
 # 162
Singles Artist of the Year
Stevie hit the Top 40 with
"For Your Love."
Conversation
Peace was released.
 Natural
Wonder was released.
Stevie won 2 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Vocal Performance
Male
and Best R&B Song (songwriter) ("For Your Love"). Stevie was
also honored with the Lifetime Achievement
Award.
Stevie teamed up with Babyface on his LP, The
Day, with "How Come, How Long" - a track about
domestic violence.
 Stevie
Wonder - Song Review: Greatest Hits was released.
Stevie was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental
Performance ("Kiss Lonely
Goodbye").
 Stevie was
nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best R&B Video ("How Come, How Long" with Babyface).
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