Stevie Wonder

Stevland Hardaway Morris (né Judkins; lahir 13 Mei 1950), dikenal secara profesional sebagai Stevie Wonder, adalah penyanyi-penulis lagu, musisi, dan produser rekaman Amerika. Ia secara luas dianggap sebagai salah satu musisi paling berpengaruh di abad ke-20. Wonder dikreditkan sebagai pionir dan dipengaruhi oleh musisi di berbagai genre yang mencakup R&B, pop, soul, gospel, funk, dan jazz. Sebuah band satu orang virtual, penggunaan synthesizer dan alat musik elektronik lainnya oleh Wonder selama tahun 1970-an membentuk kembali konvensi R&B kontemporer. Dia juga membantu mendorong genre tersebut ke era album, membuat piringan hitamnya kohesif dan konsisten, selain pernyataan sadar sosial dengan komposisi yang kompleks. Buta sejak tak lama setelah kelahirannya, Wonder adalah anak ajaib yang menandatangani kontrak dengan label Tamla milik Motown pada usia 11 tahun, di mana ia diberi nama profesional Little Stevie Wonder. Single Wonder "Fingertips" menjadi hit No. 1 di Billboard Hot 100 pada tahun 1963, ketika dia berusia 13 tahun, menjadikannya artis solo termuda yang pernah menduduki puncak tangga lagu. Kesuksesan kritis Wonder mencapai puncaknya pada tahun 1970-an. "Periode klasik" miliknya dimulai pada tahun 1972 dengan dirilisnya Music of My Mind dan Talking Book, yang terakhir menampilkan "Superstition", yang merupakan salah satu contoh suara keyboard Hohner Clavinet yang paling khas dan terkenal. Karyanya Innervisions (1973), Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974) dan Songs in the Key of Life (1976) semuanya memenangkan Grammy Award untuk Album of the Year, menjadikannya satu-satunya artis yang memenangkan penghargaan tersebut dengan tiga perilisan album berturut-turut. Wonder memulai "masa komersialnya" pada tahun 1980-an; ia mencapai hits terbesar dan tingkat ketenaran tertinggi, meningkatkan penjualan album, partisipasi amal, kolaborasi terkenal (termasuk dengan Paul McCartney dan Michael Jackson), pengaruh politik, dan penampilan televisi. Wonder terus aktif dalam musik dan politik. Wonder adalah salah satu artis musik terlaris sepanjang masa, dengan penjualan lebih dari 100 juta rekaman di seluruh dunia. Dia telah memenangkan 25 Grammy Awards (terbanyak oleh artis solo pria) dan satu Academy Award (Lagu Asli Terbaik, untuk film The Woman in Red tahun 1984). Wonder telah dilantik ke dalam Hall of Fame Musik Rhythm and Blues, Hall of Fame Rock and Roll, dan Hall of Fame Penulis Lagu. Ia juga terkenal karena aktivisme politiknya, termasuk kampanyenya pada tahun 1980 untuk menjadikan ulang tahun Martin Luther King Jr. sebagai hari libur federal di Amerika Serikat. Pada tahun 2009, Wonder dinobatkan sebagai Utusan Perdamaian PBB, dan pada tahun 2014, ia dianugerahi Presidential Medal of Freedom. Dia dianugerahi kewarganegaraan Ghana pada tahun 2024. Deskripsi di atas dari artikel Wikipedia Stevie Wonder, berlisensi CC-BY-SA, daftar lengkap kontributor di Wikipedia. ​

Stevland Hardaway Morris (né Judkins; born May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Wonder is credited as a pioneer and influence by musicians across a range of genres that include R&B, pop, soul, gospel, funk, and jazz. A virtual one-man band, Wonder's use of synthesizers and other electronic musical instruments during the 1970s reshaped the conventions of contemporary R&B. 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. 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. Wonder's single "Fingertips" was a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963, when he was 13, making him the youngest solo artist ever to top the chart. Wonder's critical success was at its peak in the 1970s. 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. 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 only artist to have won the award with three consecutive album releases. 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 with Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson), political impact, and television appearances. Wonder has continued to remain active in music and political causes. Wonder is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with sales of more than 100 million records worldwide. He has won 25 Grammy Awards (the most by a male solo artist) and one Academy Award (Best Original Song, for the 1984 film The Woman in Red). Wonder has been inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He is also noted for his political activism, including his 1980 campaign to make Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a federal holiday in the United States. In 2009, Wonder was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace, and in 2014, he was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He was conferred Ghanaian citizenship in 2024. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stevie Wonder, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​