Stevie Wonder, born May 13, 1950 in Saginaw, Michigan, landed a #1 single, Fingertips, on the Billboard Hot 100 when he was only 13, making him the youngest solo artist ever to top the charts. Fingertips simultaneously reached #1 on the R&B charts, the first time for that to occur.
He is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, influencing musicians across all genres of music from R&B, pop, gospel, and jazz. He has won 25 Grammy Awards, and is only one of four artists and groups to have won the Grammy for Album of the Year three times. He is the only one to have one that award with three consecutive album releases: Innervisions, Fulfillingness' First Finale, and Songs in the Key of Life.
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