Ray Charles, one of the most gifted singers of all time, won five posthumous Grammy awards at the 47th annual ceremony February 13, 2005. He had passed away in June 2004.
He won Record of the Year and Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for Here We Go Again with Norah Jones. He was Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for his album Genius Loves Company. His duet with Gladys Knight won Best Gospel Performance.
Genius Loves Company won Best Engineered Album Non-Classical and Best Surround Sound Album.
Al Schmitt, an engineer for Genius Loves Company is the first person to have won both the Album of the Year and Latin Grammy for Album of the Year.
Charles' recording of America the Beautiful was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
His duo with Elton John Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word was nominated for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals.
