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Gladys Knight
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Gladys Knight

soul and r&b music singer-songwriter

Since 1944

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Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944) is an American singer and actress. Knight recorded hits through the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s with her family group Gladys Knight & the Pips, which included her brother Merald "Bubba" Knight and cousins William Guest and Edward Patten. She has won seven Grammy Awards (four as a solo artist and three with the Pips), and is often referred to as the "Empress of Soul".

Knight has recorded two number-one Billboard Hot 100 singles ("Midnight Train to Georgia" and "That's What Friends Are For" which she did with Dionne Warwick, Elton John and Stevie Wonder), eleven number-one R&B singles and six number-one R&B albums. In 1989, Knight recorded the theme song for the James Bond film Licence to Kill.

Two of her songs ("I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and "Midnight Train to Georgia") were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for "historical, artistic and significant" value. She is an inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Vocal Group Hall of Fame along with The Pips. Rolling Stone magazine ranked Knight among the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time (2010). She is also a recipient of the National Medal of Arts and Kennedy Center Honors.

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Gladys Knight, née le 28 mai 1944 à Atlanta (Géorgie), est une chanteuse de soul et de rhythm and blues et une actrice américaine. Elle est surnommée « The Empress of Soul » (« L'Impératrice de la Soul »).

Sept fois récompensée aux Grammy Awards, Gladys Knight est connue pour les succès qu'elle a enregistrés dans les années 1960, 1970 et 1980 avec son groupe Gladys Knight & the Pips, notamment au sein du label Motown.

Gladys compte deux singles numéro un au Billboard Hot 100 (Midnight Train to Georgia et That's What Friends Are For), onze singles numéro un et six albums numéro un au classement R&B. Elle est intronisée au Rock and Roll Hall of Fame et au Vocal Group Hall of Fame avec The Pips. Deux de ses chansons (I Heard It Through the Grapevine et Midnight Train to Georgia) ont été intronisées au Grammy Hall of Fame pour leur « valeur historique et artistique significative ». Gladys a également enregistré la musique du film Permis de tuer (Licence to Kill, 1989) de la saga James Bond. Le magazine Rolling Stone la classe parmi les 100 plus grands chanteurs de tous les temps.

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