Stevie Wonder

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sam. 24 oct. Hannover, Allemagne · ZAG Arena Billets
lun. 26 oct. Köln, Allemagne · Lanxess Arena Billets
mer. 28 oct. Amsterdam, Pays-Bas · Ziggo Dome Billets
dim. 1 nov. Dublin, Irlande · 3Arena Billets
mar. 3 nov. London, Royaume-Uni · The O2 Billets
jeu. 5 nov. London, Royaume-Uni · The O2 Billets
dim. 8 nov. Manchester, Royaume-Uni · Co-op Live Billets
mer. 11 nov. Glasgow, Royaume-Uni · OVO Hydro Billets
jeu. 19 nov. New York, États-Unis · Madison Square Garden Billets
sam. 21 nov. Chicago, États-Unis · United Center Billets
lun. 23 nov. Washington, États-Unis · Capital One Arena Billets
mar. 8 déc. Detroit, États-Unis · Fox Theatre Detroit Billets
mer. 9 déc. Detroit, États-Unis · Fox Theatre Detroit Billets
sam. 19 déc. Inglewood, États-Unis · Intuit Dome Billets

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Stevie Wonder, de son vrai nom Stevland Judkins, est un auteur-compositeur-interprète, producteur et multi-instrumentiste américain, également naturalisé ghanéen en 2024, né le 13 mai 1950 à Saginaw (Michigan, États-Unis), aveugle depuis sa petite enfance. Il est considéré comme l'un des plus grands artistes américains de la seconde moitié du XXe siècle et possède une des carrières les plus prolifiques de la musique populaire américaine.

Sa discographie, commencée dès 11 ans, comptait, en 2021, 23 albums studio, trois albums de musique de film, quatre albums live, onze compilations et 101 singles. Aux États-Unis, 49 de ses chansons ont atteint le Top 40 et 10 à la première place du Billboard Hot 100. Dans le monde, 32 singles ont été no 1 des ventes de disques.

Stevie Wonder compte 100 millions d'albums vendus, reçu 25 Grammy Awards et remporté en 1984 un Oscar de la meilleure chanson originale pour I Just Called to Say I Love You, au cours d'une carrière d'un demi-siècle et qui aborde de nombreux genres musicaux : le funk, le rhythm and blues, la soul, la pop...

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Stevland Hardaway Morris ( STEEV-lənd; 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, and is credited as a pioneer and influence by musicians across a range of genres that include R&B, pop, soul, gospel, funk, and jazz. Wonder's use of synthesizers and other electronic musical instruments in 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. As a teenager, he established himself as one of Motown's most successful acts, known for his excited harmonica playing and high-pitched singing. His single "Fingertips" topped the Billboard Hot 100 when he was 13, making him the youngest solo artist ever to top the chart. Wonder's critical and commercial peak, termed his "classic period" (1972–1976), began with the albums Music of My Mind and Talking Book (1972), which abandoned the Motown sound in favor of a synthesizer- and keyboard-driven one. With Innervisions (1973), Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974), and Songs in the Key of Life (1976), he became the first Black musician to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and the only artist to have won the award with three consecutive album releases.

In the 1980s, Wonder achieved international cultural presence, with high-profile collaborations (notably with Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson), television appearances, charity work, and political influence, including his 1980 campaign to make Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a federal holiday in the United States. Hotter Than July (1980), the soundtrack album The Woman in Red (1984), and In Square Circle (1985) all peaked within the top five of the Billboard 200. "Ebony and Ivory", "I Just Called to Say I Love You", "Part-Time Lover", and "That's What Friends Are For" all reached number one, making him the first act to top the Billboard Hot 100 in three consecutive decades. Wonder returned to the top five with his latest album, A Time to Love (2005), and he 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 an Academy Award. He 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 ranked in the top 10 on Rolling Stone's lists of the greatest singers and greatest songwriters of all time. 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.

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