Stevie+Wonder

=Stevie Wonder= =**Who is Stevie Wonder?**= ====Steveland Hardaway Judkins (born May 13, 1950), name later changed to Steveland Hardaway Morris. However, people call him 'Stevie Wonder' which is his stage name instead of calling him these two different names. Stevie Wonder is the most famous American singer/songwriter, multi instrumentalist, record produnncer and activist. Moreover, although he was blind shortly after birth, but he signed with Motown Record's Tamla label at the age of eleven. In addition, he was designated as a United Nations (UN) messenger of peace. Addtionally, he became very famous throughout the world not only because of his hit songs ,but also his great impact which made majority of people felt touched. So, let's take a closer look at his biography and his careers and so on.====

His Childhood lifes
====As I mentioned at the top of the page, Stevie Wonder was born on May 13, 1950 and his birthplace was in Detroit, Michigan, the United States. He is the third of six children of Calvin Judkins and Lula Mae Hardawaybeing. Owing to his being born six weeks premature, the blood vessels at the back of his eyes had not yet reached the front and their aborted growth caused the retinas to detach. The medical term for this condition is retinopathy of prematurity, or ROP, and while it may have been exacerbated by the oxygen pumped into his incubator, this was not the primary cause of his bliness. He began playing many different instruments at an early age, such as piano, harmonica, drums, bass and so on. In addition, he was very active in his church choir during his childhood life.====

Great Discovery with early Motown Recordings
====Stevie Wonder became a great musician who surprised all the people around the whole world by his hit songs. However, there was a reason why he became a great musician. The reason was because he had a chance to go to Motown Recordings studio with a person called 'Ronniw White' who was one of the memebers in The Miracles with his mother too. Impressed by the young musician, Motown CEO Berry Gordy signed Wonder to Motown's Tamla label with the name Little Stevie Wonder. Afterwards, Stevie Wonder released his first two albums 'The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie' and 'Tribute to Uncle Ray', in 1962, to little success.====

His Early Success/Debut & Now
At the age of 13, Stevie Wonder made a great success because of his major hit which was ‘Fingertips’, a 1963 single taken from a live recording of Motor Town Revue performance, issued on the album Recorded Live: The 13 Year Old Genius. The song was featuring Stevie Wonder on vocals, bongos, and harmonica, and at last a young Marvin Gaye on drums. In addition, this song was a hit on the U.S. pop and R&B charts and launched him into the public.Afterward, Stevie Wonder soon became well known between the people around the world now. He also performed wonderful concerts in all over the world such as America, England, and Korea etc.

Stevie Wonder's GREAT Accomplishments
====Stevie Wonder has recorded more than thirty U.S. top ten hits and won twenty-two Grammy Awards (the most ever won by a solo artist) as well as a Lifetime Achievement Award. He has also won an Academy Award for Best Song, and been awarded the Polar Music Prize. American music magazine Rolling Stone named him the ninth greatest singer in the world. In June 2009 ha became the fourth who received the Montreal Jazz Festival spirit award. Lastly, Wonder was the Motown first artist and second African American musician to win an Academy Award for Best Original Song for his 1984 hit single "I Just Called to Say I Love You" from the movie //The Woman in Red//. In fact, he has won lots of different awards because of his high quality of songs.====

Impact
====He made a great impact to the world because he became one of the most successful R&B artists, song writers, and producers who has launched many other R&B careers although he is a bling black man who grew up in the 1950s-1960s. Therefore, what Stevie Wonder has done through his lifetime gave a great impressions, inspiration, encouragement, and invigoration to not only black americans but also to all americans especially those with disabilities.====

Why he/she is considered to be a groundbreaker and whether or not they fit the definition?
====﻿I think Stevie Wonder is DEFINITELY considered to be a groundbreaker because he actually put lots of efforts to fulfill his dream although he should have suffered a lot during his childhood life because of his sickness. Therefore, I believe his impact will affect all of the people with disabilities and give them a hope. In my mind, all the people would have ignored or treat the people with disabilities as nothing IF Stevie Wonder didn't subsist today. To conlusion, that's why I think Stevie Wonder is considered to be a groundbreaker.====

Wonder has received 25 Grammy Awards: including a Lifetime Achievement Award
//(awarded to Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight, and Wonder)// || "That's What Friends Are For" || //(awarded to Herbie Hancock, Robert Sadin, and Wonder)// || "St. Louis Blues" || //(awarded to Wonder and Take 6)// || "Love's in Need of Love Today" || //(awarded to Beyoncé and Wonder)// || "So Amazing" ||
 * ~ ** ﻿ Year** ||~ **Award** ||~ **Title** ||
 * 1973 || Best Rhythm & Blues Song || "Superstition" ||
 * 1973 || Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male || "Superstition" ||
 * 1973 || Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male || "You are the Sunshine of My Life" ||
 * 1973 || Album of the Year || //Innervisions// ||
 * 1973 || Best Producer* || //Innervisions// ||
 * 1974 || Best Rhythm & Blues Song || "Living for the City" ||
 * 1974 || Best Male R&B Vocal Performance || "Boogie On Reggae Woman" ||
 * 1974 || Best Male Pop Vocal Performance || //Fulfillingness' First Finale// ||
 * 1974 || Album of the Year || //Fulfillingness' First Finale// ||
 * 1974 || Best Producer* || //Fulfillingness' First Finale// ||
 * 1976 || Best Male R&B Vocal Performance || "I Wish" ||
 * 1976 || Best Male Pop Vocal Performance || //Songs in the Key of Life// ||
 * 1976 || Best Producer of the Year || N/A ||
 * 1976 || Album of the Year || //Songs in the Key of Life// ||
 * 1985 || Best Male R&B Vocal Performance || //In Square Circle// ||
 * 1986 || Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
 * 1995 || Best Rhythm & Blues Song || "For Your Love" ||
 * 1995 || Best Male R&B Vocal Performance || "For Your Love" ||
 * 1996 || Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award || General ||
 * 1998 || Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)
 * 1998 || Best Male R&B Vocal Performance || "St. Louis Blues" ||
 * 2002 || Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
 * 2005 || Best Male Pop Vocal Performance || "From the Bottom of My Heart" ||
 * 2005 || Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
 * 2006 || Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals //(awarded to Tony Bennett and Wonder)// || "For Once In My Life" ||


 * Between 1965 and 1980, a self-produced artist won an additional Grammy as a producer as well as an artist.

Other awards and recognition

 * 1983: inducted to the Songwriters Hall of Fame
 * 1984: received an Academy Award for Best Song for "I Just Called to Say I Love You" from the movie //The Woman in Red//.
 * 1989: inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
 * 1996: received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
 * 1999: received the Polar Music Prize and Kennedy Center Honors.
 * 2002: received the George and Ira Gershwin Lifetime Achievement Award at UCLA's Spring Sing. The same year, Wonder received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award from the Songwriter's Hall of Fame.
 * 2004: received the Billboard Century Award. Also in 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked him #15 on their list of the 100 Greatest Rock and Roll Artists of All Time.
 * 2006: was inducted, as one of the first inductees, into the Michigan Walk of Fame. The same year, Wonder received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis.
 * 2008: Ranked at number five on "The Billboard Hot 100 Top All-Time Artists", making him as the third most successful male artist in the history of //Billboard// Hot 1000 chart after Elton John and Elvis Presley.
 * 2009: Recipient of the second Gershwin Prize For Popular Song.
 * 2009: Recipient of the Montreal Jazz Festival Spirit Award. This special award underlines a popular artist’s extraordinary contribution to the musical world. The Montreal Jazz Festival Spirit Award is in bronze, and was inspired by a self-portrait that Miles Davis presented to the Festival in 1988.
 * 2009: Named a Messenger of Peace by the United Nations.

2. What personal qualities are needed for success?
====There are several personal qualties which are needed in a bid to success. In order to success, the person has to have postivie minds or thoughts, put lots of efforts whatever he/she does, and he/she should persevere/endurance for a long time because success is a something that takes a really long time no matter what it is.====

3. Find a dictionary definition of success

 * The favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors.
 * The attainment of wealth, position, honors, or the like.
 * A successful performance or achievement: // The play was an instant success. //
 * A person or thing that is successful: // She was a great success on the talk show. //

4. Form your own definition of success (Ms Rogge's Workshop)
====In my opinion, success is something that you have accomplished your own goal or your own aim. For instance, someone has worked really hard and received a great result, or someone who is a pious person, convince people to believe people and they finally go to church and started to believe god, these two examples can show what does success mean.====

5. What did you learn during Ms Rogge's workshop?
====I learned lots of valuable lessons during Ms Rogge's workshop which were all quite important for me. I learned characteristics of success and some definitiona of success. In addition, I also learned the way how to success.====

6. Why do people fall short of achieving their potential?
====There are several reasons why people fall short of achieving their potential. First of all, some people give up because they are lazy or indolent. On the other hand, there are also some peopl who think it is very hard to success so they give up. In other words, they didn't persevere what they suppose to persevere.====

7.Why does God want us to achieve our full potential?
====God wants us to achieve our full potential because he knows that it is hard and it takes a long time for us so that he hopes we can more rely on him while we work hard in a bid to fulfill. According to Philippians 4:6 which says ' Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God', it tells you to pray and rely more on God because he is the only one who will make your dream comes true and fulfill your wish/hope. Moreover, I think God also wants us to achieve our full potential in order to let us help people who are in need.====

8. What do you think about this WIKI project - compared to a written assignment? What do you like and dislike?
====Overall, I think WIKI project is one of my favorite projects I have ever done in my life because this project helps us to understand more about the people whether they are famous or not because we all can learn several important lessons from them while we were working on this WIKI project. It is also good because it is more convenient compared to a written assignment. However, I dislike this project because it takes us a long period of time to finish this project.==== ===9. Extra Work: Read 1 Corinthians 12:4 and 12:12-27. Search for the section where the writer explains how God made us all different so that we can function together to achieve a greater purpose. We are not all called to be successful groundbreakers at the same thing, but each of us has our own unique potential and giftings to achieve amazing things.=== ====According to 1 Corinthians 12:4, it says that 'There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord'. I think this means that although our almighty God gave each of us different and unique talents and abilities but we all still believe in the same God no matter what happens, even though we all have different appearances, personalities, nationalities and so on. On the other hand, 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 mainly indicate us that we are all equal probalbly it's because we are the creatures of the almighty God. Therefore, the God might want us to collaborate or cooperate each other in a bid to achieve our goal so that we can succeed.====