Stevie Wonder performs during an in-store appearance at HMV 86th Street to promote his first new release in eight years entitled "Conversation Peace" in New York City on March 21, 1995. Approximately 500 people came to the free performance which lasted well over an hour. Photo by C.L.Cornish/UPI | License Photo
Wonder arrives at a dinner for British Prime Minister Tony Blair at the White House in Washington, D.C., on February 5, 1998. Photo by Michael Smith/UPI | License Photo
Record producer Quincy Jones (L), former winner of the Humanitarian Award, shares a laugh with Wonder who received the Humanitarian Award at the Equal Opportunity Day Awards sponsored by the National Urban League on November 11, 1998. Photo by Ezio Petersen/UPI | License Photo
Singer Gloria Estefan performs with Wonder during the half-time show at
Superbowl XXXIII in Miami on January 31, 1999. Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI |
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Wonder performs in the first Artist Empowerment Coalition benefit concert in New York City on on October 28, 2002. The event raised money to help past performers who have been abused by record companies Photo by Ezio Petersen/UPI | License Photo
Left to right, George (L) and Barbara Bush pose with Wonder at the T.J. Martell Foundation Award Gala in New York City on May 27, 2004. Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/UPI | License Photo
Wonder
received the Century Award at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, December 8, 2004. Photo by Roger Williams/UPI |
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Wonder performs at the
World Music Awards in Hollywood on August 31, 2005. Photo by Phil McCarten/UPI |
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Wonder gives Aretha Franklin a kiss as they arrive to participate in a news conference about the pre-game entertainment and National Anthem for Super Bowl XL in Detroit, Mich., on February 2, 2006. Wonder
performed at Franklin's funeral in 2018. Photo by Roger L. Wollenberg/UPI |
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Left to right, Joss Stone, Wonder, India.Arie, and John Legend perform at the pre game show at
Super Bowl XL at Ford Field in Detroit, Mich., on February 5, 2006. Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI |
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Wonder sings at
funeral services for civil rights pioneer Coretta Scott King, the wife of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Ga., on February 7, 2006. Pool Photo by Ric Feld/UPI |
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Prince (L) and Wonder join other musicians in a tribute to singer Chaka Khan during the BET Awards in Los Angeles on June 27, 2006. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
Wonder talks to the crowd before performing at Toyota Center in Houston December 4, 2007. Photo by Aaron M. Sprecher/UPI | License Photo
Wonder received the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame award, presented to him by Janet Jackson (R), at the NAACP Image Awards in Los Angeles on February 14, 2008. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
Wonder performs before Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama addresses supporters
at a campaign stop in Indianapolis on May 5, 2008. Photo by Mark Cowan/UPI |
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Left to right, Shakira, Wonder and Usher perform during the "We Are One" inaugural opening ceremony concert at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on January 18, 2009. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo
President Barack Obama shakes hands with Wonder as he hosts a special event in honor of musician
Wonder's receipt of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on February 25, 2009. Pool Photo by Ron Sachs/UPI |
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Wonder performs during the Michael Jackson
public memorial service in Los Angeles on July 7, 2009. Pool Photo by Mark J. Terrill/UPI |
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Wonder was presented with the Image Award at the American Association of People with Disabilities Leadership Awards gala in Washington, D.C., on March 10, 2010. Photo by Alexis C. Glenn/UPI | License Photo
Wonder attends the Honoring Global Leaders for Peace gala in Washington, D.C., on August 24, 2011. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo
Wonder (L) and Bette Midler arrive for Bette Midler's Hulaween Gala in New York City on October 28, 2011. Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/UPI | License Photo
Wonder performs for the first family and guests
during a concert honoring Gershwin Prize winners Burt Bacharach and Hal David in the East Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 9, 2012. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI |
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Wonder (C),
a United Nations Messenger of Peace, speaks as Philippines Ambassador Libran Cabactulan (L) and Maria Soledad Cisternas Reyes, Chair of the Committee of Rights of Person with Disabilities, listen at a meeting on Disability and Development during the General Assembly at the United Nations in New York City on September 25, 2013. Photo by Monika Graff/UPI |
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Bono introduces Wonder at the Global Citizen Festival concert to end extreme poverty in Central Park in New York City on September 28, 2013. Wonder headlined the festival
again in 2017. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI |
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President Barack Obama
awards Wonder with a Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony at the White House in Washington, D.C., on November 24, 2014. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI |
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Left to right, Janelle Monae, Berry Gordy, Mary Wilson, India.Arie, Wonder, Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga and Jennifer Hudson
perform onstage during the "Stevie Wonder: Songs In The Key Of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute" in Los Angeles on February 10, 2015. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI |
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Wonder performs during the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles on July 25, 2015. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
Wonder performs “Visions” during the
opening ceremony of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., on September 24, 2016. Pool Photo by Olivier Douliery/UPI |
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Wonder attends the premiere of "Sing" in Los Angeles on December 3, 2016. Wonder
collaborated with Ariana Grande on a song for the film. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI |
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