Year | Award | Award Body |
1969 | US Distinguished Service Award | US Government |
1974 | Presidential Award | National Assn. of Recording Merchandisers |
1983 | Induction | Song Writers Hall of Fame |
1984 | Founders Award | ASCAP |
1985 | Artist of the Decade | National Assn. of Recording Merchandisers |
1985 | Best Original Song (I Just Called to Say I Love You) | Academy Award - Oscar |
1985 | Best Original Song - Motion Picture (I Just Called to Say I Love You) | Golden Globe |
1986 | W.C. Handy Award for "Outstanding Humanitarian Efforts" | Black Gold Awards |
1987 | Honorary Doctorate in Music (Mus.D) | Brown University |
1989 | Induction | Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |
1990 | Honorary Global Founders “Don’t Drive Drunk” Award | Recording Artists Against Drunk Driving |
1994 | Star Unveiled | Hollywood Walk of Fame |
1996 | Lifetime Achievement Award | National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences |
1998 | Ambassador of Peace Award | United Nations |
1999 | Polar Music prize | The Royal Swedish Academy of Music |
1999 | MusiCares Person of the Year | GRAMMY Awards committee |
1999 | Kennedy Center Honor | Kennedy Center |
2000 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Rhythm & Blues Foundation Pioneer Awards |
2001 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Ivor Novello Awards (UK) |
2002 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Songwriters Hall Of Fame |
2003 | Walk of Fame Honor | BET Honors |
2004 | Artistic Achievement award | T.J. Martell Foundation |
2004 | Lifetime Achievement 2004 | Billboard Century Award |
2005 | Lifetime Achievement Award | City of Detroit |
2006 | Michigan Walk of Fame | Michigan State |
2006 | National Artistic Achievement Award | A Capitol Fourth |
2006 | Maria Fisher Founder's Award for Public Service | Thelonius Monk Institute |
2006 | Lifetime Achievement Freedom Award | Civil Rights Museum |
2006 | Legends in Songwriting Award | Clive Davis Award |
2007 | American Troubadour Award | ASCAP |
2007 | Living Legend Award | American Society of Young Musicians |
2007 | Lifetime Achievement Award | National Civil Rights Museum |
2007 | Hope of Los Angeles Award | City of Los Angeles |
2008 | Hall of Fame Award | National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People |
2008 | Gershwin Prize | Library of Congress |
2009 | Spirit Award | Montreal Jazz Festival |
2009 | UN Messenger of Peace | United Nations |
2010 | Living Legend Award | California's African American Museum |
2010 | AAPD Image Award | The American Association of People with Disabilities |
2010 | Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres | France's Arts & Literature Award |
2010 | Honorary Doctorate | The Oberlin College |
2011 | Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts Degree | Tulane University |
2011 | Hall of Fame Induction | The Apollo Theater |
2012 | Musical Arts Award | BET Honors |
2012 | Icon Award | Billboard |
2013 | Service to America Leadership Award | National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation (NABEF) |
2013 | Distinguished Individual Award | The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) |
2013 | Music Makes One Global Ambassador Award | Mnet Asian Music Awards |
2014 | Epitome of Soul Award | The Consortium Mmt (Memphis Music Town) |
2014 | ASCAP Centennial Award | American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) |
2014 | The President's Medal of Freedom | Bestowed by an act of U.S. Congress — The highest civilian award of the United States |
2017 | Honorary Degree | Yale University |
2022 | Honorary Doctorate | Wayne State University |
2022 | Icon Award | NAACP Legal Defense Fund |
Year | Category | Awarded For |
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 | Songs in the Key of Life |
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 (awarded to Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight and Wonder |
That's What Friends Are For |
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) (awarded to Herbie Hancock, Robert Sadin, and Wonder) |
St. Louis Blues |
1998 | Best Male R&B Vocal Performance | St. Louis Blues |
2002 | Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals (awarded to Take 6 and Wonder) |
Love's in Need of Love Today |
2005 | Best Male Pop Vocal Performance | From the Bottom of My Heart |
2005 | Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals (awarded to Beyoncé and Wonder) |
So Amazing |
2006 | Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals (awarded to Tony Bennett and Wonder) |
For Once In My Life |