Which soul singer's album "Songs in the Key of Life" won Album of the Year at the Grammys? Stevie Wonder made the award-winning album.
Released in 1976, Songs in the Key of Life was one of Wonder's most ambitious projects. It is a wide-ranging double album that moves through love, family, childhood, social injustice, spirituality, and Black cultural identity. Its music combines soul, funk, jazz, pop, gospel, and orchestral textures, with songs including "Sir Duke," "I Wish," "Isn't She Lovely," and "As."
At the 19th Grammy Awards in 1977, the album won Album of the Year along with several other awards. It completed a remarkable three-album sequence for Wonder: Innervisions won the same prize in 1974, and Fulfillingness' First Finale won in 1975. Songs in the Key of Life therefore made him the first artist to win Album of the Year for three consecutive releases.
A common mix-up is confusing Album of the Year with Record or Song of the Year. The Grammy honor here recognized the overall album, not merely one of its individual tracks.