Who is the only R&B artist to win the Grammy for Album of the Year three times?

Stevie Wonder is the only R&B artist to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year three times. He achieved this with Innervisions, Fulfillingness' First Finale, and Songs in the Key of Life.

These victories came during Wonder's celebrated 1970s creative peak. Innervisions won for the 1973 album at the 1974 ceremony, Fulfillingness' First Finale followed at the 1975 ceremony, and Songs in the Key of Life won at the 1977 ceremony. This made Wonder the only artist to win the award with three consecutive album releases.

The wording can cause confusion because several artists have also won Album of the Year three times. Frank Sinatra and Paul Simon reached the same total, while Taylor Swift later surpassed it. However, those artists are not generally classified as R&B performers. Michael Jackson is another common mix-up: Thriller won the award, but Jackson did not win it three times as the main credited artist.

Wonder's achievement is especially notable because he wrote, produced, arranged, and performed much of this landmark music himself.