African-Americans Who Have Won Album of the Year at the Grammys

This elite group of stars have won music's top honor.

African-Americans Who Have Won Album of the Year at the Grammys - African-Americans are known for being some of the foremost pioneers of popular American music. As such, we've always been nominated for some of the top honors at music award shows. However, the list of African-Americans who have been bestowed with the highest honor in music—the Grammy for Album of the Year—is a very exclusive club. Here's a list of the African-American stars who have laid claim to the coveted Album of the Year Grammy. (Photo: Steve Marcus / Reuters)
Stevie Wonder, Innervisions, 1974 - In 1974 Stevie Wonder took home a Grammy Award for Album of the Year. The album, which was released August 3, 1973, came during what was called the "classic period" of Wonder's career. (Photo: Echoes/Redferns/Getty Images)
Stevie Wonder, Fulfillingness' First Finale, 1975 - Fulfillingness' First Finale was another classic Wonder album. Released on July 22, 1974, the album was his first to top the Pop charts and led to him winning the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for the second year in a row.(Photo: Tim Boxer/Getty Images)Stevie Wonder, Songs in the Key of Life, 1977  - Songs in the Key of Life is known as Stevie Wonder's best-selling and most critically acclaimed album of his career. It was released on September 28, 1976, and received a Grammy for Album of the Year in 1977.(Photo: Motown Records)

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African-Americans Who Have Won Album of the Year at the Grammys - African-Americans are known for being some of the foremost pioneers of popular American music. As such, we've always been nominated for some of the top honors at music award shows. However, the list of African-Americans who have been bestowed with the highest honor in music—the Grammy for Album of the Year—is a very exclusive club. Here's a list of the African-American stars who have laid claim to the coveted Album of the Year Grammy. (Photo: Steve Marcus / Reuters)

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