Wonder's single "Fingertips" was a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963, at the age of 13, making him the youngest artist ever to top the chart. Wonder's critical success was at its peak in the 1970s. His "classic period" began in 1972 with the releases of Music of My Mind and Talking Book, the latter featuring "Superstition", which is one of the most distinctive and famous examples of the sound of the Hohner Clavinet keyboard. His works Innervisions (1973), Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974) and Songs in the Key of Life (1976) all won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, making him the tied-record holder for the most Album of the Year wins, with three. He is also the only artist to have won the award with three consecutive album releases. Wonder began his "commercial period" in the 1980s; he achieved his biggest hits and highest level of fame, had increased album sales, charity participation, high-profile collaborations (including Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson), political impact, and television appearances. Wonder has continued to remain active in music and political causes.
Wonder is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with sales of over 100 million records worldwide. He has won 25 Grammy Awards (the most by a solo artist) and one Academy Award (Best Original Song, for the 1984 film The Woman in Red). Wonder has been inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame. He is also noted for his work as an activist for political causes, including his 1980 campaign to make Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a federal holiday in the U.S. In 2009, he was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace, and in 2014, he was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Wonder was born Stevland Hardaway Judkins in Saginaw, Michigan, on May 13, 1950, the third of five children born to Lula Mae Hardaway, and the second of Hardaway's two children with Calvin Judkins. He was born six weeks premature which, along with the oxygen-rich atmosphere in the hospital incubator, resulted in retinopathy of prematurity, a condition in which the growth of the eyes is aborted and causes the retinas to detach, so he became blind.
Ngiculela-Es Una Historia-I Am Singing
Stevie Wonder Lyrics
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Ngliyacula nao thando
Ngicula ngelinyi langa
Uthando luyobusa
Jikelele kulomblada wethu
Es una historia de mañana
Es una historia de amor
Por nuestro mundo
Es una historia de mi corazón
There's songs to make you smile
There's songs to make you sad
But with a happy song to sing
It never seems so bad
To me came this melody
So I've tried to put in words how I feel
Tomorrow will be for you and me
I am singing of tomorrow
I am singing of love
I am singing someday love will reign
Throughout this world of ours
I am singing of love from my heart
Let's all sing someday sweet love will reign
Throughout this world of ours
Let's start singing
Of love from our hearts
Let's start singing
Of love from our hearts
The lyrics to Stevie Wonder's song Ngiculela-Es Una Historia-I Am Singing convey a message of hope, love, and positivity. The song is sung in three different languages, English, Zulu, and Spanish, which reflects Stevie Wonder's desire to reach a broader audience worldwide. The opening lines of the song, "Ngiculela ikusasg, Ngliyacula nao thando, Ngicula ngelinyi langa, Uthando luyobusa," are in Zulu and they mean "I live and I see love, I see love, in the light of the sun, love is free." These lines set the tone for the rest of the song, which is about the power of love to conquer all.
The chorus of the song repeats the phrase "Es una historia de mañana, es una historia de amor" which means "It's a story of tomorrow, it's a story of love." The lyrics go on to describe the power of love and how it can transform the world if we all start singing together. The lines "Let's all sing someday sweet love will reign, throughout this world of ours, let's start singing of love from our hearts," remind us that we all have the power to create positive change in the world if we come together.
Overall, the lyrics to Ngiculela-Es Una Historia-I Am Singing are a call to action for all of us to come together and spread love and positivity in the world. Stevie Wonder's use of multiple languages and his powerful vocals make the message even more impactful and universal.
Line by Line Meaning
Ngiculela ikusasg
I am singing of tomorrow
Ngliyacula nao thando
I am singing of love
Ngicula ngelinyi langa
I am singing someday love will reign
Uthando luyobusa
Throughout this world of ours
Jikelele kulomblada wethu
Let's all sing
Es una historia de mañana
I am singing of tomorrow
Es una historia de amor
I am singing of love
Es una historia que amor reinera
I am singing someday love will reign
Por nuestro mundo
Throughout this world of ours
Es una historia de mi corazon
Of love from my heart
Let's start singing
Let's start singing
Of love from our hearts
Of love from our hearts
Let's start singing
Let's start singing
Someday sweet love will reign
Someday love will reign
Throughout this world of ours
Throughout this world of ours
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Stevie Wonder
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@morganalvarez5925
This song should be played
on loud speakers over and
over again in all towns and
shopping centres to
get people to feel love
and peace i believe
through beautiful
emotional music like
this God is spreading
his message of peace
and love thank you
Lord Jesus for such
beautiful songs
I think in this song
Stevie is trying to
unite the world through
peace and love
God bless you
Stevie Wonder :-)
@africanandproud6792
Who taught Stevie Wonder how to sing in my Zulu language of South Africa? Even his pronunciation of our words is on point. Very impressive 🙏🏾🇿🇦
@candiceward8345
Stevie is god in my eyes
@siyavuyambuli284
Probably Letta Mbulu
@onkekweyama6021
@siyavuyambuli284 Yes it's her who taught him
@morganalvarez5925
This song should be played
on loud speakers over and
over again in all towns and
shopping centres to
get people to feel love
and peace i believe
through beautiful
emotional music like
this God is spreading
his message of peace
and love thank you
Lord Jesus for such
beautiful songs
I think in this song
Stevie is trying to
unite the world through
peace and love
God bless you
Stevie Wonder :-)
@zowjakhalifah
Agreed
@adrienpressey7439
ITS TRUE. HE SAID HE IS STILL TRYING TO WRITE THE SONG. THAT UNITES HUMANITY.
@GiselleGrape
Oh what a PERFECT perspective and comment!!!!!!! Could NOT agree with you MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would love to put it on the loudspeakers at my school!!!🙏☺️🥰💕💗💖❤️
@morganalvarez5925
@@adrienpressey7439 Amen to that how the world so desperately
needs peace right now especially
what's going on the middle east
✌️ ☮️ 🕊 🏳️ ❤️
@morganalvarez5925
@@GiselleGrape Thanks Giselle ❤️ 💕 😊