Awards & Winners

James Brown

Date of Birth 03-May-1933
Place of Birth Barnwell
(Barnwell County, South Carolina, United States of America)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Brown, James, James Browm, James Joseph Brown, Mr. Dynamite, The Godfather of Soul, James Brown at the Organ, Soul Brother Number One, The Hardest Working Man in Show Business, The Minister of the New New Super Heavy Funk, The Godfather of Funk, Mr Please Please Please, James Joseph Brown, Jr., Junior, Little Junior, 'The Godfather of Soul' James Brown, Mr. James Brown, James Brown and The Famous Flames, James Brown and The Flames, The James Brown Revue, James Brown (I)
Profession Bandleader, Record producer, Singer, Songwriter, Organist, Musician, Rapper, Artist, Dancer, Actor, Composer
James Joseph Brown, Jr. was an American recording artist and musician. One of the founding fathers of funk music and a major figure of 20th-century popular music and dance, he is often referred to as "The Godfather of Soul". In a career that spanned six decades, Brown profoundly influenced the development of many different musical genres. Born in Barnwell, South Carolina, Brown moved to Augusta, Georgia, to live with relatives at the age of five. After a stint in prison for robbery, Brown began his career as a gospel singer in Toccoa, Georgia. Joining an R&B vocal group called the Avons that later evolved to become The Famous Flames, Brown served as the group's lead singer. First coming to national public attention in the late 1950s as a member of The Flames with the ballads "Please, Please, Please" and "Try Me", Brown built a reputation as a tireless live performer with singing group The Famous Flames and his backing band, sometimes known as the James Brown Band or the James Brown Orchestra. Brown's success peaked in the 1960s with the live album, Live at the Apollo, and hit singles such as "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag", "I Got You" and "It's a Man's Man's Man's World". During the late 1960s, Brown moved from a continuum of blues and gospel-based forms and styles to a profoundly "Africanized" approach to music-making that influenced the development of funk music. By the early 1970s, Brown had fully established the funk sound after the formation of The J.B.'s with records such as "Get Up Sex Machine" and "The Payback". Brown also became notable for songs of social commentary including the 1968 hit, "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud". Brown continued to perform and record for the duration of his life until his death in 2006 from congestive heart failure and pneumonia.

Awards by James Brown

Check all the awards nominated and won by James Brown.

2013


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : Get Up (I Feel Like Being Like a Sex Machine)

2012


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : I Got You (I Feel Good) / I Can't Help It (I Just Do-Do-Do)
(Award for 'I Got You (I Feel Good)')

2011


Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Album of the Year Wasting Light

2009


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : It's a Man's Man's Man's World

2003


Kennedy Center Honors
BET Lifetime Achievement Award

Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BET Lifetime Achievement Award

1998


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : Papa's Got a Brand New Bag

1997


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : Live at the Apollo

1991


Grammy Award for Best Album Notes
Honored for : Star Time
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance Love Over-Due
Grammy Award for Best Album Notes Star Time

1989


Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals Gimme Your Love (feat. Aretha Franklin)

1987


Nominations 1987 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Male Video Artist

1986


Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
Honored for : Living in America

Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance Living in America

1983


Nominations 1983 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance Today

1965


Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance
Honored for : Papa's Got a Brand New Bag

Nominations 1965 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance Papa's Got a Brand New Bag