Awards & Winners

Ray Charles

Date of Birth 23-September-1930
Place of Birth Albany
(Dougherty County, Georgia, United States of America)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Ray Charles Robinson, Brother Ray, The High Priest, The Genius of Soul, Ray Charles Robinson, Raymond Charles Robinson, Ray Charles Robinson, The Genius, The Genius of Soul, Brother Ray, The High Priest
Profession Musician, Singer-songwriter, Jazz Pianist, Composer, Artist, Film Score Composer, Actor, Music Arranger
Ray Charles Robinson was an American singer-songwriter, musician and composer known as Ray Charles. He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records. He also helped racially integrate country and pop music during the 1960s with his crossover success on ABC Records, most notably with his Modern Sounds albums. While with ABC, Charles became one of the first African-American musicians to be given artistic control by a mainstream record company. Frank Sinatra called Charles "the only true genius in show business", although Charles downplayed this notion. The influences upon his music were mainly jazz, blues, rhythm and blues and country artists of the day such as Art Tatum, Nat King Cole, Louis Jordan, Charles Brown, and Louis Armstrong. His playing reflected influences from country blues, barrelhouse and stride piano styles. Rolling Stone ranked Charles number ten on their list of "100 Greatest Artists of All Time" in 2004, and number two on their November 2008 list of "100 Greatest Singers of All Time". In honoring Charles, Billy Joel noted: "This may sound like sacrilege, but I think Ray Charles was more important than Elvis Presley."

Awards by Ray Charles

Check all the awards nominated and won by Ray Charles.

2012


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : Hit the Road Jack / The Danger Zone
(Hit the Road Jack)

2010


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : Genius + Soul = Jazz

2006


Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Duo or Group
And Various Artists
Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year Walkin' & Talkin'

2005


Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Echo Award for Jazz Production Genius Loves Company
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Duo or Group

2004


NAACP Image Award – Hall of Fame Award
Grammy Award for Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance
Honored for : Heaven Help Us All
(Artists)
Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
Honored for : Here We Go Again
(Artists)
Grammy Award for Album of the Year
Honored for : Genius Loves Company
(Terry Howard: Engineer/Producer, Engineers/Mixers, Producers, Artist, Mastering Engineers)
Grammy Award for Record of the Year
Honored for : Here We Go Again
(Artists, Engineers, Producer)
Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : America, the Beautiful
Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album
Honored for : Genius Loves Company
(Engineer/Mixer, Producer, Artist)

Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance Sinner's Prayer
Grammy Award for Record of the Year Here We Go Again
Grammy Award for Album of the Year Genius Loves Company
Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals Here We Go Again
Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album Genius Loves Company
Grammy Award for Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance Heaven Help Us All

2003


Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
TV Land Favorite Guest Performance by a Musician on a TV Show Award Designing Women

2000


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : I Can't Stop Loving You

1999


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : What'd I Say

1998


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : In Person

1996


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : The Genius of Ray Charles

1993


Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
Honored for : A Song For You
(Artist)

Nominations 1993 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance A Song For You
1994 Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

1992


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : Georgia on My Mind / Carry Me Back to Old Virginny

Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction The Kennedy Center Honors

1990


Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
Honored for : I'll Be Good to You
(Artist)

Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals I'll Be Good to You

1989


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : I've Got A Woman / Come Back
(I've Got A Woman)

1988


Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance - Variety Or Music Program Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration

1986


Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Kennedy Center Honors

Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics America Votes the #1 Song
\"Take It to the People\"

1985


Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Country Music Association Award for Vocal Duo of the Year
Country Music Association Horizon Award

1983


Nominations 1983 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance Born to Love Me
Track from: The Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 (disc 3)

1979


Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance Some Enchanted Evening

1975


Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
Honored for : Living for the City

Nominations 1975 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance Living for the City

1971


Nominations 1971 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics The First Nine Months are the Hardest
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1967


Nominations 1967 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male Yesterday
Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Yesterday

1966


Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance
Honored for : Crying Time
Grammy Award for Best R&B Solo Vocal Performance, Male or Female
Honored for : Cryin' Time

Nominations 1966 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best R&B Solo Vocal Performance, Male or Female Cryin' Time
Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance Crying Time

1963


Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance
Honored for : Busted

Nominations 1963 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male Busted
Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance Busted

1962


Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance
Honored for : I Can't Stop Loving You

Nominations 1962 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Record of the Year I Can't Stop Loving You
Grammy Award for Album of the Year Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male I Can't Stop Loving You
Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance I Can't Stop Loving You

1961


Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance
Honored for : Hit the Road Jack

Nominations 1961 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Album of the Year Genius + Soul = Jazz
Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance Hit the Road Jack

1960


Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance
Honored for : Let the Good Times Roll
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Song
Honored for : Georgia on My Mind
(Best Performance By A Pop Single Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male
Honored for : The Genius of Ray Charles
(Best Vocal Performance Album, Male)
Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Honored for : Georgia
(Best Vocal Performance Single Record Or Track, Male)

Nominations 1960 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Record of the Year Georgia
Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male Georgia
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Song Georgia
Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male The Genius of Ray Charles
Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance Let the Good Times Roll