Inductee Honors
Ray Charles
"The Genius"
"Brother Ray"
Pioneered soul music by combining blues, jazz, rhythm and blues, and gospel
"Georgia On My Mind" - one of three No. 1 hits on Billboard Hot 100
10 recordings inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame
Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music (1962) - No. 1 album on Billboard 200
18 Grammy Awards (5 posthumously)
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1987)
No. 10 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time
No. 2 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Singers of All Time
Kennedy Center Honors (1986)
National Medal of Arts (1993)
Polar Music Prize (1998)
George and Ira Gershwin Award - Lifetime Musical Achievement (1991)
American Academy of Achievement w/ Golden Plate Award and Gold Medal (1975)
Georgia Music Hall of Fame (1979)
Rhythm & Blues Foundation (1991)
Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame (2015)
Country Music Hall of Fame (2022)
Hollywood Walk of Fame (1981)
Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame (2022)
Roughly 60 albums and over 200 compilation albums (according to AllMusic)
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