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#Videocrux - Stevie Wonder receives top French award Stevie Wonder receives top French award
US singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder was awarded one of France's top cultural honors, the Commander of Arts and Letters award, on Saturday, which he dedicated to his deceased mother.
Commander of Arts and Letters award
Stevie Wonder receiving the Commander of Arts and Letters award from French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand and former culture minister Jack Lang. Stevie Wonder is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. Blind from birth, Wonder signed with Tamla Records at the age of eleven and continues to perform and record for the label. He has recorded more than thirty U.S. top ten hits and won twenty-two Grammy Awards, the most ever won by a male solo artist. On December 1, 2009, he was named a UN Messenger of Peace.
Mr.Wonder dedicates the award to his mother
"I receive this honor in memory of my mother, and memory of all of those that have made it possible for me to stand here today. I don't owe you a little, I don't owe you a lot, I owe you for everything that I have." says Stevie Wonder accepting the award.
Mitterrand and Lang embrace Wonder

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