Awards
GRAMMY AWARDS
- 1991: Best R&B Vocal Performance-Male “Here and Now”
- 1992: Best R&B Vocal Performance-Male “Power of Love”
Best R&B Song “Power of Love/Love Power” - 1997: Best R&B Vocal Performance-Male “Your Secret Love”
- 2004: Song of the Year “Dance With My Father”
Best R&B Album “Dance With My Father”
Best R&B Vocal Performance by Duo or Group “The Closer I Get to You” (duet w/Beyonce)
Best R&B Vocal Performance-Male “Dance With My Father”
GRAMMY NOMINATIONS
- 1982: (2) Best New Artist, Best R&B Vocal Performance-Male “Never Too Much”
- 1983: (1) Best R&B Vocal Performance-Male “Forever, For Always, For Love”
- 1986: (1) Best R&B Vocal Performance-Male “The Night I Fell In Love”
- 1987: (2) Best R&B Song, Best R&B Vocal Performance-Male “Give Me the Reason”
- 1989: (2) Best R&B Song, Best R&B Vocal Performance-Male “Any Love”
- 1990: (1) Best R&B Vocal Performance-Male “She Won’t Talk to Me”
- 1992: (1) Best R&B Vocal Performance by Duo or Group “Doctor’s Orders” w/Aretha Franklin
- 1993: (1) Best R&B Vocal Performance by Duo or Group “The Best Things in Life Are Free” w/Janet Jackson
- 1994: (1) Best R&B Vocal Performance-Male “How Deep Is Your Love”
- 1995: (4) Best Pop Vocal Performance-Male “Love The One You’re With”
Best Pop Collaboration w/Vocals “Endless Love” w/Mariah Carey
Best R&B Vocal Performance-Male “Always and Forever”
Best R&B Album Songs - 1997: (2) Best R&B Song “Your Secret Love”
Best R&B Vocal Performance-Male “Your Secret Love” - 1998: (1) Best R&B Vocal Performance-Male “When You Call On Me/Baby That’s When I Come Runnin’”
- 1999: (2) Best R&B Vocal Performance-Male “I Know”
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance “I Know” - 2003: (1) Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance “Any Day Now”
- 2004: (1) Best R&B Song “Dance With My Father”
- 2007: (1) Best R&B Vocal Performance-Male “Got You Home” (posthumous)
AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS
- Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist, Winner (7): 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2002, 2003
- Favorite Soul/R&B Album, Winner (2): 1992 Power of Love
2003 Dance With My Father
AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS NOMINATIONS
- 1986: (2) Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist
Favorite Soul/R&B Album The Night I Fell In Love - 1988: (1) Favorite Soul/R&B Album Give Me The Reason
NAACP IMAGE AWARDS
- Outstanding Male Artist, Winner (3): 1999, 2002, 2004
- Outstanding Album of the Year, Winner (1): 2004 Dance With My Father
ADDITIONAL HONORS
- 2008: #54 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time
- 2010: Named one of NPR’s (National Public Radio) 50 Greatest Voices
- 2014: Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame