Billy Joel
Wins
5
Nominations
23
Category
Biography
"I started writing music and then later on in life, I started writing words to the music. And it's the backwards way of writing because traditional songwriting is you take words or a poem and you set it to music. I actually write music and I set words to that. Melody and chords are first."
- Born William Martin Joel May 9, 1949, in the Bronx, New York.
- Early in Billy Joel's career, Philadelphia radio station WMMR began playing a live recording of Joel's ballad "Captain Jack." The growing airplay helped Joel sign to a major label, where he recorded his successful 1973 album Piano Man, which reached No. 27 on the Billboard 200.
- Joel won his first career GRAMMYs at the 21st GRAMMY Awards for 1978 for Record and Song Of The Year for "Just The Way You Are" from his album The Stranger. Joel made his GRAMMY stage debut at the 30th GRAMMY Awards in 1988 when he sang "New York State Of Mind" as part of a special New York musical presentation.
- Due to his love of boating, Joel became a founding partner in a Long Island, N.Y.-based yacht-building company in 1996.
- Joel was honored as MusiCares Person of the Year in 2002. The annual Person of the Year gala raises funds for MusiCares, which provides services and resources that cover a wide range of financial, medical and personal emergencies for music people.
- Joel founded Charity Begins At Home in 1978 to fund charities in the tri-state area that serve child abuse, domestic violence, autism, cancer, and other issues. The foundation is funded in part by proceeds from his concerts.
All Grammy Awards and Nominations for Billy Joel
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Pop Collaboration With Vocals
New York State Of Mind
Tony Bennett, Billy Joel
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Album Of The Year
River Of Dreams (Video)
Danny Kortchmar, Billy Joel, Joe Nicolo
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Record Of The Year
The River Of Dreams (Single)
Danny Kortchmar, Billy Joel, Joe Nicolo
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Song Of The Year
The River Of Dreams (Single)
Billy Joel
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Male Pop Vocal Performance
The River Of Dreams (Single)
Billy Joel
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Best Music Film
Live At Yankee Stadium (Video)
Billy Joel, Jon Small
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Best Music Video
When You Wish Upon A Star (Video)
Rhaz Zeisler, Billy Joel, Scott Garen, B. A. Robertson
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Male Pop Vocal Performance
Storm Front (Album)
Billy Joel
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Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Producer Of The Year
Billy Joel, Mick Jones
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Record Of The Year
We Didn't Start The Fire (Single)
Billy Joel, Mick Jones
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Song Of The Year
We Didn't Start The Fire (Single)
Billy Joel
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Male Pop Vocal Performance
We Didn't Start The Fire (Single)
Billy Joel
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Best Music Film
Billy Joel Live From Long Island (Video)
Billy Joel
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Album Of The Year
An Innocent Man (Album)
Phil Ramone, Billy Joel
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Male Pop Vocal Performance
Uptown Girl (Track)
Billy Joel
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Album Of The Year
The Nylon Curtain (Album)
Phil Ramone, Billy Joel
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Album Of The Year
Glass Houses (Album)
Phil Ramone, Billy Joel
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Best Male Rock Vocal Performance Winner
Glass Houses
Billy Joel
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Album Of The Year Winner
52nd Street
Phil Ramone, Billy Joel
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Male Pop Vocal Performance Winner
52nd Street
Billy Joel
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Song Of The Year
Honesty (Single)
Billy Joel
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Song Of The Year Winner
Just The Way You Are
Billy Joel
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Record Of The Year Winner
Just The Way You Are
Phil Ramone, Billy Joel
