Top Pop Albums of 1977". billboard.biz. February 2016. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013 . Retrieved April 29, 2014. Songs in the Key of Life was released as a double LP with a four-song bonus EP. It debuted at number one on the Billboard Pop Albums Chart, becoming only the third album to achieve that feat, and the first by an American artist. [9] Both the lead single " I Wish" and follow-up single " Sir Duke" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The album spent thirteen consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard 200, becoming the album with the most weeks at number one during the year, and was the second best-selling album of 1977 in the US. In 2005, the album was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), indicating sales of 5 million units for a double album. Songs in the Key of Life” was like the beginning of another kind of place. Its title came from a dream I had where I was asking, “How many songs are there in the key of life?” Then it became the challenge of starting again and doing it a different way. a b "Songs in the Key of Life". Rolling Stone Magazine. Archived from the original on February 7, 2006.

Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Etched Variant 4 ("11" in circle)): T13340 C2 2646S EBF 06K 11 XTAL AB #13 Δ 21344-1 HK SE In a 2001 interview with TapeOp, engineer John Fischbach provided some details about the album’s recording sessions: On release: "Made and distributed by EMI-Bovema Holland" but matrix number & typography is typically for a CBS press. EMI-Bovema press has a matrix which is based on the 5C 156-97900/1 catalogue number.Grow, Kory (January 15, 2015). "Stevie Wonder Adds More 'Songs in the Key of Life' Tour Dates". Rolling Stone . Retrieved February 10, 2015.

Matrix / Runout (Side D Runout Etched Variant 8): T13-340C2-2648S EBF 06-F MR (circled - stamped) Δ214345-X (6) The Top 20 Albums of All Time (For Real)". music.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013 . Retrieved October 16, 2013.Breihan, Tom (September 27, 2019). "The Number Ones: Stevie Wonder's "I Wish" ". Stereogum . Retrieved July 1, 2023. Wonder is deeply in his own zone [on Songs in the Key of Life], crafting these rich and textured soul-jazz meditations... Matrix / Runout ((7") Side B Runout Etched Variant 4): T13340 EP 2650S 06-ΔC Δ 100106-X JS,1-XTAL PE Known as his “magnum opus” and one of the greatest albums of all time, 26-year-old Stevie Wonder released his eighteenth album, the classic double LP Songs in the Key of Life in the fall of 1976 through Motown’s subsidiary label Tamla Records. This album is considered the peak of Wonder’s run in the 1970s labeled as his “classic period” which resulted in three straight Album of the Year Grammy Awards for Innervisions, Fulfillingness' First Finale and Songs in the Key of Life. Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Etched Variant 9 ("11" in circle)): T13340 C2-#1-2645S EBF 06K 11 XTAL #13 AB △21344 · P HK SE AAB