Artist

Billy Joel

Wins

Nominations

About Billy Joel

"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

Year	Award	Artists	Work	All Nominees
2002	Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals	Tony Bennett, Billy Joel	New York State Of Mind	All Nominees
1994	Album Of The Year	Billy Joel	River Of Dreams (Video)	All Nominees
1994	Best Male Pop Vocal Performance	Billy Joel	The River Of Dreams (Single)	All Nominees
1994	Song Of The Year	Billy Joel	The River Of Dreams (Single)	All Nominees
1994	Record Of The Year	Billy Joel	The River Of Dreams (Single)	All Nominees
1992	Best Music Film	Billy Joel	Live At Yankee Stadium (Video)	All Nominees
1992	Best Music Video	Billy Joel	When You Wish Upon A Star (Video)	All Nominees
1991	Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical	Billy Joel, Mick Jones	Producer Of The Year	All Nominees
1991	Best Male Pop Vocal Performance	Billy Joel	Storm Front (Album)	All Nominees
1990	Record Of The Year	Billy Joel	We Didn't Start The Fire (Single)	All Nominees
1990	Best Male Pop Vocal Performance	Billy Joel	We Didn't Start The Fire (Single)	All Nominees
1990	Song Of The Year	Billy Joel	We Didn't Start The Fire (Single)	All Nominees
1985	Best Music Film	Billy Joel	Billy Joel Live From Long Island (Video)	All Nominees
1984	Album Of The Year	Billy Joel	An Innocent Man (Album)	All Nominees
1984	Best Male Pop Vocal Performance	Billy Joel	Uptown Girl (Track)	All Nominees
1983	Album Of The Year	Billy Joel	The Nylon Curtain (Album)	All Nominees
1981	Album Of The Year	Billy Joel	Glass Houses (Album)	All Nominees
1981	Best Male Rock Vocal Performance	Billy Joel	Glass Houses	All Nominees
1980	Best Male Pop Vocal Performance	Billy Joel	52nd Street	All Nominees
1980	Album Of The Year	Billy Joel	52nd Street	All Nominees
1980	Song Of The Year	Billy Joel	Honesty (Single)	All Nominees
1979	Song Of The Year	Billy Joel	Just The Way You Are	All Nominees
1979	Record Of The Year	Billy Joel	Just The Way You Are	All Nominees