Editing Donna Summer (section)

==Legacy==
According to singer [[Marc Almond]], Summer's collaboration with producer Giorgio Moroder "changed the face of music".<ref>{{cite web|title=Digital Spy|website=[[Digital Spy]] |date=May 17, 2012|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a382224/donna-summer-1948-2012-reaction-and-tributes.html|access-date= May 20, 2012}}</ref> 

As a recording artist, Summer either set or broke many chart records. During her late [[1970s in music|1970s]] and early [[1980s in music|1980s]] heyday, Summer scored eight consecutive top ten hits on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, the most by a female artist since [[Brenda Lee]] and [[The Supremes]] in the [[1960s in music|1960s]]. Summer was the first female artist in chart history to score three number one singles in a calendar year on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1979. Summer at least landed a top 40 single on the Hot 100 in ten calendar years (1975-1984). In a seven year period (1976-82), she scored more top ten hits than any act of that era with twelve.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/donna-summers-enduring-billboard-chart-successes-1096524/|title=Donna Summer's Enduring Billboard Chart Successes|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=May 17, 2012|accessdate=May 14, 2025}}</ref> Between November 11, 1978 and January 5, 1980, Summer scored three consecutive number one albums on the ''Billboard'' 200 (''[[Live and More]]'', ''[[Bad Girls (Donna Summer album)|Bad Girls]]'' and ''[[On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes I & II]]''). Summer is the only artist to have three number one double albums.<ref name="queen" /> 

Between 1976 and 1979, Summer was the top disco act on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' year-end lists four times in a row. She is the sixth most successful artist in the history of the [[Dance Club Songs]] chart, recording 16 number one singles alone on the chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Donna Summer Dance Club Songs Chart History|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/donna-summer/chart-history/dsi/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=12 December 2020}}</ref> Summer is one of a selected group of artists to achieve a number one hit on the ''Billboard'' charts in five or more decades (1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s), joining [[Cher]], [[Aretha Franklin]], [[Diana Ross]], [[Whitney Houston]], [[Michael Jackson]] and [[Madonna]].

She became a cultural icon and her prominence on the dance charts, for which she was referred to as the Queen of Disco, made her not just one of the defining voices of that era, but also an influence on pop artists from Madonna to Beyoncé. Unlike some other stars of disco who faded as the music became less popular in the early 1980s, Summer was able to grow beyond the genre and segued to a pop-rock sound. She had one of her biggest hits in the 1980s with "She Works Hard For the Money", which became another anthem, this time for [[women's rights]], and later was included in the [[Songs of the Century]] list by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] and [[National Endowment for the Arts|NEA]].<ref name=CNN2>{{cite web|title=Songs of the Century|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/07/list.top.365.songs/|work=CNN|access-date=March 9, 2013|date=March 7, 2001}}</ref> Her 1975 hit "Love to Love You Baby" was included in the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]'s [[500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll]] list. Summer was the first black woman to be nominated for an MTV Video Music Award.<ref name="queen">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/donna-summer-queen-of-disco-dead-at-63-2-488352/ |title=Donna Summer, queen of disco, dead at 63 |date=May 17, 2012 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=January 19, 2025}}</ref>

In May 2012, it was announced that "I Feel Love" was included in the list of preserved recordings at the [[Library of Congress]]' [[National Recording Registry]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/23/donna-summer-and-the-grateful-dead-added-to-national-recording-registry/|title=Donna Summer and the Grateful Dead Added to National Recording Registry|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 23, 2012 |access-date=August 20, 2014}}</ref> Her Rock and Roll Hall of Fame page listed Summer as "the Diva De Tutte Dive, the first true diva of the modern pop era".<ref name="rockhallbio">{{cite web|url=http://rockhall.com/inductees/donna-summer/bio|title=Donna Summer Biography|work=Rockhall.com|publisher=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame|access-date=December 13, 2012|archive-date=December 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121218051813/http://rockhall.com/inductees/donna-summer/bio/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2018, ''[[Summer: The Donna Summer Musical]]'', a biographical musical featuring Summer's songs, began performances on Broadway at the [[Lunt-Fontanne Theatre]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chow|first1=Andrew|title=A Donna Summer Musical Heads to Broadway|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/19/theater/donna-summer-musical-broadway.html|access-date= January 25, 2018|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 19, 2017}}</ref> following a 2017 world premiere at the [[La Jolla Playhouse]] in San Diego.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hetrick|first1=Adam|title=What Did Critics Think of Summer: The Donna Summer Musical World Premiere?|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/what-did-critics-think-of-summer-the-donna-summer-musical-world-premiere|access-date= October 23, 2018|work=Playbill|date=November 21, 2017}}</ref>

In 2023, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked Summer at number 122 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=1 January 2023|title=The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/donna-summer-10-1234642995/|access-date=4 May 2023|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2023, HBO released the documentary "[[Love to Love You, Donna Summer]]",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hbo.com/movies/love-to-love-you-donna-summer|title=Love to Love You, Donna Summer &#124; Official Website for the HBO Documentary &#124; HBO.com|website=Hbo.com|access-date=December 29, 2023}}</ref> directed by filmmaker [[Roger Ross Williams]] and [[Brooklyn Sudano]], daughter of Donna Summer. In 2024, Summer was posthumously awarded the [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]].