5 Things to Know About Billy Joel's 52nd Street Grammy Wins

It won Album of the Year at the 22nd Annual Grammy Awards in 1979. This was the top honor of the night.

Joel also won Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for the album. That made it a clean sweep of the two major awards he was nominated for.

The album beat out strong competition for Album of the Year. Other nominees included Saturday Night Fever and Grease soundtracks.

It was Joel’s first Grammy win for a full album. He had previously won Best New Artist in 1979 for The Stranger.

The wins cemented 52nd Street as a commercial and critical peak. The album had already topped the Billboard 200 chart.