ALBUMA Legendary Christmas (Instrumental Versions)John Legend
ALBUMA Legendary Christmas: Deluxe EditionJohn Legend
ALBUMDarkness and LightJohn Legend
ALBUMLove in the Future (Expanded Edition)John Legend
ALBUMWake Up!John Legend & The Roots
ALBUMEvolverJohn Legend
ALBUMOnce AgainJohn Legend
ALBUMGet LiftedJohn Legend
John Legend's Popular Music Videos
All of Me (Edited)
John Legend
Higher (feat. Nipsey Hussle & John Legend)
DJ Khaled
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (feat. Esperanza Spalding)
John Legend
Hallelujah
Carrie Underwood & John Legend
Lay Me Down (feat. John Legend) [Red Nose Day 2015]
Sam Smith
You & I (Nobody In the World)
John Legend
Baby, It's Cold Outside (feat. Kelly Clarkson) [Lyric Video]
John Legend
GOD DID (feat. Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, JAY-Z, John Legend & Fridayy) [Lyric Video]
DJ Khaled
Like I'm Gonna Lose You (feat. John Legend)
Meghan Trainor
Tonight (Best You Ever Had) [With Movie Footage]
John Legend
Artist Playlists
John Legend Essentials
John Legend delivers warm verses over effervescent tracks.
John Legend Video Essentials
The R&B great likes it best when he shares the spotlight.
John Legend: Deep Cuts
The soul student's curiosity shines through in collaborations.
Inspired by John Legend
The soul-soaked pop singers who look up to the Legend.
John Legend: Influences
The soul legends and R&B innovators who fuel the thoughtful star.
John Legend: The Bigger Love Interview
About John Legend
Artist Biography
Magnetic, passionate and disarmingly suave, John Legend’s music is a reflection of the artist himself, whose radiant charisma has lit up the ’00s entertainment landscape. Legend is the first African-American EGOT winner, netting an Emmy, GRAMMYⓇ, Oscar, and Tony award. These accolades are driven by Legend’s towering talent, heard in his fluent command of vintage gospel and R&B, which he weaves into candlelit piano ballads and socially conscious soul burners. Born John Roger Stephens in 1978, he was only six when he started singing in his Springfield, OH church. When he left home to attend UPenn at 16, he became immersed in the humming Philadelphia neo-soul scene that revolved around influential hip-hop band The Roots. One invitation to play piano on Lauryn Hill’s “Everything Is Everything” turned into others from hip-hop and R&B artists including Talib Kweli, Mary J. Blige and JAY Z. A connection with then-up-and-coming producer Kanye West led to Legend’s 2004 debut, Get Lifted, which introduced his sandy croon as one of R&B’s most promising new voices. He delivered on that promise with an ever-expansive range and emotional gravitas through the ‘00s and ‘10s: his fiery, socially conscious 2010 collaboration with The Roots, Wake Up!; his swooning 2013 ballad "All of Me"; his smouldering 2016 release, Darkness and Light. During all this, Legend’s side gigs were just as impressive, including a coaching spot on The Voice and an Emmy-winning performance in Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert. Striking that balance—dapper reality-show singer, first-call hip-hop collaborator, dreamy R&B solo artist, artistic social activist—has made Legend worthy of his stage name.
Hometown
Springfield, OH, United States
Genre
R&B/Soul
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