John
Legend
John Stephens was born in in Springfield, Ohio on December 28, 1978. He is the child of Phyllis and Ronald Stephens,. When John Legend was 5 years old he began to play the piano and sing Gospel music in the church where both his parents were muscians were to. When John Legend was 20, he was picked up by Lauryn Hill when she noticed his talents.
John Legend’s carrer began when we started producing and writing his music. He released his first two albums, His self-titles demo and Live at Jimmy’s Uptown. In 2001, John Legend was brought to Kanye West’s attention, where he was hired to sing in his music. He got his stage name, John Legend, from J. Ivy.
John Legend had his first debut album, Get Lifted in 2004. It was number 7 on the us Billboard 200. He was featured in plenty of following albums that helped him become a bigger artist. His second album, Once Again, reached number three on Billboard 200.Legend sang for Barack Obama’s campaign.
×John legends musical inspirations are Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Paul Robeson, and Bob Dylan.
×He is an inspiration to many singers who are uprising in soul and r&b music.
× John Legend music genre is soul and r&b music
Albums:
› Get Lifted (2004)
› Once Again (2006)
› Evolver (2008)
› Love In the Future (2013)
› Darkness and Light (2016)
› A Legendary Christmas (2016)
Get Lifted
› Prelude
› Let’s Get Lifted
› Used to Love U
› Alright
› She Don’t Have to Know
› Number One
› I Can Change
› Ordinary People
› Stay With you
› Let’s Get Lifted Again
ONCE AGAIN
• Save Room
• Heaven
• Stereo
• Show Me
• Each Day Gets Better
• King & Queen
• P.D.A.
• Slow Dance
• Again
• Maxine
• Where Did My Baby Go
• Maxine’s Interlude
• Another Again
• Coming Home
Evolver
• Good Morning
• Green Light
• It’s Over
v Everybody Knows
• Quickly
• Cross the Line
• No Other Love
• This Time
• Satisfation
• Take me Away
• Good Morning
• I Love, Your, Love
• If You’re Out There
Wake Up!
Hard Times
Compared to What
Wake Up Everybody
Our Generation
Little Ghetto Boy
Hang On In There
Humanity
Wholy Holy
I Can’t Write Left Handed
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
Shine
Love In the Future
Love in the Future
The Beginning
Open Your Eyes
Made to Love
Who Do We Think We Are
All of Me
Hold On Longer
Save the Night
Tomorrow
What If I Told You?
Dreams
Wanna Be Loved
Angel
You & I
Asylum
Caught Up
SO Gone
We Loved It
Aim High
For the First Time
Darkness and Light
I Know Better
Penthouse Floor
Darkness and Light
Overload
Love Me Now
What You Do to Me
Surefire
Right By You
Temporarily Painless
How Can I Blame You
Same Old Story
Marching Into the Dark