  John Legend was born John
Stephens in Ohio where he grew up before
heading to Philadelphia at the age of 16.
Throughout his childhood, Legend had mastered
playing the piano and played piano on Lauryn
Hill's single "Everything Is
Everything" while still a teen. Legend
went on to finish college, move to New York
and work with an array of musicians before
releasing his debut LP.
 Legend released his debut LP Get
Lifted.
 # 118
Singles Artist of the Year
Legend topped the Billboard Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with Get
Lifted.
Get
Lifted was certified platinum.
Legend hit the Top 40 with
"Ordinary People."
Legend was nominated for 3 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Male Video, Best New Artist, and Best R&B Video ("Ordinary People").
 Legend could be heard on the
compilation LP So
Amazing... An All-Star Tribute To Luther
Vandross with "Love Won't Let Me
Wait."
The single "Ordinary People" was certified
gold.
Legend was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist.
 Legend won 3 Grammy Awards for Best New Artist, Best R&B Album (Get
Lifted), and Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
("Ordinary People"), and was
nominated for Song of the Year (awarded to the
songwriter), Best R&B Song (awarded to the
songwriter) ("Ordinary People"), Best Traditional R&B Vocal
Performance ("Stay With You"), Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("So High"
with Lauryn
Hill), and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("They Say"
with Common and Kanye West). Legend also
performed at the ceremony.
Legend could be
heard on Sergio Mendes' Timeless.
Legend won 2 Soul Train Music
Awards for Best Album, Male (Get
Lifted) and Best Single, Male ("Ordinary People").
Legend could be heard on Tony Bennett's LP Duets:
American Classic on the track
"Sing, You Sinners."
 Legend released Once
Again.
Legend topped the Billboard Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with Once
Again.
Legend could be heard on Jay-Z's LP Kingdom
Come on the
track "Do U Wanna Ride."
Once
Again was certified platinum.
Legend won 2 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
("Heaven") and Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("Family
Affair" with Sly & The
Family Stone, Joss Stone and Van Hunt)
from the LP Different
Strokes By Different Folks), and was
nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance -
Male
("Save Room"). Legend performed at
the ceremony.
On July 7th, Legend performed at
the Live
Earth
concert in the UK. The 7-continent concert
organized by Al Gore brought together over
100 artists to perform and raise the world's
awareness about the climate crisis and how to
make a difference to help the environment and
the world.
Legend could be heard on the Aretha Franklin LP Jewels
In The Crown: Duets With The Queen Of Soul on the track
"What Y'All Came To Do."
 Legend could be heard on the T.I. LP Paper
Trail on the track
"Slide Show."
Legend released Evolver.
Legend topped the Billboard Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with Evolver.
Legend topped the Rolling
Stone 'Readers Poll' for Best R&B
Artist of 2008.
 # 78
Singles Artist of the Year
 Legend hit the Top 40 with help
from Andre 3000 with
"Green Light."
Evolver was certified gold.
Legend won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("Stay With Me
(By The Sea)" with Al Green) and was nominated for
Best Rap/Sung
Collaboration ("Green Light" with Andre 3000).
 Legend was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance -
Male
("This Time").
Legend teamed up with The
Roots for the LP Wake
Up!
Legend won 2 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Album (Wake
Up!) and Best Traditional R&B Vocal
Performance ("Hang On In The
There" with The Roots),
and was nominated for Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("Shine"
with The Roots) and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Wake Up!"
with The Roots).
Legend could be heard on the Snoop Dogg LP Doggumentary
Music on the track "Eyez
Closed" and on the Lupe Fiasco LP Lasers on
the track "Never Forget You."
Legend could be heard on the Lil Wayne LP Tha
Carter IV on the track "So
Special."
iTunes
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Get Lifted
Released: December, 2004
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 4
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: A-
Tracks:
"Prelude" - "Let's Get
Lifted" - "Used To Love U"
- "Alright" - "She Don't
Have To Know" - "Number 1"
- "I Can Change" - "Ordinary People" - "Stay
With You" - "Let's Get Lifted
Again" - "So High" -
"Refuge (When It's Cold
Outside)" - "It Don't Have To
Change" - "Live It Up" |
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Once Again
Released: October, 2006
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 3
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "Save
Room" - "Heaven" -
"Stereo" - "Show Me"
- "Each Day Gets Better" -
"P.D.A. (We Just Don't Care)" -
"Slow Dance" -
"Again" - "Maxine" -
"Where Did My Baby Go" -
"Maxine's Interlude" -
"Another Again" - "Coming
Home" |
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Evolver
Released: October, 2008
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 4
Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: B+
Tracks: "Good
Morning" (Intro) - "Green Light" (featuring
Andre 3000) - "It's Over"
(featuring Kanye West) - "Everybody
Knows" - "Quickly"
(featuring Brandy) - "Cross The
Line" - "No Other Love"
(featuring Estelle) - "This
Time" - "Satisfaction" -
"Take Me Away" - "Good
Morning" - "I Love, You
Love" - "If You're Out
There" |
iTunes
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Wake Up! (with The
Roots)
Released: September, 2010
Tracks: "Hard
Times" (featuring Black Thought) -
"Compared To What" - "Wake
Up Everybody" (featuring Common
& Melanie Fiona) - "Our
Generation (The Hope Of The World)"
(featuring CL Smooth) - "Little
Ghetto" (Prelude) (featuring Malik
Yusef) - "Little Ghetto Boy"
(featuring Black Thought) - "Hank On
In There" - "Humanity (Love The
Way It Should Be)" - "Wholy
Holy" - "I Can't Write Left
Handed" - "I Wish I Knew How It
Would Feel To be Free" -
"Shine" |
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