  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."
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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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40 chart run (from the ARC Weekly Top
40)
and LP links take you to Amazon.com for that LP (often
including track listings and sound
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