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American singer, songwriter, and producer

John Fable

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Legend at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards

Born

John Roger Stephens


(1978-12-28) Dec 28, 1978 (historic period 43)

Springfield, Ohio, U.S.

Instruction North High Schoolhouse, Springfield, Ohio
Alma mater Academy of Pennsylvania (BA)
Occupation
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
  • thespian
  • moving picture producer
Years active 1997–present

Works

  • Discography
  • filmography
  • product
Idiot box Underground
Sherman'southward Showcase
Rhythm + Flow
The Voice
Political political party Democratic[1]
Spouse(s)

Chrissy Teigen

(m. )

Children 3
Awards Full list
Musical career
Genres
  • R&B
  • soul
  • popular
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • piano
Labels
  • Republic
  • Columbia
  • GOOD
  • Sony Urban
Associated acts
  • Common
  • Dave Tozer
  • Estelle
  • Kanye West
  • Rick Ross
  • The Roots
  • will.i.am
Website johnlegend.com

Musical artist

John Roger Stephens (born December 28, 1978), known professionally as John Legend, is an American singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer. He began his musical career past working behind the scenes; playing piano on Lauryn Hill's "Everything Is Everything", and making uncredited guest appearances on Jay-Z's "Encore", and Alicia Keys's "You Don't Know My Proper noun". He then signed to Kanye W's Skillful Music and released his debut album Get Lifted (2004), which reached the top ten on the Billboard 200, and was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Clan of America.

The album earned him eight nominations at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards, including nominations for the singles "So High" (with Lauryn Loma) and "Ordinary People", with the latter song winning for Best Male R&B Vocal Operation, while as well earning him awards for Best New Artist and Best R&B Album. His 2nd studio album Once Again (2006), spawned the single "Salvage Room", and became his second top x album on the Billboard 200 chart. The lead single from his third album Evolver (2008), "Green Lite" (featuring André 3000), reached the elevation forty on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified platinum by the RIAA. In June 2008, he released the live album John Fable: Live from Philadelphia.

Legend would later on collaborate with The Roots on the anthology Wake Up! (2010). His fourth studio album Love in the Future (2013), spawned the single "All of Me", which peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and has been certified thirteen× platinum by the RIAA. In 2015, he was featured on the single "Like I'g Gonna Lose You" by Meghan Trainor, which reached the top ten in the U.South. Legend has since released the albums Darkness and Light (2016), A Legendary Christmas (2018), and Bigger Dearest (2020).

In 2007, Fable received the Hal David Starlight Honor from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.[ii] Legend won the University Award for Best Original Song and Gilded Globe Award in 2015 for co-writing the song "Celebrity" from the moving picture Selma. He has received a full of twelve Grammy Awards. In 2017, Fable won a Tony Accolade for co-producing Jitney for the Broadway stage.[3] In 2018, Legend portrayed Jesus Christ in NBC'southward adaptation of the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. He received a Primetime Emmy Honour nomination for his acting role, and won for his role as a producer of the evidence, making him one of xvi people and the offset black man to accept won all four of the major American amusement awards: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT).[4] [5] Legend is likewise the second youngest person to have accomplished this milestone. Since 2019, Legend has been featured as a motorbus on The Voice.

Early life [edit]

Legend was born John Roger Stephens on December 28, 1978, in Springfield, Ohio.[vi] He is the eldest of four children[vii] of Phyllis Elaine (née Lloyd), a seamstress, and Ronald Lamar Stephens, a manufacturing plant worker at International Harvester (at present Navistar).[8] [ix] [10] [xi] His father was a drummer, while "his mother sang and directed the church building choir, and his grandmother was the church building organist."[12] In 2004, Legend stated that his parents were divorced for 12 years earlier reuniting.[13] Legend was homeschooled by his mother.[fourteen] He began playing the pianoforte at historic period 4. At the historic period of 7, he performed with his church choir.[15] Because of his academic talent, he skipped ii grades.[12]

At the age of 12, Legend attended Northward Loftier School in Springfield, Ohio, from which he graduated as salutatorian of his class four years later.[12] At the age of fifteen, Legend won a Black History Calendar month essay competition run by McDonalds, following the prompt "How exercise you intend to make Black history?" with an essay about how he intended to be a successful musician, co-ordinate to an interview on the Carlos Watson Show.[sixteen] Fable was offered admission to Harvard Academy and scholarships to Georgetown Academy and Morehouse College;[17] he ultimately decided to attend the Academy of Pennsylvania.

At college, Legend served as the president and musical director of the co-ed jazz and pop a cappella group the Counterparts. His lead vocals on the group's recording of Joan Osborne's "One of U.s.a." (written past fellow Penn alum Eric Bazilian of the Hooters) received disquisitional acclaim, landing the vocal on the rail listing of the 1998 Best of Collegiate a Cappella compilation CD.[18] Legend was likewise a member of the Sphinx Senior Guild and Onyx Senior Honor Society. While in college, Legend was introduced to Lauryn Hill by a friend. Colina hired him to play piano on "Everything Is Everything", a vocal from her album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.[17] He graduated magna cum laude with a available's caste in English with an emphasis on African-American literature[19] in 1999.[20]

Career [edit]

Career beginnings [edit]

Afterward graduating from higher, Legend worked as a management consultant at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and began producing, writing, and recording his ain music.[12] He released two albums independently: his cocky-titled demo (2000) and Live at Jimmy's Uptown (2001), which he sold at his shows. He subsequently began working on his demo and began sending his work to various record labels.[14] [thirteen]

In 2001, Devo Springsteen introduced Legend to Kanye West, so an up-and-coming hip-hop creative person; Fable was hired to sing during the hooks of West's music. After signing to West'due south label, he chose his stage proper name from an idea that was given to him past poet J. Ivy, due to what he perceived as an "old-school audio". J. Ivy stated, "I heard your music and information technology reminds me of that music from the old school. You sound similar one of the legends. As a matter of fact, that's what I'chiliad going to call you from at present on! I'm going to call you John Fable." After J. Ivy continued to phone call him by the new moniker "John Legend", others quickly caught on, including Kanye W. Despite Stephens' reluctance to adopt a stage proper name, he eventually appear his new creative person proper noun equally John Legend.[17] [21]

2004–2007: Breakthrough success [edit]

Fable released his debut album, Get Lifted, on GOOD Music in December 2004. It featured production by Kanye Due west, Dave Tozer, and will.i.am, and debuted at number seven on the US Billboard 200, selling 116,000 copies in its first calendar week.[22] It went on to sell 540,300 copies in the Us and was certified gold by the RIAA.[23] [24] An international success, Get Lifted also reached number one on the Norwegian Albums Chart and peaked inside the top ten in the Netherlands and Sweden, resulting in worldwide sales of 850,000 copies.[17] Critically acclaimed, information technology won the 2006 Grammy Accolade for Best R&B Anthology, and earned Fable another 2 nominal awards for Best New Artist and Best Male R&B Vocal Functioning. Altogether, the anthology produced four singles, including debut unmarried "Used to Honey U", which entered the summit 30 of the New Zealand and UK Singles Chart, and Grammy Honor-winning "Ordinary People" which peaked at 24 on the Billboard Hot 100. Legend besides co-wrote Janet Jackson'south "I Want You lot", which was certified platinum and received a nomination for All-time Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 47th Almanac Grammy Awards.[25]

A highly sought after collaborator, Legend was featured on several records the following years. He appeared on albums by Fort Modest, Sérgio Mendes, Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige, the Black Eyed Peas, Stephen Colbert, Rich Boy, MSTRKRFT, Chemistry, and Fergie, among others. Fable also tentatively worked with Michael Jackson on a future anthology for which he had written one song.[26] In August 2006, Legend appeared in an episode of Sesame Street. He performed a song entitled "It Feels Good When You Sing a Vocal", a duet with Hoots the Owl.[27] He likewise performed during the pregame bear witness of Super Bowl XL in Detroit and the halftime testify at the 2006 NBA All-Star Game.[28] [29]

In October 2006, Legend's 2nd anthology, Again, was released. Legend co-wrote and co-produced the bulk of the album, which saw him reteaming with West and will.i.am only also spawned production from Raphael Saadiq, Craig Street, Sa-Ra, Eric Hudson, Devo Springsteen, Dave Tozer and Avenue.[30] Released to major commercial success, it reached number three on the Billboard 200 and debuted on meridian of the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums nautical chart. Information technology was eventually certified platinum past the RIAA, and reached gilded status in Italia, holland, and the United Kingdom. At the 2007 Grammy Awards ceremony, the song "Heaven" was awarded the Grammy Award for All-time Male R&B Vocal Performance, while lead unmarried "Relieve Room" received a nod in the Best Male person Pop Vocal category. Legend won a 2nd Grammy that year for "Family Affair", a collaboration with Sly & the Family Stone, Joss Stone and Van Chase, for the quondam's Different Strokes by Different Folks anthology.[ citation needed ]

2008–2010: Rising popularity [edit]

In Jan 2008, Legend sang in a video for Barack Obama, produced past will.i.am called "Yes Nosotros Can".[31] The same year, Legend had a supporting, singing-only role in the 2008 movie Soul Men, where he plays the deceased lead singer of a fictitious soul group that includes Samuel Fifty. Jackson and Bernie Mac. In October, he released his third studio album, Evolver.[32] Speaking about the reasons for calling the album Evolver, he stated: "I think people sometimes come to expect sure things from sure artists. They expect y'all to kind of stay in the aforementioned place you lot were at when you started out. Whereas I feel I want my career to exist divers by the fact that I'm Non gonna stay in the same place, and that I'm e'er gonna endeavour new things and experiment. So, every bit I think this anthology represents a manifestation of that, I came up with the title 'Evolver'."[33] The album was preceded by dance-popular-influenced uptempo single "Green Light" which featured rapper Andre 3000 of OutKast and became his highest-charting unmarried since "Ordinary People"; it was also nominated for the Grammy Honor for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.[34] On March 30, 2008, Fable performed "America the Cute" in front end of a sold-out oversupply of 74,635 in the Orlando Citrus Basin, now known as Camping Globe Stadium, for WWE's WrestleMania XXIV.[ commendation needed ]

In 2009, Legend performed in The People Speak, a documentary characteristic film that uses dramatic and musical performances of the letters, diaries, and speeches of everyday Americans, based on historian Howard Zinn'southward A People's History of the United States.[35] Also in 2009, Legend and the Roots teamed upwardly to record a collaborative album, Wake Upwardly!, which was released on September 21, 2010.[36] The commencement unmarried released from the album was "Wake Up Everybody" featuring singer Melanie Fiona and rapper Mutual.[37] [38] In February 2011, Legend won three prizes at the 53rd Annual Grammy Music Awards. He was awarded Best R&B Song for "Shine", while he and the Roots won Grammy Awards for Best R&B Album and Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance for "Hang On in There". In March 2011, Legend and the Roots won two NAACP Paradigm Awards – one for Outstanding Album (Wake Up!) and one for Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration.[ citation needed ]

2011–2015: Touring years [edit]

Fable at the Citi Presents: Evenings with Legends show in 2014

On July five, 2011, songwriter Anthony Stokes filed a copyright infringement lawsuit confronting Legend in U.s.a. District Court in the District of New Bailiwick of jersey, alleging that Legend's vocal "Maxine's Interlude" from his 2006 album Once Again derives from Stokes' demo "Where Are You Now".[39] Stokes claimed he gave Legend a demo of the song in 2004 following a concert at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[40] Fable denied the allegations, telling E! Online, "I never heard of his song until he sued me. I would never steal anyone's song. Nosotros will fight it in courtroom and we will prevail."[41] However, nearly sixty,000 people took a TMZ.com poll that compared the ii songs and 65% of voters believed that Legend's "Maxine'due south Interlude" is a rip-off of Stokes' "Where Are You At present".[42] A year later, Fable confirmed that he settled out of court with Stokes for an undisclosed amount.[43]

Likewise in 2011, Legend completed a 50-date tour as a guest for British soul band Sade. In the San Diego end, Legend confirmed that he was working on his adjacent studio album and played a new vocal called "Dreams".[44] Later, via his official website, he revealed the official title of the album to be Beloved in the Future, and debuted part of a new track called "Caught Up". The album has been executive-produced past Fable himself, along with Kanye Westward and Dave Tozer – the same team who worked on Legend'south previous albums Get Lifted, Once Again, and Evolver. Legend has stated that his intention for the tape was "To make a mod soul album – to flip that classic feel into a modern context."[45]

Legend was granted an Honorary Doctorate Degree from Howard University at the 144th Showtime Exercises on Saturday, May 12, 2012.[46] Legend was a gauge on the ABC music testify Duets along with Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Nettles, and Robin Thicke. Legend's spot was originally for Lionel Richie, who had to go out the show due to a scheduling conflict. Duets debuted on Th, May 24, 2012.[47]

He released his fourth studio album, Love in the Future, on September 3, 2013, debuting number 4 on the Billboard 200, selling 68,000 copies in its first week.[48] The album was nominated for All-time R&B album at the 2014 Grammy Awards.[49] Legend's third single from the album, "All of Me", became an international nautical chart success, peaking at number i on the Billboard Hot 100 for iii sequent weeks and reaching the tiptop of six national charts and the top ten in numerous other countries, becoming i of the best-selling digital singles of all time. It was ranked the third all-time-selling song in the The states and the Britain during 2014. The song is a ballad dedicated to his wife, Chrissy Teigen, and was performed at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.

In 2014, Fable partnered with the rapper Common to write the song "Celebrity", featured in the moving picture Selma, which chronicled the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches. The vocal won the Golden Earth Accolade for Best Original Song as well as the Academy Award for All-time Original Song. Legend and Common performed "Glory" at the 87th Academy Awards on February 22, 2015.[ citation needed ]

Legend was featured on Meghan Trainor's "Like I'thou Gonna Lose You lot" from her debut studio album, which reached number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100. On Feb one, 2015, he sang "America the Cute" in the opening anniversary of Super Basin XLIX. He provided guest vocals on Kelly Clarkson'southward song "Run Run Run" for her album Piece past Piece. He also co-wrote and provided vocals for French DJ David Guetta's song "Listen", every bit part of the album Listen.

2016–present: International recognition and resurgence [edit]

Legend released his new anthology Darkness and Light, with showtime single "Love Me Now", on December 2, 2016, with songs featuring Take a chance the Rapper and Miguel. Fable featured on Kygo'south song "Happy Birthday" for his debut studio album "Deject Nine" released in 2016.[ citation needed ]

For the 2017 film Beauty and the Beast, Fable and Ariana Grande performed a duet on the championship runway, a remake of the 1991 original version sung past Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson.[50] In April 2017, Crow: The Legend, a short animation film, premiered its prologue at the Tribeca Picture Festival. Legend was cast in the title role equally the character Crow. He also served as executive producer for the project and performed the original song "When You Can Wing".[51] The pic won at thirteen different motion-picture show festivals including the LA Film Festival where it made its North American premiere in 2018.[52] The moving-picture show won Best Animation VR Experience at the 2018 Raindance Picture Festival and received nomination for Best Virtual Reality Production at the 46th Annual Annie Awards.[ citation needed ]

On December 19, 2017, NBC appear that Fable had been cast in the championship office in the live concert production of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Marcy Avenue Arsenal in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.[53] The production was broadcast alive on NBC tv on Apr 1, 2018 (the engagement of Easter Sunday that year in Western Christianity).[ citation needed ] On May 8, 2018, Google chose Legend as i of the six new Google Assistant voices.[54]

Fable during an interview in 2019

Fable was one of the few celebrities to appear and speak out in the Lifetime documentary Surviving R. Kelly.[55] The half-dozen-role docuseries details sex abuse allegations spread over 4 decades against acclaimed R&B singer R. Kelly.[56] It focuses on women who criminate that the musician and tape producer used his condition and influence to sexually and physically abuse women and young girls for decades.[55] Fable lambasted R. Kelly during his interview in the final episode of the serial, asserting that "R. Kelly has brought so much pain to so many people. Time'due south up for R. Kelly."[57] [58]

Despite countless public allegations and controversies apropos Kelly, Fable stands as the only major recording artist willing to come up forward and speak against him in the documentary.[55] [57] In response to fans who labeled him as "brave" for his actions, Legend stated the post-obit on Twitter ahead of the program'south debut:[58] "To everyone telling me how courageous I am for appearing in the doc, it didn't feel risky at all. I believe these women and don't requite a fuck about protecting a serial child rapist. Easy decision."[57] Executive producer Dream Hampton revealed that it was "incredibly difficult" to become men and women who had artistically collaborated with Kelly to come frontward, including those who had criticized him. During an interview with Detroit Free Press she said, "We asked Lady Gaga. We asked Erykah Badu. Nosotros asked Céline Dion. We asked Jay-Z. We asked Dave Chappelle. [They're] people who have been critical of him. That makes John Legend even more of a hero for me."[56]

On May 21, 2019, Legend was the winning charabanc on The Phonation and won the competition with his artist Maelyn Jarmon.[59] In Nov, Legend was named People 's Sexiest Man Alive.[60] [61] [62]

In 2020, Legend was working on a seventh album. On May 13, 2020, he announced the album would be titled Bigger Dear. It was released on June 19. On May 28, 2020, Legend received an honorary doctorate from Berklee Higher of Music.[63] Legend is featured on Carrie Underwood's Christmas album My Souvenir. Fable wrote his featured track entitled Hallelujah.[64] Legend was among the performers in the Celebrating America telly effect held on Inauguration Mean solar day 2021.[65] He delivered the commencement address to the Duke University Class of 2021.[66]

On November 12, 2021, Legend signed with Republic Records after completing the contract that lasted for 17 years with Sony Music.

In Feb 2022 John Legend has launched a music-based NFT platform chosen 'OurSong'.[67]

Philanthropy [edit]

Legend performed a benefit concert in Springfield, Ohio in 2005 in support of a tax levy for the Springfield City School District.[68]

In May 2007, Legend partnered with Tide laundry detergent to heighten awareness about the need of families in St. Bernard Parish (Chalmette, Louisiana), one of the areas virtually devastated by Hurricane Katrina; he spent a day folding laundry at the Tide "clean start" mobile laundromat and visited homes that Tide was helping to rebuild in that community. On July vii, 2007, Legend participated in the Live Globe concert in London, performing "Ordinary People". Afterwards reading Professor Jeffrey Sachs' book The End of Poverty, Legend started his Show Me Campaign in 2007. In this campaign, Fable chosen on his fans to help him in his initiative for residents in Bosaso Village, Somalia[69] [ failed verification ] and not-turn a profit organizations partnered with the campaign.

In early 2008, he began touring with Alexus Ruffin and Professor Jeff Sachs of Columbia University'due south Earth Institute to promote sustainable evolution as an achievable goal. Legend joined Sachs every bit a keynote speaker and performer at the inaugural Millennium Campus Conference. Fable then joined the Board of Advisors of the Millennium Campus Network (MCN), and has aided MCN programs through online support and funding fellowships for MCN summer interns through the Show Me Campaign. In 2009, Fable gave AIDS Service Heart NYC permission to remix his song "If You're Out In that location" to create a music video promoting HIV/AIDS awareness and testing.[70]

On January 22, 2010, he performed "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" on the Hope for Haiti Now telethon show.[71] On September 8, 2010, John Fable joined the national board of Teach For America.[72] Legend also sits on the boards of the Education Equality Project, the Harlem Village Academies, and Stand for Children. He serves on the Harlem Village Academies' National Leadership Board. On September ix, 2010, he performed "Coming Home" on the Colbert Report equally a tribute song for the cease of combat operations in Iraq, and for the active troops and the veterans of the United States Armed services.[73] In 2011, he contributed the track "Love I've Never Known" to the Red Hot Organization's most recent anthology Red Hot+Rio 2. The album is a follow-up to the 1996 Red Hot+Rio. Proceeds from the anthology sales were donated to raise awareness and coin to fight AIDS/HIV and related health and social bug. On March six, 2012, John Legend was appointed by the World Economic Forum to the Forum of Immature Global Leaders.[74] Afterward that year, Legend stopped by Children's Hospital Los Angeles for a surprise visit and audio-visual performance as a role of Get Well Before long Tour.[75] On June i, 2013, Legend performed at Gucci'south global concert result in London whose campaign, "Chinkle for Change", aims to heighten awareness of women'southward issues in education, health and justice.[76] At a press conference earlier his performance, Legend identified himself as a feminist saying, "All men should be feminists. If men care nearly women's rights the world will be a better place."[77]

In 2014, Legend founded the FREEAMERICA entrada, which aims to help reform incarceration in the United States.[78] He also supported the 2018 ballot initiative to pass Florida Subpoena 4, which restored the voting rights of Floridians with felony convictions.[79]

In 2016, Fable co-signed a letter to the United nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon calling for a more humane drug policy, along with people such as Richard Branson, Jane Fonda, and George Shultz.[lxxx] The following year, Fable appeared on Salem State Academy'due south speaker series and was recognized by Voices Confronting Injustice (formerly known as the Salem Award Foundation for Homo Rights and Social Justice) as the countdown Salem Advocate for Social Justice.[81] Also in 2017 Legend donated $500,000 to Springfield City School District to renovate an auditorium, which is named in his honor, within the Springfield Center of Innovation.[82] He performed at the John Legend Theater on October 9, 2016.[83] In 2018, he starred in an blithe virtual-reality short movie written and directed by Eric Darnell, titled Crow: The Fable, together with Oprah Winfrey, telling a Native American origin tale.[84]

Personal life [edit]

Fable met model Chrissy Teigen in 2006 when managing director Nabil Elderkin introduced the ii during her advent in the music video for his song "Stereo".[85] [86] They became engaged in December 2011[87] [88] and were married on September 14, 2013, in Como, Italy.[89] The 2013 song "All of Me" was written for and is dedicated to her; the music video was reportedly displayed at their hymeneals. The couple has a daughter built-in in April 2016[ninety] and a son born in May 2018.[91] Both children were conceived via in vitro fertilization.[92] On the PBS series Finding Your Roots, it was determined that Legend's genetic makeup is 64% African, 32% European, and 4% Native American.[93] The couple announced in August 2020 that they were expecting a 3rd kid, later confirmed to be a boy.[94] On September 29, 2020, their son was stillborn due to complications and the pair revealed they had named him Jack.[95]

Discography [edit]

Studio albums
  • Get Lifted (2004)
  • In one case Over again (2006)
  • Evolver (2008)
  • Love in the Hereafter (2013)
  • Darkness and Light (2016)
  • A Legendary Christmas (2018)
  • Bigger Love (2020)
Collaborations
  • Wake Upwards! (with the Roots) (2010)
  • Jesus Christ Superstar Alive in Concert (Original Soundtrack of the NBC Television Event) (2018)

Tours [edit]

  • Get Lifted Tour (2005)
  • In one case Over again Tour (2007)
  • Evolver Bout (2009)
  • Love in the Future World Tour (2014)
  • Darkness and Lite World Tour (2017)
  • Bigger Dear Tour (2021)

Filmography [edit]

Television [edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Sesame Street Himself
2007 Adjourn Your Enthusiasm Himself Episode: "The Bat Mitzvah"
Las Vegas Himself Episode: "Wagers of Sin"
2008 A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All Forest Ranger
2009 The People Speak Himself Documentary
2010 Dancing with the Stars Himself/Performer
2011 Royal Pains Himself "Listen to the Music"
2015 The This evening Show with Jimmy Fallon Himself/Performer Performed with Meghan Trainor
Hollywood Game Dark Himself/Contestant 1 episode
2015–present Lip Sync Battle Himself 6 episodes
2016–2017 Underground N/A Producer
2017 The Nightly Testify Himself 1 episode
Main of None Himself Episode: "The Dinner Party"
Carpool Karaoke: The Series Himself Episode: "Alicia Keys & John Legend"
2018 Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert Jesus Christ Also executive producer
A Legendary Christmas with John and Chrissy Himself
2019–present The Voice Himself/Coach Season 16-present
2019 Songland Himself Episode: "John Fable"
Ask the StoryBots The King of Music Episode: "How do y'all make music?"
Celebrity Family Feud Himself Episode: "John Legend and Chrissy Teigen vs. the cast of Vanderpump Rules"
2020 This Is Us Himself Episode: "Light and Shadows"
The Simpsons Himself Phonation; Episode: "The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson"
Whose Vote Counts, Explained Himself (Narrator) Episode: "Whose Vote Counts".[96]
2021 That'south My Jam Himself/Guest Along with Kelly Clarkson, Ariana Grande, Blake Shelton

Film [edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Sesame Street: Elmo Loves You lot! Himself
Soul Men Marcus Hooks
2012 The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Inverse America Knuckles Ellington Voice office
2016 Southside with You North/A Producer
La La Land Keith Also co-wrote/performed "Start a Burn" for movie's soundtrack
2017 Crow: The Fable Crow Vocalism office, Also executive producer[97]
2019 Between Two Ferns: The Motion-picture show Himself
2020 A Offense on the Bayou N/A Executive producer[98]
2020 Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journeying [99] N/A Producer
2021 The Mitchells vs. the Machines Jim Posey Voice role

Awards and nominations [edit]

Run across also [edit]

  • List of celebrities who own wineries and vineyards

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External links [edit]

  • Official website
  • John Legend at TED Edit this at Wikidata
  • "Estelle talks relationship with John Legend, American lifestyle and more [NFTR]". GRM Daily. June 25, 2015.
  • John Legend at IMDb

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