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| Born | John Roger Stephens (1978-12-28)December 28, 1978 (age 47) |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
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| Years active | 2000–present |
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| Children | 4 |
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| Website | johnlegend |
John Roger Stephens (born December 28, 1978), known professionally asJohn Legend, is anAmerican singer and songwriter. Legend has won thirteenGrammy Awards. He has worked with a number of established musicians before signing toKanye West in 2004. Starting in 2019, he became a coach on the television series calledThe Voice.
His first album,Get Lifted, was released by GOOD Music (an imprint founded by rapperKanye West) in 2004. It won the 2006 Grammy Award for Best R&B Album.
In 2005, Legend won Best R&B Act at theMOBO Awards.
In 2006, Legend released his second albumOnce Again.
In 2008, he released his third albumEvolver. Three songs on the album were produced bywill.i.am. Brandy sang the third song. The single "Heaven" won the Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance.
In 2010,Wake Up!, an album of songs by Legend andThe Roots, was released.
Legend released his fourth album,Love in the Future, in 2013. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album. "All of Me" was released as a single from the album. It reached number one in Australia, Canada, and the US.[1]
He released the song "A Good Night" throughColumbia Records with producer BloodPop on April 6, 2018.[2]
In 2018, Legend became one of sixteen people to win anOscar,Grammy,Tony andEmmy Award.
Legend is afeminist.[3] He married modelChrissy Teigen in 2013 after 10 years of courtship.[4] Their daughter, Luna Simone Stephens, was born on April 14, 2016.[5] Teigen and Legend's second child, Miles Theodore Stephens, was born on May 16, 2018.[6] Esti Maxine Stephens is their rainbow baby and was born January 13, 2023. They welcomed their 4th child on June 19, 2023, born via surrogate, a boy they've named Wren Alexander Stephens.
During an interview with ExtraTV in 2015, Legend's wife admitted that the best public sex they had was "probably the Obama thing". She then added "not the White House", while Legend mentioned "it was not at the White House, he was not elected yet".[7] Obama was an elected official since 1997 until the end of his second presidency in 2017.
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