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• • • • • • • Website John Roger Stephens (born December 28, 1978), known professionally as John Legend, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. Prior to the release of Legend's debut album,, (2004) he had collaborated with already established artists. Legend has sung on 's ',' 's ',' ' 'This Way,' 's 'Selfish,' 's 'High Road,' and played piano on 's '.' Legend's single ' from his fourth studio album (2013) was a number-one hit. In 2007, Legend received the from the.

Legend won the and in 2015 for co-writing the song ' from the film. He has also won ten.

In 2017, Legend received a for co-producing for the Broadway stage. In 2018, Legend portrayed in the adaptation of the / rock opera. He received a nomination for his acting role, and won for his role as a producer of the show, making him one of 15 people (and the first black man) to have won an. Legend is also the second youngest to achieve the EGOT status.

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Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Early life [ ] Legend was born on December 28, 1978, in. He is one of four children of Phyllis Elaine (Lloyd), a seamstress, and Ronald Lamar Stephens, a factory worker at International Harvester. Legend was by his mother. At the age of four, he performed with his church choir. He began playing the piano at age seven. At the age of 12, Legend attended, from which he graduated of his class four years later.

According to Legend, he was offered admission to and scholarships to. He attended the, where he studied with an emphasis on.

While in college, Legend served as president and musical director of a co-ed and pop group called Counterparts. His lead vocals on the group's recording of 's ' (written by of ) received critical acclaim, landing the song on the track list of the 1998 Best of Collegiate a Cappella compilation CD. Legend was also a member of the prestigious senior societies and Onyx Senior Honor Society while an undergraduate at Penn. While in college, Legend was introduced to by a friend. Hill hired him to play piano on ',' a song from her album. Career beginnings [ ] During this period, he began to hold a number of shows around, eventually expanding his audience base to,,, and He graduated from college in 1999, and thereafter began producing, writing, and recording his own music.

He released two albums independently; his self-titled demo (2000) and Live at Jimmy's Uptown (2001), which he sold at his shows. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, Legend began working as a for the. He subsequently began working on his and began sending his work to various record labels. In 2001, introduced Legend to then up-and-coming hip-hop artist; Legend was hired to sing during the of West's music. After signing to West's label, he chose his stage name from an idea that was given to him by poet, due to what he perceived as an 'old-school sound.' Ivy stated, 'I heard your music and it reminds me of that music from the old school.

You sound like one of the legends. As a matter of fact, that's what I'm going to call you from now on! I'm going to call you John Legend.'

Ivy continued to call him by the new moniker 'John Legend,' others quickly caught on, including Kanye West. Despite Legend's reluctance to adopt a stage name, he eventually announced his new artist name as John Legend. Career [ ] 2004–2007: Get Lifted and Once Again [ ] Legend released his debut album,, on in December 2004. It featured production by,, and, and debuted at number 7 on the US, selling 116,000 copies in its first week.