John Legend - Net Worth, Age, Height, Birthday, Bio, Wiki!

Explore John Legend net worth, age, height, bio, birthday, wiki, and salary! R&B musician and singer who made his debut hit in 2005 with the single “Ordinary People.” He has collaborated with many renowned musicians, including R&B singer and pianist who scored his first big hit with the 2005 single “Ordinary People.” He has collaborated with acclaimed artists, such as Jay-Z and Kanye West. In 2018, he made history as the first black man to win an EGOT award for his role as a producer on the musical Jesus Christ Superstar Live. and Kanye West. The year 2018 was the year he created history by becoming the first black man to be awarded the EGOT Award for his work as a producer in the show Jesus Christ Superstar Live. In this article, we will discover how old is John Legend? Who is John Legend dating now & how much money does John Legend have?

John Legend Biography

John Legend is one of the most popular and richest R&B Singer who was born on December 28, 1978 in Springfield, Ohio, United States. He performed backing vocals on the track “You Don’t Know My Name” by He sang backing vocals on the song “You Don’t Know My Name” by Alicia Keys..

John Roger Stephens (born December 28, 1978), known professionally as John Legend, is an American singer, songwriter, producer, actor, and philanthropist. Prior to the release of Legend’s debut album, Get Lifted, (2004) he had collaborated with already established artists and signed to Kanye West’s GOOD Music. Legend has sung on Jay-Z’s “Encore”, Alicia Keys’s “You Don’t Know My Name”, Dilated Peoples’ “This Way”, Slum Village’s “Selfish”, Fort Minor’s “High Road”, and played piano on Lauryn Hill’s “Everything Is Everything”. Legend’s single “All of Me” from his fourth studio album Love in the Future (2013) was a Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit.

During 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 Us” (written by fellow Penn alum Eric Bazilian of The Hooters) 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 Sphinx Senior Society and Onyx Senior Honor Society. While in college, Legend was introduced to Lauryn Hill by a friend. Hill hired him to play piano on “Everything Is Everything”, a song from her album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. He graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in English with an emphasis on African-American literature in 1999.

He married model He married model Chrissy Teigen in 2013. In April of 2016, they welcomed a daughter named Luna. They welcomed a son named Miles Theodore in May of 2018. They lost their third child, a son named Jack, due to complications during pregnancy in 2020. in 2013. Then, in the month of April they welcomed their child with the name of Luna. The couple welcomed their son called Miles Theodore in May of 2018. The couple lost their 3rd baby, a son called Jack because of complications during pregnancy in the year 2020.

He has won 10 Grammy Awards. The song “Glory” with rapper He has won 10 Grammy Awards. His song “Glory” with rapper Common received an Academy Award for Best Original Song after being featured in the film Selma. was awarded the Academy Award for Best Original Song following its inclusion in the movie Selma.

Legend was born John Roger Stephens on December 28, 1978, in Springfield, Ohio. He is one of four children of Phyllis Elaine (née Lloyd), a seamstress, and Ronald Lamar Stephens, a factory worker at International Harvester. His father was a drummer, while “his mother sang and directed the church choir, and his grandmother was the church organist.” In 2004, Legend stated that his parents were divorced for 12 years before reuniting. Legend was homeschooled by his mother. He began playing the piano at age four. At the age of seven, he performed with his church choir. Because of his academic talent, he skipped two grades.

John Legend Net Worth

John is one of the richest R&B Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, John Legend's net worth $75 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

He was a salutatorian at North High School and was accepted into various Ivy League schools. He was music director and president of Counterparts A vocal group at The University of Pennsylvania.

Legend released his debut album, Get Lifted, on GOOD Music in December 2004. It featured production by Kanye West, Dave Tozer, and will.i.am, and debuted at number 7 on the US Billboard 200, selling 116,000 copies in its first week. It went on to sell 540,300 copies in the United States and was certified gold by the RIAA. An international success, Get Lifted also reached number one on the Norwegian Albums Chart and peaked within the top ten in the Netherlands and Sweden, resulting in worldwide sales of 850,000 copies. Critically acclaimed, it won the 2006 Grammy Award for Best R&B Album, and earned Legend another two nominal awards for Best New Artist and Best Male R&B Vocal Performance. Altogether, the album produced four singles, including debut single “Used to Love U”, which entered the top 30 of the New Zealand and UK Singles Chart, and Grammy Award-winning “Ordinary People” which peaked at 24 on the Billboard Hot 100. John Legend also co-wrote Janet Jackson’s “I Want You”, which was certified platinum and received a nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards.

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

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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In 2001, Devo Springsteen introduced Legend to Kanye West, then an up-and-coming hip-hop artist; Legend was hired to sing during the hooks 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 J. Ivy, due to what he perceived as an “old-school sound”. J. 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.” After J. Ivy continued to call him by the new moniker “John Legend”, others quickly caught on, including Kanye West. Despite Stephens’ reluctance to adopt a stage name, he eventually announced his new artist name as John Legend.

Who is John Legend Dating?

According to our records, John Legend married to Chrissy Teigen . As of January 13, 2024, John Legend’s is not dating anyone.

In October 2006, Legend’s second album, Once Again, was released. Legend co-wrote and co-produced the bulk of the album, which saw him reteaming with West and will.i.am but also spawned production from Raphael Saadiq, Craig Street, Sa-Ra, Eric Hudson, Devo Springsteen, Dave Tozer and Avenue. Released to major commercial success, it reached number three on the Billboard 200 and debuted on top of the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. It was eventually certified platinum by the RIAA, and reached gold status in Italy, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. At the 2007 Grammy Awards ceremony, the song “Heaven” was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, while lead single “Save Room” received a nod in the Best Male Pop Vocal category. Legend won a second Grammy that year for “Family Affair”, a collaboration with Sly & The Family Stone, Joss Stone and Van Hunt, for the former’s Different Strokes by Different Folks album.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

John Legend height 5 ft 9 in John weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

After graduating from college, Legend worked as a management consultant and 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. He subsequently began working on his demo and began sending his work to various record labels.

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

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John Ranked on the list of most popular R&B Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. John Legend celebrates birthday on December 28 of every year.

In May 2007, Legend partnered with Tide laundry detergent to raise awareness about the need of families in St. Bernard Parish (Chalmette, Louisiana), one of the most devastated areas hit 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 7, 2007, Legend participated in the Live Earth concert in London, performing “Ordinary People”. After reading Professor Jeffrey Sachs’ book The End of Poverty, Legend started his Show Me Campaign in 2007. In this campaign, Legend called on his fans to help him in his initiative for residents in Bosaso Village, Somalia and non-profit organizations partnered with the campaign. Also in 2007, Legend was the spokesman for GQ magazine’s “Gentlemen’s Fund”, an initiative to raise support and awareness for five cornerstones essential to men: opportunity, health, education, environment, and justice. In October 2007, Legend became involved with a project sponsored by The Gap, a retail clothing store chain in the United States.

What is John Legends ethnicity?

On the PBS series Finding Your Roots, it was determined that Legend’s genetic makeup is 64% African, 32% European, and 4% Native American.

What is John Legend's net worth 2020?

John Legend is an American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and philanthropist. As of this writing, John Legend’s net worth is $100 million dollars.

Why did John Legend change his name?

He just started calling me ‘The Legend’ because he thought I sounded like one of our old-school soul legends,” he told host Jimmy Fallon. “It just caught on with our little group of friends and then they were like, ‘We should call you John Legend. ‘ And it just really was in our little circle.”

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