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中 文 名 约翰·传奇
外 文 名 John Legend
国 籍 美国
出生日期 1978年12月28日
职 业 歌手,词曲创作者
代表作品 《All of Me》
艺人资料
约翰·传奇(John Legend),原名John Stephens,出生于1978年12月28日,美国新灵魂乐歌手。
1998年,John Legend已经开始在Lauryn Hill的《Everything Is Everything》中进行钢琴演奏。2002年,John Legend已经广泛的开始与Kanye West一起工作,也开始出现在一些大牌明星的专辑中。2004年12月28日,在Kanye West的打造下,John Legend的首张录音室专辑《Get Lifted》正式发行。
《All of Me》是欧美歌手John Legend新专辑《Love in the Future》的一首单曲。在美国Billboard热门单曲榜中《All of Me》得到了第一的位置,是上榜以来最好的成绩。在英国UK榜最好成绩是第二位。在美国iTunes下载榜第二位保持了四周。
截止至2014年3月16日,《All of Me》在全美的销量达到188万769张。
《All Of Me》是John Legend第一首冠单,第30周才夺冠使其成为历史上第三慢夺冠的冠单,仅次于玛卡连娜的33周和Lonestar的 《Amazed》的31周,也是第三首纯钢琴伴奏冠军单曲。
《All of me》在2014年上半年Billboard单曲下载半年榜凭借3854000张销量得到季军。
2014年12月6日,约翰传奇获得第57届格莱美年度最佳表演个人的提名。
2016年2月,其作品《Glory》在第58届格莱美音乐奖获得最佳影视歌曲奖。
John Legend (born John Roger Stephens; December 28, 1978), is an American singer, songwriter, musician and actor. He has won ten Grammy Awards, one Golden Globe, and one Academy Award. In 2007, Legend received the Hal David Starlight Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Prior to the release of Legend's debut album, his career gained momentum through a series of successful collaborations with established artists. He sang in Magnetic Man's "Getting Nowhere," Kanye West's "All of the Lights", on Slum Village's "Selfish", and Dilated Peoples' "This Way". Other artists included Jay Z's "Encore", and he sang backing vocals on Alicia Keys' 2003 song "You Don't Know My Name", the Kanye West remix of Britney Spears' "Me Against the Music", and Fort Minor's "High Road". Legend played piano on Lauryn Hill's "Everything Is Everything". He has gained chart topping hits from his solo work as well, including the Billboard Hot 100 number-one single, "All of Me". He won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2015 for writing the song "Glory" from the film Selma.
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.The album was nominated for Best R&B album at the 2014 Grammy Awards.Legend's third single from the album, "All of Me", became an international chart success, peaking the Billboard Hot 100 for three consecutive weeks and reaching the top of six national charts and the top ten in numerous other countries, becoming one of the best-selling digital singles of all time. It was ranked the third best-selling song in the United States and the United Kingdom during 2014. The song is a ballad dedicated to his wife, Chrissy Teigan, and was performed at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.
In 2014, Legend paired with the rapper Common to write the song "Glory", featured in the film Selma, which chronicled the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches. The song won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song as well as the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Legend and Common performed "Glory" at the 87th Academy Awards on February 22, 2015.
Legend was featured on Meghan Trainor's "Like I'm Gonna Lose You" from her debut studio album, which reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100. On February 1, 2015, he sang "America the Beautiful" in the opening ceremony of Super Bowl XLIX. He provided guest vocals on Kelly Clarkson's song "Run Run Run" for her album Piece by Piece. He also co-wrote and provided vocals for French DJ David Guetta's song "Listen", as part of the album Listen.