John Legend at iHeartRadio Ultimate Valentine’s Day Escape
John Legend performs at iHeartRadio Ultimate Valentine’s Day Escape inside the Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas at The LINQ Promenade on February 21, 2015.
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About John Legend
John Roger Stephens, better known by his stage name John Legend, is an American singer, songwriter and actor. He has won nine Grammy Awards. In 2007, Legend received the special 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 multiple established artists. John Legend added his voice to those of other artists, assisting in them becoming chart-topper hits. He lent his voice to 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”. John 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”.
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. Legend and Common will perform Glory at the 87th Academy Awards on February 22nd.
John Legend was featured on Meghan Trainor’s debut studio album on track 6 “Like I’m Gonna Lose You.” On Feb. 1, 2015, he sang “America the Beautiful” in the opening ceremony of Super Bowl XLIX. He also co-wrote and provided vocals for French DJ David Guetta’s song Listen, as part of the album of the same name. – Wikipedia
