![]() John released his third album, Evolver, in October 2008. Nevertheless, John remained loyal to the aim of his art – creation of inspiring and emotional music. Many notices that the second album, released in 2006 demonstrated the evaluation of John’s music and producing skills it appeared a more mature work than his debut. This is John’s first song with political influence. Coming Home is a story of a soldier who has a strong desire to come back home and yet he is not sure if he will survive the campaign. John wrote this composition before the release of Get Lifted. The basic theme for the entire album Once Again was the low tempo song Where Did My Baby Go. John made his best efforts to record the second alum and invited some eighty musicians to work with him. ![]() All the feelings his songs expresses, had been experienced by John himself or connected with his wishes and dreams. John stressed that he had never made music to make money. Gradually, John Legend turned into the pop soul idol of America, which confirmed fully his stage name.īeing interviewed, John stated regularly, that despite his fame, acknowledgement and profit, the purpose of his music was to achieve complete concordance with the audience, to become one with the listener. It is sufficient to mention his singing the US hymn at the NBA all stars game and during the half-time in the NBL finals. After the release of the incredibly successful first album, John Legend received numerous invitations to perform at best venues and big events. He played a part in Kevin Bacon’s Loverboy. Get Lifted earned John international acclaim and nominations for eight Grammy awards, five of which were eventually his. John got some of his relatives involved in recording I Don't Have To Change. The single The Ordinary People was a long-term favorite of the world leading radio stations. The album started third in the national chart and gained the platinum status in few months. Classic combination of piano passages with moving profound vocals and romantic lyrics was what many music lovers had been waiting for. John’s debut album, Get Lifted, was released late in 2004, on his birthday, and became a worldwide revelation of John Legend’s unique and infinite talent. He toured a lot and wrote a lot of material for that period. It did not take him long to understand that the office routine was not his cup of tea, and John decided to pursue his career in the sphere of music. Having finished the university with a strategic management advisor specialty, he went to Boston to try his professional skills. At the same time, John became a leader and pianist of a church choir. Shortly after, he joined the student band Counterparts to perform from time to time at various student events and youth competitions. In 1995, John entered the University of Pennsylvania and practiced music when he had time to. Music became John’s major interest in his early years as his father was a drummer, while his mother was a lead singer and head of the church choir. A live version of the song was nominated for Best Pop Solo Performance, losing to Williams' "Happy".John Legend (real name – John Stephens) was born in a large family. A remix of the song (Tiësto's Birthday Treatment remix), featuring EDM artist Tiësto, was released in January 2014 and won the 2015 Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical, while another remix was done in March of that year by trance artist Dash Berlin. "All of Me" was the third best-selling song of 2014 with 12.3 million equivalent-units worldwide (sales plus streaming), according to the IFPI. It became the second best-selling song of 2014 in the United States with 4.67 million copies sold for the year, as well as the third best-selling song in the United Kingdom. The song peaked at number two in the United Kingdom, South Africa and New Zealand and topped the charts in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and the Netherlands. It knocked off "Happy" by Pharrell Williams, which had spent 10 weeks at number one. On the week ending May 16, 2014, it peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 becoming his first number-one single in the United States. "All of Me" first aired on American mainstream urban radio as the album's third single on August 12, 2013. It is dedicated to Legend's wife Chrissy Teigen. "All of Me" is a hit song by American singer John Legend from his fourth studio album Love in the Future (2013).
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