John Roger Stevens, yemwe amadziwika kuti John Legend, ndi woyimba komanso wolemba nyimbo waku America. Amadziwika kwambiri chifukwa cha nyimbo zake monga Once Again ndi Darkness and Light. Iye anabadwira ku Springfield, Ohio, m’dziko la United States, ndipo anayamba kukonda kwambiri nyimbo kuyambira ali wamng’ono. Anayamba kuyimba kwaya ya tchalitchi chake ali ndi zaka zinayi. Kuyambira ali ndi zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri anayamba kuimba piyano.
Ali ku koleji, adatumikira monga pulezidenti wa positi komanso wotsogolera nyimbo wa gulu loimba lotchedwa Counterparts. Atatulutsa ma situdiyo ambiri, Legend adagwirizananso ndi zokonda za Kanye West, Britney Spears ndi Lauryn Hill. Mu 2015, adalandira Oscar panyimbo ya "Ulemerero", yomwe adalembera filimu ya mbiri yakale Selma.
Walandiranso mphoto zina zingapo zofunika, kuphatikiza Mphotho khumi za Grammy komanso Mphotho ya Golden Globe. Ndiwosewera komanso adachita nawo nyenyezi ku La La Land, yomwe idapambana kwambiri, ndikupambana ma Oscars asanu ndi limodzi. Amadziwika ndi ntchito yake yothandiza anthu.
Nkhani yopambana ya John
John Legend adabadwa pa Disembala 28, 1978 ku Springfield, Ohio. Adakhala woyimba komanso wolemba nyimbo yemwe amafunikira, akugwira ntchito ndi ojambula monga Alicia Keys, Twista, Janet Jackson ndi Kanye West.
Chimbale choyambirira cha Legend, 2004's Get Lifted, chinapambana mphoto zitatu za Grammy. Pambuyo pa ma Albums ena awiri okha, adatulutsa mgwirizano wake ndi Roots, Wake Up!, mu 2010. Legend adawonekeranso pampikisano wapa TV ngati mphunzitsi asanatulutse chimbale chake chotsatira cha 2013 Love in the future.
Wojambulayo adalandira ma Oscars, Golden Globes ndi Grammys panyimbo ya "Ulemerero" kuchokera mufilimu ya 2014 Selma, kenako adalandira Emmy chifukwa chakuchita kwake popanga "Live Concert of Jesus Christ Superstars" mu 2018.
Kuyambira pachiyambi pomwe, pokhala mwana wanzeru, agogo ake a Legend adamuphunzitsa kuyimba piyano, ndipo adakulirakulira mukwaya yatchalitchi. Kenako adalowa ku yunivesite ya Pennsylvania, komwe adatsogolera gulu la ma chapel. Atamaliza maphunziro ake, adasintha luso lake ndikugwira ntchito ku Boston Consulting Group koma adapitilizabe kuchita m'makalabu ausiku ku New York City.
Legend wakhala woimba komanso wolemba nyimbo yemwe amafunidwa, akugwira ntchito ndi ojambula monga Alicia Keys, Twista ndi Janet Jackson. Posakhalitsa adadziwitsidwa kwa wojambula wa hip-hop Kanye West, ndipo oimba onse adachita nawo ma demos.
Kupuma pantchito: "Nyamulani"
Chimbale choyambirira cha Legend, Get Lifted cha 2004, chinapita ku platinamu chifukwa cha nyimbo ya "Ordinary People", nyimbo yomwe adalembera poyamba Black Eyed Peas. Anabwerera kunyumba ndi Mphotho zitatu za Grammy za Get Lifted: Best R&B Album, Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, ndi Best New Artist. Chimbale chachiwiri cha Legend chinali Again Again chomwe chinatulutsidwa mu 2006.
Luso la nyimbo la Legend linamupangitsa kukhala nyenyezi yaikulu. Mu 2006, adasewera ku Super Bowl XL ku Detroit, NBA All-Star Game, ndi Major League baseball All-Star Game ku Pittsburgh.
Posakhalitsa adatulutsa nyimbo zingapo zatsopano kuphatikiza Evolver (2008). Evolver adawonetsa "Green Light", pogwirizana ndi André 3000. Nyimboyi inakhala yabwino kwambiri ndipo albumyo inafika pamwamba pa ma chart a R & B / hip-hop.
Chaka chomwecho, Legend adawonekera kutsogolo kwa makamera ndi gawo lothandizira mu comedy Soul People, yomwe ili ndi Bernie Mac ndi Samuel L. Jackson.
"Dzukani!" ndi duets
Mu 2010, woimbayo adatulutsa Wake Up!, yemwe adalemba ndi Roots. Nyimboyi idalandira ndemanga zabwino kuchokera kwa otsutsa nyimbo ndipo idatenga nyimbo zomwe zidadziwika ndi Marvin Gaye ndi Nina Simone. "Hard Times" yolembedwa ndi Curtis Mayfield inali imodzi mwa nyimbo zotsogola za album; kugunda kwina, "Shine", adamupatsa Mphotho ya Grammy. Iye ndi Roots adapambananso Grammy ya Best R&B Album mu 2011.
Nthano adayesa dzanja lake pachiwonetsero chenicheni ndi mpikisano wamawu a duet m'chilimwe cha 2012. Anagwira ntchito limodzi ndi Kelly Clarkson, Robin Thicke ndi Jennifer Nettles ochokera ku Sugarland. Odziwika bwino oimba adaphunzitsa ndikusewera ndi omwe adapikisana nawo. Pambuyo pake chaka chimenecho, adatulutsa nyimbo yatsopano ya Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained.
Kuzindikirika kwa "All of Me" ndi "Glory"
Mu 2013, adatulutsa chimbale chawo chotsatira, Love in the Future, chomwe chinali ndi balla 1 "All of Me", komanso nyimbo monga "Made to Love" ndi "You & I (Nobody in the World) ”. Mu 2015, wolemba nyimboyo, pamodzi ndi rapper Common, adapambana Golden Globe ya Best Original Song ya "Glory" kuchokera mufilimuyi Selma.
Melody adapambananso Mphotho ya Grammy ndi Academy, pomwe ojambula onsewa adagwiritsa ntchito mawu awo ovomerezeka a Oscar kuti awonetsere zomwe zikuchitika masiku ano okhudza ufulu wachibadwidwe.
Pa Okutobala 7, 2016, woimbayo adatulutsa nyimbo yatsopano "Love Me Now". Ndipo mu Disembala, adatulutsanso chimbale chake chachisanu chokhacho, Mdima ndi Kuwala, chomwe chidawonetsa Miguel ndi Chance the Rapper.
Kumayambiriro kwa chaka cha 2018, Legend adakonzekera kukhala nawo mu NBC's Live Concert of Jesus Christ Superstars ngati mtsogoleri wachipembedzo m'masiku otsiriza.
Kuwulutsa kwa Marcy Avenue Armory ku Brooklyn pa Lamlungu la Isitala kudaphatikizanso kusinthidwa kwa woimba nyimbo za rock Alice Cooper monga Mfumu Herode ndi wojambula wamkulu Sarah Bareill monga Mary Magdalene.
EGOT ndi The Voice
Pa Seputembara 9, 2018, Legend adapanga mbiri ngati munthu wachichepere kwambiri m'mbiri komanso munthu woyamba waku Africa America kulowa nawo gulu la EGOT. (EGOT imayimira Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, ndi Tony Awards) "Mpaka usikuuno, anthu 12 okha ndi omwe apambana mphoto za Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, ndi Tony m'magulu opikisana," Legend analemba pa Instagram.
"Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice ndi ine tinalowa gulu ili pamene tinapambana Emmy popanga chiwonetsero chawo cha Legendary Live Concert of Jesus Christ Superstars. Wokondwa kwambiri kukhala nawo m'gululi. Ndine wolemekezeka kuti adandikhulupirira kuti ndimasewera Yesu Khristu."
Patangotha masiku ochepa, zidalengezedwa kuti woimbayo alumikizana ndi Adam Levine, Blake Shelton ndi Kelly Clarkson ngati mphunzitsi wanthawi ya 16 ya mpikisano woimba wa The Voice.
Ntchito zazikulu za John Legend
Wake Up, chimbale cha studio cha John Legend chomwe adagwirizana ndi gulu la hip-hop The Roots, ndi imodzi mwantchito zake zofunika kwambiri komanso zopambana.
Kuchokera pa nambala eyiti pa Billboard 200 ya US, chimbalecho chinagulitsa makope 63 sabata yake yoyamba ndipo chinapambana mphoto ya Grammy ya 000 ya Best R & B Album. Albumyi idalandira ndemanga zabwino kuchokera kwa otsutsa.
"Love in the Future", yomwe inatulutsidwa mu 2013, ndi imodzi mwa ntchito zofunika kwambiri za John Legend. Chimbalecho, chomwe chinali ndi nyimbo monga "Open Your Eyes", "All Of Me" ndi "Dreams", idayamba pa nambala 200 pa Billboard XNUMX ya US.
Idakhala yotchuka m'maiko angapo ndipo idakwera ma chart ku UK, Netherlands, South Africa ndi New Zealand. Inalandiranso ndemanga zabwino zambiri.
Nyimbo ya "Ulemerero", yomwe idatulutsidwa mu 2014, imatha kuonedwa ngati ntchito yofunika kwambiri komanso yodziwika bwino ya John. Adachita izi mogwirizana ndi rapper Lonnie Rashid Lynn. Adakhala ngati nyimbo yamutu wa kanema wakale wa 2014 Selma.
Nyimboyi idayamba pa nambala 49 pa US Billboard Hot 100. Yakhalanso yotchuka m'maiko monga Spain, Belgium ndi Australia. Nyimbo yomwe idapambana mphothoyo idapambananso Oscar pamwambo wa 87.
Mdima & Kuwala ndi chimbale chachisanu cholembedwa ndi John Legend. Ndi nyimbo zoyimba monga "Love Me Now" ndi "I Know Better", chimbalecho chinayamba kukhala nambala 14 pa Billboard 200 ya US. Inagulitsa makope a 26 sabata yoyamba yotulutsidwa.
Moyo wamunthu komanso banja la John Legend
Kuphatikiza pa nyimbo, Legend amatenga nawo mbali pazinthu zambiri zamakhalidwe komanso zachifundo. Iye ndi wothandizira wa Harlem Village Academy, bungwe la New York lomwe limagwira ntchito m'masukulu angapo obwereketsa. Legend ndi Wachiwiri kwa Wapampando wa Board of Directors of HVA.
Iye anafotokozera magazini ya Black Enterprise chifukwa chake maphunziro ali ofunika kwambiri kwa iye kuti: “Ndimachokera mumzinda umene 40-50 peresenti ya ana athu amasiya sukulu. Ndinakhoza bwino kusukulu ya sekondale ndipo kenako ndinapita ku Ivy League kusukulu yasekondale, koma ndinali wosiyana. Tiyenera kuchita zambiri kuti mwana aliyense aphunzire bwino.”
Kupitiliza kudzipereka kwake pakusintha maphunziro, Legend adabwereketsa nyimbo yake "Shine" ku zolemba za 2010 Kudikirira Superman. Kanemayu amayang'ana mozama dongosolo la masukulu aboma mdziko muno.
Nthano adachita chibwenzi ndi Chrissy Teigen pomwe awiriwa anali patchuthi ku Maldives kumapeto kwa 2011. Anamanga mfundoyi mu September 2013 ku Italy. Pa April 14, 2016, banjali linalandira mwana wawo woyamba, mwana wamkazi dzina lake Luna Simone. Pa Meyi 16, 2018, adalengeza kuti akuyembekezera mwana wawo wachiwiri, Miles Theodore Stevens.
