World Events: John Legend

Time and Place
Date: Tuesday, May 6 @ 12:00 AM
Venue: New Orleans Fair Grounds
Street: 1751 Gentilly Blvd.
City: New Orleans
State/Province: Louisiana

John Legend (born John Stephens on 28 December 1978) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and pianist. His debut studio album, the platinum-selling Get Lifted, was released in late 2004, and features collaborations with rapper and producer Kanye West as well as Snoop Dogg. Get Lifted produced two singles: "Used to Love U" (US top 100, UK top 30) and "Ordinary People" (US and UK top 30). Legend has won five Grammy Awards. Prior to the release of his debut album, Legend's career gained momentum through a series of successful collaborations with multiple established artists. Notably, Legend sang the hooks for hits by Slum Village ("Selfish", also featuring Kanye West), Jay-Z ("Encore"), and Dilated Peoples ("This Way", also featuring Kanye West); played piano on Lauryn Hill's "Everything is Everything"; and sang background vocals on Alicia Keys' "You Don't Know My Name" and Fort Minor's "High Road."

Legend performed during the pregame show of Super Bowl XL in Detroit. He also performed during the halftime show at the 2006 NBA All-Star Game, and he performed "God Bless America" during the 7th inning stretch at the 2006 Major League Baseball All Star Game in Pittsburgh, PA. also he performed at the Grammy Awards.

He is also featured in the Black Eyed Peas song, "Like That". The song "Ordinary People" was originally meant to be for a Black Eyed Peas project, but Legend decided to keep it for himself and recorded the song after he had been signed to Columbia Records.

Legend appears on the soundtrack to the film The Second Chance with the song, "Refuge".

John Legend appeared on an episode of the television series "Las Vegas" in February 2007 in which he performed his single "Save Room" solo at the end of the episode

Discography

Studio albums

Get Lifted
- Released: December 28, 2004
- Chart positions: 4 U.S., 12 UK
- U.S. sales: 2 million
- RIAA certification: Platinum
- Worldwide sales: 3 million

Once Again
- Released: October 24, 2006
- Chart positions: 3 U.S., 10 UK
- U.S. Sales: 1,166,334^[7]
- RIAA certification: Platinum
- Worldwide sales: 2.5 million^[8]