ʻO John Roger Stevens, i kapa ʻia ʻo John Legend, he mea mele-mele a mea mele ʻAmelika. Ua kaulana ʻo ia no kāna mau album e like me Once Again and Darkness and Light. Hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma Springfield, Ohio, USA, ua hōʻike ʻo ia i ka hoihoi nui i ka mele mai kona wā kamaliʻi. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i ka hoʻokani pila no kāna hui mele i ka makahiki ʻehā. Mai ka makahiki ʻehiku ʻo ia i hoʻomaka ai e hoʻokani i ka piano.
ʻOiai ʻo ia ma ke kulanui, ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma hope o ka pelekikena a me ka luna mele o kahi hui mele i kapa ʻia ʻo Counterparts. Ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā album studio he nui, ua hui pū ʻo Legend me nā mea like me Kanye West, Britney Spears a me Lauryn Hill. Ma 2015, loaʻa iā ia kahi Oscar no ke mele "Glory", āna i kākau ai no ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni mōʻaukala Selma.
Ua loaʻa iā ia kekahi mau makana koʻikoʻi ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia hoʻi he ʻumi Grammy Awards a me kahi makana Golden Globe. He mea hana hoʻi ʻo ia a ua hoʻokani ʻia ma La La Land, kahi i lanakila ai, lanakila ʻeono Oscars. Ua kaulana ʻo ia no kāna hana aloha.
ʻO ka moʻolelo holomua o John
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo John Legend i ka lā 28 o Dekemaba, 1978 ma Springfield, Ohio. Ua lilo ʻo ia i mea hoʻokani mele a me ka mea kākau mele, e hana pū ana me nā mea pena e like me Alicia Keys, Twista, Janet Jackson a me Kanye West.
Ua lanakila ʻo ka mele mele mua a Legend, ʻo 2004's Get Lifted, i ʻekolu Grammy Awards. Ma hope o ʻelua mau mele mele, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i kāna hui pū me Roots, Wake Up!, ma 2010. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Legend ma kahi hoʻokūkū duet televise ma ke ʻano he kumu aʻoaʻo ma mua o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o kāna album hope 2013 Love in the Future.
Ua loaʻa i ka mea pena kiʻi Oscars, Golden Globes a me Grammys no ke mele "Glory" mai ka 2014 film Selma, a laila loaʻa iā ia kahi Emmy no kāna hana i ka hana ʻana o "Live Concert of Jesus Christ Superstars" ma 2018.
Hoʻomaka ʻo ia mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana, ʻoiai ʻo ia he kamaliʻi, ua aʻo ke kupuna wahine o Legend iā ia i ka hoʻokani piano, a ua ulu ʻo ia i ke mele ma ka papa himeni o ka hale pule. A laila, komo ʻo ia i ke Kulanui o Pennsylvania, kahi i alakaʻi ai i kahi hui o nā hale pule. Ma hope o ka puka ʻana, ua hoʻololi ʻo ia i kāna mau akamai a ua hana ʻo ia no ka Boston Consulting Group akā hoʻomau ʻo ia i ka hana ma New York City nightclubs.
Ua lilo ʻo Legend i mea hoʻokani pila a me ka mea kākau mele, e hana pū ana me nā mea pena e like me Alicia Keys, Twista a me Janet Jackson. Ua hoʻolauna koke ʻia ʻo ia i ka mea pena hip-hop e hiki mai ana ʻo Kanye West, a ua komo nā mea mele ʻelua i nā demos a kekahi.
Hoʻomaha ʻoihana: "E hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia"
ʻO ka mele mele mua a Legend, ʻo 2004's Get Lifted, i hele i ka platinum i kekahi hapa i ka hit "Ordinary People", kahi mele āna i kākau mua ai no ka Black Eyed Peas. Ua hoʻi ʻo ia i ka home me ʻekolu Grammy Awards no Get Lifted: Best R&B Album, Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, a me Best New Artist. ʻO Again Again ka album lua a Legend i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma 2006.
ʻO ke kālena mele o Legend i lilo ia i hōkū nui. Ma 2006, pâʻani 'o ia ma Super Bowl XL ma Detroit, ka NBA All-Star Game, a me ka Major League Baseball All-Star Game ma Pittsburgh.
Ua hoʻokuʻu koke ʻo ia i kekahi mau album hou me Evolver (2008). Ua hōʻike ʻo Evolver i ka "Green Light", kahi hui pū me André 3000. Ua lilo ke mele i mea hoʻokani haʻahaʻa a ʻo ka album ponoʻī i hōʻea i ka piko o nā palapala palapala R&B/hip-hop.
I kēlā makahiki hoʻokahi, ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Legend i mua o nā kāmela me kahi mea kākoʻo i ka comedy Soul People, me Bernie Mac lāua ʻo Samuel L. Jackson.
"E ala ʻoe!" a me nā duets
I ka makahiki 2010, ua hoʻokuʻu ka mea mele iā Wake Up!, āna i hoʻopaʻa ai me Roots. Ua loaʻa i ka album nā manaʻo maikaʻi mai ka poʻe loiloi mele a lawe i nā mele i kaulana e ka poʻe e like me Marvin Gaye lāua ʻo Nina Simone. ʻO "Hard Times" na Curtis Mayfield kekahi o nā mele alakaʻi o ka album; ʻO kekahi hit, "Shine", loaʻa iā ia kahi makana Grammy. Ua lanakila ʻo ia a me Roots i kahi Grammy no Best R&B Album ma 2011.
Ua hoʻāʻo ʻo Legend i kona lima ma kahi hōʻikeʻike maoli me kahi hoʻokūkū leo duet i ke kauwela o 2012. Ua hana ʻo ia me Kelly Clarkson, Robin Thicke a me Jennifer Nettles o Sugarland. Ua aʻo a hoʻokani ʻia nā hōkū mele me nā mea hoʻokūkū. Ma hope o kēlā makahiki, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i kahi mele hou no Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained.
ʻIke ʻia no "All of Me" a me "Glory"
Ma 2013, ua hoʻokuʻu lākou i kā lākou mele mele hou, ʻo Love in the Future, i hōʻike ʻia i ka ballad No. 1 "All of Me", a me nā mele e like me "Made to Love" a me "You & I (Nobody in the World). ”. I ka makahiki 2015, ua lanakila ka mea haku mele, me ka rapper Common, i ka Golden Globe no ka Best Original Song no "Glory" mai ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo Selma.
Ua lanakila pū ʻo Melody i kahi Grammy a me kahi Academy Award, kahi i hoʻohana ai nā mea pena kiʻi ʻelua i kā lākou mau haʻiʻōlelo ʻae Oscar e hōʻike i nā pilikia o kēia wā e pili ana i ka neʻe ʻana i nā pono kīwila.
Ma ʻOkakopa 7, 2016, ua hoʻokuʻu ka mea mele i kahi mele hou "Love Me Now". A i Dekemaba, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i kāna album studio ʻelima, ʻo Darkness and Light, kahi i hōʻike ʻia ʻo Miguel a me Chance the Rapper.
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2018, ua mākaukau ʻo Legend e hōkū i ka NBC's Live Concert of Jesus Christ Superstars ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi hoʻomana i nā lā hope.
ʻO ka hoʻolaha ʻana mai Brooklyn's Marcy Avenue Armory ma ka Lāpule Easter ua hoʻopili pū ʻia e ka mea hoʻokani mele mele ʻo Alice Cooper ma ke ʻano he King Herod a me ka mea hana hoʻokō ʻo Sarah Bareill ʻo Mary Magdalene.
EGOT a me Ka Leo
Ma Sepatemaba 9, 2018, ua hana ʻo Legend i ka mōʻaukala ma ke ʻano he ʻōpio ʻōpio loa i ka mōʻaukala a ʻo ka ʻAmelika ʻAmelika mua i hui pū me ka hui ʻo EGOT. (EGOT no Emmy, Grammy, Oscar a me Tony awards) "A hiki i kēia pō, he 12 wale nō ka poʻe i lanakila i nā makana Emmy, Grammy, Oscar a me Tony i nā ʻāpana hoʻokūkū," kākau ʻo Legend ma Instagram.
"ʻO Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, ʻo Tim Rice a me mākou i hui pū me kēia hui i ka wā i lanakila ai mākou i kahi Emmy no kā mākou hana ʻana i kā lākou Legendary Live Concert of Jesus Christ Superstars show. No laila hauʻoli ke komo ʻana i kēia hui. Hoʻohanohano wau i ko lākou hilinaʻi ʻana iaʻu e pāʻani iā Iesu Kristo."
I kekahi mau lā ma hope mai, ua hoʻolaha ʻia e hui pū ka mea hīmeni iā Adam Levine, Blake Shelton a me Kelly Clarkson ma ke ʻano he kumu aʻo no ka manawa 16 o ka hoʻokūkū hīmeni ʻo The Voice.
Nā hana nui a John Legend
ʻO Wake Up, ka album studio a John Legend kahi āna i hui pū ai me ka hui hip-hop ʻo The Roots, ʻo ia kekahi o kāna mau hana koʻikoʻi a kūleʻa.
Ma ka helu ʻewalu ma ka US Billboard 200, ua kūʻai aku ka album i 63 kope i kāna pule mua a lanakila i ka makana Grammy 000 no Best R&B Album. Loaʻa i ka album nā manaʻo maikaʻi loa mai ka poʻe hoʻohewa.
ʻO "Love in the Future", i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma 2013, ʻo ia kekahi o nā hana koʻikoʻi a John Legend. ʻO ka album, kahi i hoʻokomo ʻia i nā mele e like me "Open Your Eyes", "All Of Me" a me "Dreams", i hoʻomaka i ka helu ʻehā ma ka US Billboard 200.
Ua lilo ia i mea kaulana i nā ʻāina he nui a ua poʻokela i nā palapala ma UK, Netherlands, South Africa a me New Zealand. Ua loaʻa nō hoʻi nā loiloi maikaʻi loa.
ʻO ke mele "Glory", i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka makahiki 2014, hiki ke noʻonoʻo ʻia ʻo ia ka hana koʻikoʻi a koʻikoʻi a John. Ua hana ʻo ia ma ka hui pū ʻana me ka rapper Lonnie Rashid Lynn. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke mele poʻomanaʻo no ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni mōʻaukala mōʻaukala Selma 2014.
Hoʻomaka ka mele ma ka helu 49 ma ka US Billboard Hot 100. Ua lilo ia i mea kaulana i nā ʻāina e like me Sepania, Belgium a me Australia. Ua lanakila pū ka mele lanakila i ka Oscar ma ka hanana 87th.
ʻO Darkness & Light ka ʻelima studio album na John Legend. Me nā mele e like me "Love Me Now" a me "I Know Better", ua hoʻomaka ka album ma ka helu 14 ma ka US Billboard 200. Ua kūʻai aku ʻo ia i 26 kope i ka pule mua o kona hoʻokuʻu ʻana.
ʻO ke ola pilikino a me ka ʻohana o John Legend
Ma waho aʻe o ke mele, ua komo ʻo Legend i nā kumu pilikanaka a me ke aloha. He kākoʻo ʻo ia i ka Harlem Village Academy, kahi hui i hoʻokumu ʻia ma New York e hana ana i nā kula charter. ʻO Legend ka Hope Pelekikena o ka Papa Hoʻokele o HVA.
Ua wehewehe ʻo ia i ka makasina Black Enterprise i ke kumu nui o ka hoʻonaʻauao iā ia: “No ke kūlanakauhale au i haʻalele ai ka 40-50% o kā mākou mau keiki i ke kula. Ua hana maikaʻi au ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe a laila hele au i ka Ivy League ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe, akā he ʻokoʻa wau. Pono mākou e hana hou aku e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hoʻonaʻauao maikaʻi i kēlā me kēia keiki.
Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo ia i kāna hoʻokō i ka hoʻoponopono hoʻonaʻauao, ua hāʻawi ʻo Legend i kāna mele "Shine" i ka palapala 2010 Waiting for Superman. Nānā koʻikoʻi ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni i ka ʻōnaehana kula aupuni o ka lāhui.
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo Legend e hoʻohālike iā Chrissy Teigen i ka wā e hoʻomaha ai lāua ma Maldives i ka hopena o 2011. Ua hoʻopaʻa lāua i ka pahu i Kepakemapa 2013 ma Italia. Ma ʻApelila 14, 2016, ua hoʻokipa ka kāne i kā lāua keiki mua, he kaikamahine i kapa ʻia ʻo Luna Simone. Ma Mei 16, 2018, ua hoʻolaha lākou e kali ana lākou i kā lāua keikikāne ʻelua, ʻo Miles Theodore Stevens.
