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John Roger Stephens born December 28, , known professionally as John Legend , is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. His second album, Once Again , was met with continued success, supported by the lead single " Save Room ". That same year, Legend released the live album John Legend: Live from Philadelphia , followed by his collaborative album, Wake Up!

Legend's fourth studio album, Love in the Future was preceded by the hit single " All of Me ". Throughout his musical career, Legend has received a total of 12 Grammy Awards. He received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his acting role, and won the award for his role as a producer of the show, making him the first Black male and second youngest recipient of all four of the major American entertainment awards: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony EGOT in He became the show's senior coach following Blake Shelton 's departure.

In , Legend stated that his parents were divorced for 12 years before reuniting. At the age of 15, Legend won a Black History Month essay competition sponsored by McDonald's , following the prompt "How do you intend to make Black history? At the age of 16, he enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia , where he served as president and musical director of the co-ed jazz and pop a cappella group, the Counterparts.

His lead vocals on the group's recording of Joan Osborne 's " One of Us ", written by fellow University of Pennsylvania alum Eric Bazilian of the Hooters , received critical acclaim, landing the song on the track list of the Best of Collegiate a Cappella compilation CD. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania , Stephens worked as a management consultant at the Boston Consulting Group BCG and began producing, writing, and recording his own music.

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He subsequently began working on a demo tape and began sending his work to various record labels. In , Devo Springsteen introduced Legend to Kanye West , a then up-and-coming hip-hop artist; Stephens was hired to co-write or perform hooks on several of West's songs. Ivy , due to what he perceived as an "old-school sound". Ivy told Stephens: "I heard your music and it reminds me of that music from the old school.