Ko John Roger Stevens, e mohiotia ana ko John Legend, he kaiwaiata-waiata me te kaiwaiata o Amerika. He tino rongonui ia mo ana pukapuka penei i te Once Again me te pouri me te Maama. Fanauhia i Springfield, Ohio, i te mau Hau Amui no Marite, ua faaite oia i to ’na anaanatae rahi i te upaupa mai to ’na apîraa mai â. I timata ia ki te kanikani mo tana roopu waiata i te wha o ona tau. Mai i te whitu o ona tau ka timata ia ki te whakatangi piana.
I a ia i te koroni, i noho ia hei perehitini pou me te kaiwhakahaere waiata mo te roopu puoro e kiia nei ko te Counterparts. I te whakaputanga o nga pukaemi taiwhanga maha, kua mahi tahi a Legend me nga mea penei i a Kanye West, Britney Spears me Lauryn Hill. I te 2015, i whakawhiwhia e ia he Oscar mo te waiata "Glory", i tuhia e ia mo te kiriata o mua a Selma.
He maha atu ano nga tohu nui i whakawhiwhia e ia, tae atu ki nga Tohu Grammy tekau me te Tohu Golden Globe. He kaiwhakaari ano hoki ia, he wheturangitia i La La Land, i tino pai, e ono nga Oscars. E mohiotia ana mo ana mahi atawhai.
Ko te korero angitu a John
I whanau a John Legend i te Hakihea 28, 1978 i Springfield, Ohio. I noho ia hei kaiwhakatangi puoro me te kaitito waiata, mahi tahi me nga kaitoi penei i a Alicia Keys, Twista, Janet Jackson me Kanye West.
Ko te pukaemi tuatahi a Legend, 2004's Get Lifted, i toa e toru nga Tohu Grammy. Whai muri i te rua o nga pukaemi takitahi, ka tukuna e ia tana mahi tahi me Roots, Wake Up!, i te tau 2010. I puta ano a Legend i runga i te whakataetae duet pouaka whakaata hei kaiako i mua i te tukunga o tana pukaemi whai muri i te tau 2013 Love in the Future.
I whakawhiwhia e te kaitoi nga Oscars, Golden Globes me Grammys mo te waiata "Glory" mai i te kiriata 2014 Selma, katahi ka whakawhiwhia he Emmy mo tana mahi i roto i te hanga "Live Concert of Jesus Christ Superstars" i te tau 2018.
I timata mai i te timatanga, i te mea he tamariki whakahirahira, na te kuia o Legend i whakaako ia ia ki te purei piana, a ka tipu ake ia ki te waiata i roto i te kaiwaiata o te whare karakia. Ua tomo atura oia i roto i te fare haapiiraa tuatoru no Pennsylvania, i reira to ’na arata‘iraa i te hoê pŭpŭ fare pureraa. Whai muri i tana tohu paetahi, ka huri ia i ona pukenga me te mahi mo te Roopu Whakawhitiwhiti o Boston engari i mahi tonu ia ki nga karapu po o New York City.
Kua noho te Poutohu hei kaiwhakatangi puoro me te kaitito waiata, mahi tahi me nga kaitoi penei i a Alicia Keys, Twista me Janet Jackson. Kare i roa ka whakamohiotia ia ki te kaitoi hip-hop hou a Kanye West, a i uru nga kaiwaiata tokorua ki nga whakaaturanga a tetahi.
Wehenga Mahi: "Kia Hiki"
Ko te pukaemi tuatahi a Legend, 2004's Get Lifted, i eke ki te konukawata he mihi ki te waiata "Ordinary People", he waiata i tuhia e ia mo te Black Eyed Peas. I hoki mai ia ki te kainga me nga Tohu Grammy e toru mo Get Lifted: Best R&B Album, Best Tane R&B Vocal Performance, and Best New Artist. Ko te pukaemi tuarua a Legend ko Again Again i tukuna i te tau 2006.
Ko te pukenga puoro o Legend i tino whetu ia. I te tau 2006, i purei ia ki te Super Bowl XL i Detroit, te Keemu Katoa-Star NBA, me te Keemu Poipapa Katoa o te Riiki Nui i Pittsburgh.
Kaore i roa ka tukuna e ia etahi pukaemi hou tae atu ki te Evolver (2008). I whakaatuhia e Evolver te "Green Light", he mahi tahi me André 3000. Ko te waiata i puta he tino pai, a ko te pukaemi tonu i eke ki te tihi o nga rarangi R&B/hip-hop.
I taua tau ano, ka puta te Poutohu ki mua i nga kamera me tetahi mahi tautoko i roto i te mahi pukuhohe Soul People, ko Bernie Mac me Samuel L. Jackson.
"Maranga!" me nga takirua
I te tau 2010, ka tukuna e te kaiwaiata Wake Up!, i tuhia e ia me Roots. I whiwhi te pukaemi i nga arotakenga mai i nga kaititiro puoro me te tango i nga waiata i rongonuihia e Marvin Gaye me Nina Simone. Ko "Hard Times" na Curtis Mayfield tetahi o nga kaiwaiata matua o te album; tetahi atu hit, "Shine", riro ia ia he Grammy Award. I toa ano raua ko Roots he Grammy mo te Pukaemi R&B pai i te tau 2011.
I whakamatauhia e Legend tona ringa ki tetahi whakaaturanga mooni me te whakataetae waiata takirua i te raumati o te tau 2012. I mahi ia i te taha o Kelly Clarkson, Robin Thicke me Jennifer Nettles o Sugarland. Ko nga whetu puoro i whakangungu me te mahi tahi me nga kaiwhakataetae. I muri mai i tera tau, ka tukuna e ia he ara hou mo Django Unchained a Quentin Tarantino.
Te whakanui mo "All of Me" and "Glory"
I te tau 2013, ka tukuna e raua ta raua kopae waiata takitahi, Love in the Future, e whakaatu ana i te puoro No. ”. I te tau 1, i toa te kaitito waiata, me te kaiwaiata Common, i te Golden Globe mo te Waiata Taketake Pai mo "Glory" mai i te kiriata Selma.
I toa ano a Melody i te Grammy me te Tohu Akoranga, i whakamahia e nga kaitoi e rua a raua whaikorero whakaae ki a Oscar hei whakanui i nga take o naianei e pa ana ki te kaupapa tika tangata.
I te Oketopa 7, 2016, ka tukuna e te kaiwaiata he waiata hou "Love Me Now". A i te marama o Hakihea, ka tukuna ano e ia tana kopae studio takitahi tuarima, Darkness and Light, i whakaatu a Miguel me Chance the Rapper.
I te timatanga o te tau 2018, kua rite te Poutohu ki te whetu i roto i te Konohete Ora a NBC a Ihu Karaiti Superstars hei kaiarahi karakia i nga ra whakamutunga.
Ko te haapurororaa mai i te Marcy Avenue Armory o Brooklyn i te Ratapu o te Aranga i uru ano te urutaunga na te kaiwaiata toka a Alice Cooper hei Kingi Herora me te tohunga toi whakahaere a Sarah Bareill hei Meri Makarini.
EGOT me Te Reo
I te Hepetema 9, 2018, i hanga e Poutohu te hitori hei tangata iti rawa atu i roto i te hitori me te tuatahi o Awherika-Amerika ki te whakauru ki te Karapu EGOT motuhake. (E tu ana a EGOT mo nga tohu Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, me Tony) "Tae noa ki tenei po, 12 noa nga tangata i toa i nga tohu Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, me Tony i roto i nga waahanga whakataetae," ka tuhi a Legend i runga i te Instagram.
"Ko Ta Andrew Lloyd Webber, ko Tim Rice me maua i uru ki tenei roopu i te wa i riro ia matou he Emmy mo ta matou whakaputanga o ta ratou whakaaturanga Whakaaturanga Whakaaturanga Poutohu Ora a Ihu Karaiti Superstars. Ka harikoa ki te uru ki tenei kapa. Kei te honore ahau i whakawhirinaki ratou ki ahau ki te takaro i a Ihu Karaiti."
I etahi ra i muri mai, ka puta te panui ka uru te kaiwaiata ki a Adam Levine, Blake Shelton me Kelly Clarkson hei kaiako mo te tau tekau ma ono o te whakataetae waiata The Voice.
Nga mahi nui a John Legend
Ko Wake Up, ko te pukaemi studio a John Legend i mahi tahi ai ia me te roopu hip-hop The Roots, tetahi o ana mahi tino hira me te angitu.
I te wa tuatahi i te nama tuawaru i runga i te US Billboard 200, i hokona e te pukaemi 63 kape i tana wiki tuatahi, ka riro i a ia te Tohu Grammy 000 mo te Pukaemi R&B Pai rawa atu. I whiwhi te pukaemi i nga arotake pai mai i nga kaititiro.
Ko te "Love in the Future", i tukuna i te tau 2013, kei roto ano i nga mahi whakahirahira a John Legend. Ko te pukaemi, i uru mai nga kaiwaiata penei "Open Your Eyes", "All Of Me" me "Dreams", i puta tuatahi ki te nama tuawha i te US Billboard 200.
I rongonuihia i roto i nga whenua maha, ka eke ki runga i nga raarangi i te UK, i te Netherlands, i Awherika ki te Tonga me Aotearoa. I whiwhi hoki te nuinga o nga arotake pai.
Ko te waiata "Glory", i tukuna i te tau 2014, ka taea te whakaaro ko te mahi tino nui me te tino mihi nui a John. I mahi tahi ia me te kaiwaiata rapper Lonnie Rashid Lynn. I noho ia hei waiata kaupapa mo te kiriata whakaari hitori o Selma i te tau 2014.
I timata te waiata i te nama 49 i te US Billboard Hot 100. Kua rongonui ano ki nga whenua penei i Spain, Belgium me Ahitereiria. I toa ano te waiata whakawhiwhi tohu i te Oscar i te hui 87th.
Ko Darkness & Light te pukapuka pukapuka tuarima na John Legend. Me nga tangata takitahi penei i te "Love Me Now" me te "I Know Better", i timata te pukaemi i te nama 14 i te US Billboard 200. E 26 nga kape i hokona i te wiki tuatahi o tana whakaputanga.
Te oranga whaiaro me te whanau o John Legend
I tua atu i te waiata, he maha nga kaupapa hapori me nga kaupapa atawhai a Legend. He kaitautoko ia mo te Harlem Village Academy, he whakahaere i New York e whakahaere ana i nga kura hourua. Ko Legend te Heamana Tuarua o te Poari Whakahaere o HVA.
I whakamaramatia e ia ki te moheni Black Enterprise he aha te mea nui ki a ia te matauranga: “No te taone nui e 40-50% o a maatau tamariki ka mutu i te kura. He pai taku mahi i te kura tuarua, katahi ka haere ahau ki te Ivy League i te kura tuarua, engari he rereke ahau. Me kaha ake taatau ki te whakarite kia whiwhi ia tamaiti i te kounga o te matauranga."
I te haere tonu o tana pono ki te whakatikatika i te matauranga, ka tukuna e Legend tana waiata "Shine" ki te pakipūmeka 2010 Waiting for Superman. Ka tirohia e te kiriata te punaha kura a te motu.
I taumau a Legend ki te whakatauira i a Chrissy Teigen i te wa e hararei ana te tokorua ki Maldives i te mutunga o te tau 2011. I herea e raua te here i te marama o Hepetema 2013 i Itari. I te Paenga-whāwhā 14, 2016, ka powhirihia e te tokorua ta raua tamaiti tuatahi, he tamahine ko Luna Simone te ingoa. I te Mei 16, 2018, i panuitia e ratou kei te tatari ratou mo ta raua tama tuarua, a Miles Theodore Stevens.
