# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-legend
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:26:00.821Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-legend"
name: "John Legend"
slug: "john-legend"
description: "John Roger Stephens, known professionally as John Legend, is an American singer, songwriter, pianist and record producer. He began his musical career working behind the scenes for other artists, playing piano on Lauryn Hill's \"Everything Is Everything\", and performing as an uncredited backing vocalist on Jay-Z's \"Encore\" and Alicia Keys' \"You Don't Know My Name\". He was the first artist to sign with rapper Kanye West's GOOD Music, through which he released his debut studio album, Get Lifted (2004). Preceded by the hit ballad \"Ordinary People\", the album reached the top ten of the Billboard 200 and received double platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JohnLegend-byPhilipRomano.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1978-12-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           78.05
  momentum:             0
  historical:           26.34432
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     100
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  241
  category: 241
totalFollowers: 8140000
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://johnlegend.com/"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/johnlegend/"
    handle:    "johnlegend"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@johnlegendofficial"
    handle:    "johnlegendofficial"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/johnlegend"
    handle:    "johnlegend"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/johnlegend"
    handle:    "johnlegend"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1775466/"
    handle:    "nm1775466"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5y2Xq6xcjJb2jVM54GHK3t"
    handle:    "5y2Xq6xcjJb2jVM54GHK3t"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEa-JnNdYCIFn3HMhjGEWpQ"
    handle:    "@johnlegend"
    followers: 8140000
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/182738"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "جون لجند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "جون لجند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "جان لجند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Legend"
    title: "John Legend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%8A%D0%BD%D0%B4"
    title: "Джон Леджънд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Legend"
    title: "John Legend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%84%DB%8E%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "جان لێجند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Legend"
    title: "John Legend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Legend"
    title: "John Legend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Legend"
    title: "John Legend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%BF%CE%BD_%CE%9B%CE%AD%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%B5%CE%BD%CF%84"
    title: "Τζον Λέτζεντ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Legend"
    title: "John Legend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Legend"
    title: "John Legend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Legend"
    title: "John Legend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Legend"
    title: "John Legend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "جان لجند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Legend"
    title: "John Legend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Legend"
    title: "John Legend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Legend"
    title: "John Legend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%9C%D7%92'%D7%A0%D7%93"
    title: "ג'ון לג'נד"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Legend"
    title: "John Legend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Legend"
    title: "John Legend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%B8%D5%B6_%D4%BC%D5%A5%D5%BB%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%A4"
    title: "Ջոն Լեջենդ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Legend"
    title: "John Legend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Legend"
    title: "John Legend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Roger_Stephens"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/75a72702-a5ef-4513-bca5-c5b944903546"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44857"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/113461"
    title: "John Legend"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump