MUSICIAN

John Legend

1978 - Today

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John Roger Stephens (born December 28, 1978), known professionally as John Legend, is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. 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 Kanye West's GOOD Music, through which he released his debut studio album, Get Lifted (2004). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Legend has received more than 22,478,900 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). John Legend is the 1,544th most popular musician (down from 1,202nd in 2019), the 7,756th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,980th in 2019) and the 561st most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 22M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, John Legend ranks 1,544 out of 3,175. Before him are Zoot Sims, John Levén, Joe Hahn, Rick Allen, Warren Zevon, and Noel Rosa. After him are Anders Johansson, Ronnie Lane, Jason Orange, Randy Edelman, Arthur Crudup, and Dennis Brain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, John Legend ranks 116. Before him are Suthida, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Matthew Goode, Yi So-yeon, Geremi, and Namkoong Min. After him are Janine Jansen, Ivan Leko, Philipp Plein, Matthew Davis, Fernando Meira, and Madeline Miller.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Legend ranks 7,756 out of 20,380. Before him are Hank Mann (1888), John Stockwell (1961), Jerry Lawson (1940), Charles Wallace Richmond (1868), Bill Carr (1909), and Peyton List (1998). After him are John Schneider (1960), Matthew Labyorteaux (1966), Peter Gould (1950), Sabin Carr (1904), Stuart Kauffman (1939), and Alice Catherine Evans (1881).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, John Legend ranks 561. Before him are Hal David (1921), Nils Lofgren (1951), Elliott Smith (1969), Zoot Sims (1925), Joe Hahn (1977), and Warren Zevon (1947). After him are Randy Edelman (1947), Arthur Crudup (1905), Richie Ramone (1957), Brian Setzer (1959), Julieta Venegas (1970), and Robben Ford (1951).

American born Musicians

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