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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, pianist, record producer, and actor. 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 21,440,014 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). John Legend is the 1,205th most popular musician (up from 1,352nd in 2019), the 5,992nd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,727th in 2019) and the 448th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 21M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, John Legend ranks 1,205 out of 2,662. Before him are Valentina Lisitsa, Pixinguinha, Sonny Clark, Takanori Nishikawa, Steve Miller, and Jim Keltner. After him are Nani Bregvadze, Herbie Mann, Thad Jones, Boris Grebenshchikov, Christian Zacharias, and Bert Jansch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, John Legend ranks 71. Before him are Tomáš Ujfaluši, Don Omar, Lionel Scaloni, Gwendoline Christie, Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco, and Usher. After him are Dominic Cooper, Igor Tudor, Topher Grace, Philippe Jaroussky, Azis, and Matthew Goode.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Legend ranks 5,992 out of 18,182. Before him are Dorothea Klumpke (1861), Martha Jefferson (1748), Rosa Ponselle (1897), Lee Cronbach (1916), Henry Augustus Rowland (1848), and Adoniram Judson (1788). After him are Sandy Koufax (1935), Jack Gilford (1908), Tina Fey (1970), Big E (1986), R. J. Palacio (1963), and Rudy Van Gelder (1924).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, John Legend ranks 448. Before him are Steven Adler (1965), Herb Ellis (1921), Al Kooper (1944), Sonny Clark (1931), Steve Miller (1943), and Jim Keltner (1942). After him are Herbie Mann (1930), Thad Jones (1923), Dave Alexander (1947), Vinnie Paul (1964), George Winston (1949), and Blind Willie Johnson (1897).

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