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Headliner
John Legend Last time in Doha: 1 week ago

Venue

Qatar National Convention Centre

Doha, Qatar

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John Legend biography

John Legend, real name John Roger Stephens, is an American R&B singer-songwriter and pianist from Springfield, Ohio. He began his career playing piano for Lauryn Hill’s 1998 track “Everything is Everything”.

John Legend began working in the music industry right out of college in 1998 and was quickly introduced to up and coming rapper Kanye West. West signed Legend to his record label and hired the singer to sing hooks on his tracks.

In 2004, John Legend released his first studio album, “Get Lifted”, which debuted at number 13 on the US Billboard chart and eventually climbed to the number 4 spot. The album featured production from Kanye West, will.i.am and Dave Tozer. John Legend won three Grammy Awards in 2006 for his work on the album, with the single “Ordinary People” being the most successful track for the singer to date.

Legend teamed up again with Kaye West and will.i.am for his second studio album “Once Again”. The album repeated the success of his first album and secured the number three spot in the US charts. It also won the singer a further two Grammys.

In 2008 John Legend actively participated in Barrack Obama’s campaign for President. The singer contributed to a music video entitled “Yes We Can” which was produced by will.i.am. This activism fuelled John Legend’s desire to get actively involved with philanthropic issues and he has used his music to raise money for multiple causes since this time.

John Legend has won a total of nine Grammy Awards and his three most recent albums, “Evolver”, “Wake Up!” and “Love in the Future”, have all been top ten hits in the US. Legend’s first number one single in the US was platinum certified track “All of Me” from his 2013 album “Love in the Future”. The track is dedicated to his wife, Chrissy Teigen.

Live reviews

John Legend will make the strongest guy in the venue shed a tear with his intimate performances. While he does have an incredible voice you will be floored by his even more incredible piano playing. It is a perfect event you can take your significant other to for a romantic date night. The atmosphere in the venue is beautiful and you can even see people at floor level get up with their partners to dance to the songs. In between songs he even tells the audiences little cute stories. His popular song "All Of Me" was a crowd favorite, and it's amazing when thousands of people sing in unison. John Legend is grace personified and a very classy man. He literally only needs a piano and a microphone to show people a good time. I do recommend for people with future plans to attend a John Legend show to please bring tissues unless you want to end up like me and use my shirtsleeves to wipe tears. Oh and most importantly if you are planning to propose to your significant other be warned there are possibly ten other couples also getting engaged in the venue. So is it really that original? But don't take my advice I would like to get proposed at a John Legend concert, so do it anyway.

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