New York, NY (Top40 Charts) The multiplatinum, 12-time Grammy Award-winner
John Legend announced his highly anticipated eighth studio album, LEGEND, out
September 9th via Republic Records. Executive produced by Legend and prolific producer-writer Ryan Tedder (Beyoncé, Adele, et al), the forthcoming project is a vibrant double album suffused with an unapologetic spirit of sensuality and joy, informed by the full vulnerability of pain, praise and healing. LEGEND is available to pre-order. The full track list for LEGEND is below.
LEGEND marks the first time the musician has officially embraced the iconic meaning of his name throughout his illustrious career. "Until this point, I've never used an aspect of my name as the title of an album," Legend explains. "I had to earn that, to live up to it by delivering in the performance and the music. And this is me saying, I'm proud of who I am, I'm confident in the work I've done, and I'm just going to declare it."
In conjunction with the announcement, Legend released the latest single from the project titled "All She Wanna Do" featuring Grammy Award-nominated rapper Saweetie. Immediately addictive and utterly uplifting, the track was co-written and produced by Ryan Tedder, Monsters and Strangerz, Zach Sketon, Andrew DeRoberts, and Halatrax.
Legend previously shared the first two singles from the album including "Honey," "a sultry, jazz-inspired" R&B track featuring
Muni Long (Billboard), and "Dope," a "summery, feel-good track" featuring rapper JID (Rolling Stone).
In addition, today Legend kicked off the second leg of his critically acclaimed residency, "Love in Las Vegas." The residency will run from August 5th - October 20th and October 14th - October 29th. Billboard previously raved about the show, saying "…Legend held the full house in his hands as they danced, screamed and aah-ed their way through a generous set encompassing the multiple Grammy winner's eight-album catalog of hits and fan faves."
LEGEND Track List:
ACT I
1 Rounds ft. Rick Ross
2 Waterslide
3 Dope ft JID
4 Strawberry Blush
5 Guy Like Me
6 All She Wanna Do
7 Splash ft Jhene Aiko, Ty Dolla $ign
8 You
9 Fate ft
Amber Mark
10 Love ft Jazmine Sullivan
11 One Last Dance
12 All She Wanna Do ft. Saweetie
ACT 2
1 Memories
2 Nervous
3 Wonder Woman
4
Honey ft. Muni Long
5 I Want You to Know
6 Speak in Tongues ft Jada Kingdom
7 The Other Ones ft Rapsody
8 Stardust
9 Pieces
10 Good ft Ledisi
11 I Don't Love U Like I Used To
12 Home
Multiplatinum artist
John Legend has garnered twelve Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Golden
Globe Award, a Tony Award, and an Emmy Award, making Legend the first African American man to earn an EGOT. Legend has released seven celebrated albums over the course of his career, including, Get Lifted (2004), Once Again (2006), Evolver (2008), Love in the
Future (2013),
Darkness and Light (2016), A Legendary Christmas Deluxe (2019), and most recently, Bigger Love (2020). Recently, Legend launched his critically acclaimed Las
Vegas Residency entitled, "Love In Las Vegas" which began on April 22, 2022, at Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. Legend starred in NBC's "Jesus Christ
Superstar Live in Concert" in 2018, winning an Emmy for Outstanding Variety Special and was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor (Limited Series). Legend joined the Emmy-nominated show, The Voice, for Season 16 (2019) and most recently wrapped Season 21 as a coach. John is also a partner in Get Lifted Film Co., serving as an Executive Producer for Giving Voice, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, Atlanta's Missing And Murdered: The Lost Children, Sherman's Showcase, And Sherman's Showcase:
Black History Month Spectacular, Rhythm + Flow And La La Land. As a philanthropist, Legend initiated the #FREEAMERICA campaign in 2015 and most recently, founded the initiative, HUMANLEVEL, which is igniting systematic change and building racial equity across American cities and communities.
