He won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2015 for writing the song 'Glory' from the film Selma. From his solo work, he earned a Billboard Hot 100 number-one single with 'All of Me'. Legend played piano on Lauryn Hill's 'Everything Is Everything'. Other artists included Jay Z's 'Encore', and he sang backing vocals on Alicia Keys' 2003 song 'You Don't Know My Name', the Kanye West remix of Britney Spears' 'Me Against the Music', and Fort Minor's 'High Road'.

He sang in Magnetic Man's 'Getting Nowhere,' Kanye West's 'All of the Lights', on Slum Village's 'Selfish', and Dilated Peoples' 'This Way'. 'At the same time as youre giving everything up, youre gaining everything, and thats what the whole song is about. Prior to the release of Legend's debut album, his career gained momentum through a series of successful collaborations with already established artists. John Legend later told Fuse: 'The song is saying things that balance each other out: even when I lose, Im winning my heads under water, but Im breathing fine I give you all of me, you give me all of you. In 2007, Legend received the Hal David Starlight Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He has won ten Grammy Awards, one Golden Globe Award, and one Academy Award. John Roger Stephens, known professionally as John Legend, is an American singer, songwriter, and musician.

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