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Legend (John Legend album)

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Legend

Studio album by

John Legend

Released

September 9, 2022

Length

81:02

Label

John Legend
Republic

Producer

Tommy Brown

Rogét Chahayed

Di Genius

Ryan Daly

Andrew DeRoberts

Free Nationals

Harv

Jonas Karlsson

Ian Kirkpatrick

John Legend

Lindgren

Connor McDonough

Milck

Mr. Franks

Mr Hudson

The Monsters & Strangerz

Oak

Sadpony

Some Randoms

Zach Skelton

John Legend chronology

Bigger Love
(2020)

Legend
(2022)

Singles from Legend

"Dope"
Released: May 18, 2022
"Honey"
Released: June 17, 2022
"All She Wanna Do"
Released: August 5, 2022

Legend is the ninth studio album by American singer John Legend. It was released on September 9, 2022, through John Legend Music Inc. and Republic Records.^[1]

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Pitchfork	6.7/10^[3]

Legend received a polarized response upon release. AllMusic editor Andy Kellman called Legend "a set distinguishable from the rest of his catalog mainly for its length and crowd of collaborators." He found that "Legend is at his best when entertainment isn't his objective."^[2] Rolling Stone critic David Browne remarked that "Legend lets loose on the first half and shows tasteful restraint on the other."^[4]

Track listing[edit]

Disc 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Rounds" (featuring Rick Ross)	John Stephens William Roberts II Drew Love Rogét Chahayed Daniel Klein Matthew Campfield Andrew DeRoberts Tommy Tiki Torch	Chahayed Some Randoms John Legend^[c] Ryan Tedder^[c] DeRoberts^[c]	3:54
2.	"Waterslide"	Stephens Julia Michaels Justin Tranter Eren Cannata Bernard Harvey	Tedder Harv DeRoberts	3:05
3.	"Dope" (featuring JID)	Stephens Destin Route Charlie Puth Tedder Ian Kirkpatrick	Tedder^[p] Kirkpatrick Tim McClain^[v]	2:38
4.	"Strawberry Blush" (featuring Free Nationals)	Stephens José Rios Ron Avant Kelsey Gonzalez Matt Merisola Tedder Love Melvin Moore	Free Nationals Gabriel Roth^[a]	3:15
5.	"Guy Like Me"	Stephens Tedder DeRoberts	Tedder DeRoberts Roth^[b]	2:39
6.	"All She Wanna Do"	Stephens Michael Pollack Jake Torrey Tia Scola Jeff Halavacs Tedder Stefan Johnson Jordan K. Johnson Zach Skelton	Tedder^[p] The Monsters & Strangerz Skelton DeRoberts	3:11
7.	"Splash" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign and Jhené Aiko)	Stephens Tyrone Griffin Jr. Love Moore Anthony M. Jones Akeel Henry Kevin Ekofo	Tone Henry^[c] Ekofo^[c]	3:54
8.	"You"	Stephens Tayla Parx Kameron Glasper Warren Felder Alex Nice Keith "Ten4" Sorrells	Oak Nice^[c] Sorrells^[c]	2:53
9.	"Fate" (featuring Amber Mark)	Stephens Jaramye Daniels Trey Campbell Jonas Karlsson	Jonas Karlsson Legend^[c] LDG^[a] Campbell^[v]	3:31
10.	"Love" (featuring Jazmine Sullivan)	Stephens David Bowden Dante Bowden Joseph Ruffin	Tedder Pink Sweats Dante Bowden^[c] Ruffin^[c] Roth^[a]	2:53
11.	"One Last Dance"	Stephens Love Moore Ekofo Jones	Tone	4:01
12.	"All She Wanna Do" (with Saweetie)	Stephens Diamonté Harper Pollack Torrey Scola Halavacs Larrance Dopson Tedder S. Johnson J. Johnson Skelton	Tedder^[p] The Monsters & Strangerz Skelton DeRoberts	3:15
Total length:				39:09

Disc 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Memories"	Stephens David Bowden Dante Bowden Ruffin	Pink Sweats Dante Bowden^[c] Ruffin^[c]	2:55
2.	"Nervous"	Stephens Pollack John Ryan	Ryan	3:08
3.	"Wonder Woman"	Stephens Tedder Connor McDonough^[p] Riley McDonough Toby McDonough Ryan Daly Castle Curtis Mayfield	C. McDonough^[p] Tedder Daly	2:48
4.	"Honey" (featuring Muni Long)	Stephens Melanie Fontana Gregory Hein Tedder Harvey Steven Franks	Tedder Harv Tommy Brown Mr. Franks Lindgren Campbell^[v]	2:20
5.	"I Want You to Know"	Stephens Fontana Lauren Frawley Franks Stephen McGregor Lindgren	Tedder Mr. Franks Lindgren Di Genius Roth^[a]	3:31
6.	"Speak in Tongues" (featuring Jada Kingdom)	Stephens Jada Murphy Verse Simmonds Akil King McGregor	Di Genius Roth^[a]	3:48
7.	"The Other Ones" (featuring Rapsody)	Stephens Marlanna Evans Love Moore Shane Lindstrom Benjamin McIldowie Akira Kosemura	Tedder Murda Beatz Mr Hudson	3:38
8.	"Stardust"	Stephens Milck	Milck Gregg Wattenberg	4:16
9.	"Pieces"	Stephens Dan Wilson Johnnie Newman Justin Raisen Jeremiah Raisen	Justin Raisen Sadpony	3:18
10.	"Good" (featuring Ledisi)	Stephens Harvey Tiara Thomas Frank Romano	Legend Tedder Roth^[a]	4:27
11.	"I Don't Love You Like I Used To"	Stephens Pollack Gian Stone Davin Kingston	Tedder Pollack Stone Kingston^[a]	3:13
12.	"Home"	Stephens David Bowden Dante Bowden Ruffin	Pink Sweats Dante Bowden^[c] Ruffin^[c]	4:31
Total length:				41:53

Notes

^{^[p]} signifies a primary and vocal producer
^{^[c]} signifies a co-producer
^{^[a]} signifies an additional producer
^{^[v]} signifies a vocal producer

Personnel[edit]

Volume 1[edit]

Musicians

John Legend – vocals (all tracks), keyboards (tracks 2, 11), piano (6, 8, 12)

Ayana George – background vocals (1–6, 8, 10, 12)

Natalie Imani – background vocals (1–6, 8–10, 12)

SheNice Johnson – background vocals (1–6, 8, 10, 12)

Ian Hendrickson-Smith – baritone saxophone (1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11)

Scott Mayo – flute, tenor saxophone (1); baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone (8, 9)

Andrew DeRoberts – guitar, keyboards (1, 2, 5, 6, 12); bass guitar, drums (1, 2, 6, 12); additional vocals (1, 2), programming (2), percussion (5), drum programming (6)

Erick Walls – guitar (1, 3, 9), keyboards (1)

Neal Sugarman – tenor saxophone (1, 4, 5, 10, 11)

Lemar Guillary – trombone (1, 8, 9)

Dave Guy – trumpet (1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11); baritone saxophone, flute (1)

Brandyn Phillips – trumpet (1, 8, 9)

Drew Love – additional vocals (1)

Lemar Carter – drums (1)

Rogét Chahayed – keyboards (1)

Ryan Tedder – additional vocals (2, 3, 5, 6, 12), keyboards (2, 6, 12), programming (2, 5), drum programming (3, 6, 12), guitar (3, 12), percussion (3)

Cochemea Gastelum – baritone saxophone (2)

Eren Cannata – guitar (2)

Harv – keyboards, programming (2)

Charlie Puth – additional vocals, keyboards (3)

Ian Kirkpatrick – bass guitar, drum programming, keyboards, percussion, programming (3)

José Ríos – guitar (4)

Hakeem Holloway – bass guitar (4)

Kelsey Gonzalez – bass guitar (4)

AJ Fanning – cello (4)

Adrienne Woods – cello (4)

Caleb Jones – cello (4)

Julie Jung Yoo – cello (4)

Michelle E. Rearick – cello (4)

Ro Rowan – cello (4)

Matt Merisola – drums (4)

Matthew Jones – string arrangement (4)

Drew Forde – viola (4)

Karoline Menezes – viola (4)

Richard Adkins – viola (4)

Rita Andrade – viola (4)

Stefan Smith – viola (4)

Wilfred Farquharson – viola (4)

Chris Woods – violin (4)

Hannah White – violin (4)

Jake Falby – violin (4)

Jennifer Floyd – violin (4)

Kayvon Sesar – violin (4)

Lesa Terry – violin (4)

Maxwell Karmazyn – violin (4)

Nadira Scruggs – violin (4)

Paul Cartwright – violin (4)

Shigeru Logan – violin (4)

Stephanie Matthews – violin (4)

Stephanie Yu – violin (4)

Susan Chatman – violin (4)

T.Nava – Wurlitzer electronic piano (4)

Karyn Porter – background vocals (5, 9)

Bosco Mann – bass guitar (5, 11)

Brian Wolfe – drums (5, 10)

Fernando Velez – percussion (5, 10)

Victor Axelrod – Rhodes (5), Wurlitzer electronic piano (10)

The Monsters & Strangerz – drum programming, keyboards (6, 12)

Zach Skelton – drum programming, keyboards (6, 12); guitar (12)

Michael Pollack – keyboards (6)

Akeel Henry – additional vocals, keyboards, programming (7)

Anthony M. Jones – drums, keyboards, programming (7, 11); bass guitar (7)

Kevin Ekofo – guitar (7)

Andrew Kingslow – piano (7), glockenspiel (8)

Oak – bass guitar, keyboards, programming (8)

Keith "Ten4" Sorrells – drum programming (8)

Alex Nice – keyboards, programming (8)

Jaramye Daniels – additional vocals (9)

Munyungo Jackson – percussion (9)

David Bowden – bass guitar, drums (10)

Dante Bowden – drums, keyboards, programming (10)

Larissa Maestro – cello (11)

Nicole Neely – string arrangement, viola (11)

Shedrick Mitchell – string arrangement (11)

Alicia Enstrom – violin (11)

Kristin Weber – violin (11)

Technical

Dave Kutch – mastering

Serban Ghenea – mixing

Tim McClain – engineering

Rich Rich – engineering (1–3, 5, 6, 12)

David Anthony – engineering (1)

Neal Shaw – engineering (1, 4, 5, 11)

Matt Merisola – engineering (4)

Brian Warfield – engineering (7)

Gregg Rominiecki – engineering (7)

Rafae Fai Bautista – engineering, vocal mixing (7)

Ricky P – engineering (7)

Joe Gallagher – engineering (10)

Joshua Keith – engineering (11)

Johnscott Sanford – engineering, additional mixing (12)

Kevin Peterson – mastering assistance

Bryan Bordone – mixing assistance

Alisse Laymac – engineering assistance (1, 4–9, 11)

Peter Hanaman – engineering assistance (1, 4, 5, 7–9, 11)

Matthew Sullivan – engineering assistance (1, 4, 5, 10)

Volume 2[edit]

Musicians

John Legend – vocals (all tracks), piano (3)

David Bowden – string arrangement (1, 12); additional vocals, bass guitar, drums, guitar (1); keyboards (12)

Dante Bowden – keyboards, programming, string arrangement (1, 12); bass guitar, guitar (1),

Cremaine Booker – cello (1, 12)

Nicole Neely – string arrangement (1, 12)

Josée Weingand – viola (1, 12)

Alicia Enstrom – violin (1, 12)

Chauntee Ross – violin (1, 12)

Paul Nelson – cello (2, 11)

Erick Walls – electric guitar (2, 10)

Michael Pollack – keyboards (2, 11)

John Ryan – programming (2)

Brandon Michael Collins – string arrangement (2)

Monisa Angell – viola (2, 11)

David Angell – violin (2, 11)

David Davidson – violin (2, 11)

Riley McDonough – background vocals (3)

Scott Mayo – baritone saxophone (3), tenor saxophone (3)

Bosco Mann – bass guitar (3)

Hakeem Holloway – bass guitar (3, 9)

AJ Fanning – cello (3, 7, 9)

Adrienne Woods – cello (3, 7, 9)

Caleb Jones – cello (3, 7, 9)

Julie Jung Yoo – cello (3, 7, 9)

Michelle E. Rearick – cello (3, 7, 9)

Ro Rowan – cello (3, 7, 9)

Homer Steinweiss – drums (3, 10)

Connor McDonough – guitar (3), programming (3)

Andrew Kingslow – Hammond B3 (3), piano (3, 10), tambourine (3)

Ryan Daly – keyboards (3), programming (3)

Lemar Guillary – trombone (3)

Brandyn Phillips – trumpet (3)

Drew Forde – viola (3, 7, 9)

Karoline Menezes – viola (3, 7, 9)

Richard Adkins – viola (3, 7, 9)

Rita Andrade – viola (3, 7, 9)

Stefan Smith – viola (3, 7, 9)

Wilfred Farquharson – viola (3, 7, 9)

Chris Woods – violin (3, 7, 9)

Hannah White – violin (3, 7, 9)

Jake Falby – violin (3, 7, 9)

Jennifer Floyd – violin (3, 7, 9)

Kayvon Sesar – violin (3, 7, 9)

Lesa Terry – violin (3, 7, 9)

Maxwell Karmazyn – violin (3, 7, 9)

Nadira Scruggs – violin (3, 7, 9)

Paul Cartwright – violin (3, 7, 9)

Shigeru Logan – violin (3, 7, 9)

Stephanie Matthews – violin (3, 7, 9)

Stephanie Yu – violin (3, 7, 9)

Susan Chatman – violin (3, 7, 9)

Lindgren – additional vocals (4, 5); programming (4); bass guitar, drum programming, guitar, keyboards (5)

Mr. Franks – bass guitar, drum programming, keyboards, percussion (4)

Ryan Tedder – guitar (4)

Melanie Fontana – additional vocals (5)

Natalie Imani – background vocals (5–7, 9)

Karyn Porter – background vocals (5, 9)

Ian Hendrick-Smith – baritone saxophone (5, 6, 10)

Di Genius –bass guitar (5, 6), drum programming (5), guitar (5, 6), keyboards (5, 6), additional vocals (6), drums (6), programming (6)

Neal Sugarman – tenor saxophone (5, 6, 10)

Dave Guy – trumpet (5, 6, 10)

Ayana George – background vocals (6, 7)

SheNice Johnson – background vocals (6, 7)

Murda Beatz – drums (7), synthesizer programming (7)

Munyungo Jackson – percussion (7)

Mr Hudson – piano (7)

Matthew Jones – string arrangement (7, 9)

Gregg Wattenberg – bass guitar, guitar, string arrangement (8)

Dave Eggar – cello, orchestra leader (8)

Sterling Campbell – drums (8)

Mia Wattenberg – piano (8)

Chuck Palmer – string arrangement (8)

Jessica Ryou – violin (8)

Grant Pittman – Hammond B3 (9, 11)

Roy Cotton II – Hammond B3 (9, 11)

Johnnie Newman – piano (9)

Justin Raisen – synthesizer programming (9)

Gian Stone – bass guitar (11)

Harper James – guitar (11)

Technical

Dave Kutch – mastering

Serban Ghenea – mixing

Tim McClain – engineering

Samantha Rosen – engineering (1, 2)

Joshua Keith – engineering (1, 12)

Doug Sarrett – engineering (2, 11)

Patrick Curry – engineering (3, 7, 9)

Rich Rich – engineering (3, 4, 10)

Andrew Keller – engineering (4)

Neal Shaw – engineering (5, 6, 10)

Di Genius – engineering (6)

Cole Lumpkin – engineering (8)

Matt Smile – engineering (8)

Justin Raisen – engineering (9)

Bryce Bordone – mix engineering

Kevin Peterson – mastering assistance

Alisse Laymac – engineering assistance (2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10)

Peter Hanaman – engineering assistance (2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10)

Jeff Gunnel – engineering assistance (2)

Matthew Sllivan – engineering assistance (3, 5, 6, 10)

Ainjel Emme – additional engineering (9)

Anthony Paul Lopez – additional engineering (9)

Charts[edit]

Chart performance for *Legend*
Chart (2022)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[5]	113
French Albums (SNEP)^[6]	185
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[7]	39
USBillboard 200^[8]	59
USTop R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[9]	32

Release history[edit]

Release history for *Legend*
Region	Date	Format(s)	Label	Ref.
Various	September 9, 2022	CD LP digital download streaming	John Legend Republic	^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "John Legend – Legend". Apple Music. Retrieved September 19, 2022.

^ ^a ^b Kellman, Andy. "Legend by John Legend – Album Review". AllMusic. Retrieved September 19, 2022.

^ Shaffer, Claire. "John Legend: Legend". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 19, 2022.

^ Browne, David (September 9, 2022). "Legend". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 19, 2022.

^ "Ultratop.be – John Legend – Legend" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 19, 2022.

^ "Top Albums (Week 37, 2022)". Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved September 20, 2022.

^ "Swisscharts.com – John Legend – Legend". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 19, 2022.

^ "John Legend Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 20, 2022.

^ "John Legend Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 20, 2022.

v t e John Legend
Discography Awards and nominations
Studio albums	Get Lifted Once Again Evolver Wake Up! Love in the Future Darkness and Light A Legendary Christmas Bigger Love Legend
Live albums	Live at SOB's Solo Sessions Vol. 1: Live at the Knitting Factory Live from Philadelphia
Singles	"Used to Love U" "Ordinary People" "Number One" "So High" "Save Room" "Heaven" "P.D.A. (We Just Don't Care)" "Stereo" "Show Me" "Green Light" "If You're Out There" "Everybody Knows" "Wake Up Everybody" "When Christmas Comes" "Tonight (Best You Ever Had)" "All of Me" "You & I (Nobody in the World)" "Glory" "Love Me Now" "Beauty and the Beast" "A Good Night" "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" "Preach" "We Need Love" "Conversations in the Dark" "Minefields" "Hallelujah" "Tacones Rojos"
Featured singles	"Grammy Family" "Finally" "Magnificent" "Whatever U Want" "Move On Up" "Fall in Love" "Getting Nowhere" "Don't Say Goodbye" "Lay Me Down" "Like I'm Gonna Lose You" "One Man Can Change the World" "Summer Nights" "Higher"
Other songs	"It's Alright" "Blame Game" "Listen" "Run Run Run" "History Has Its Eyes on You" "God Did"
Related articles	A Legendary Christmas with John and Chrissy Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

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