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EGOT-winning, critically acclaimed, multiplatinumāÆsinger-songwriter John Legend has garnered 11 Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, and an Emmy Award, among others. Legend is the first African-American man to earn an EGOT and one of only fifteen people in the prestigious EGOT club. 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 Bigger Love (2020). Currently, Legendās āAll of Meā ties with Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieberās āDespacitoā as the highest certified track in Recording Industry Association of Americaās history. Legend starred as Jesus in NBCās āJesus Christ Superstar Live in Concertā in April 2018. That year, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie and won an Emmy as a producer in the category of Outstanding Variety Special (Live) for the show.