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- 16 Oct 18
Newly anointed EGOT winner and critically acclaimed, multi-platinum singer-songwriter John Legend has announced his first Christmas album entitled A Legendary Christmas.
This winter, get ready for A Legendary Christmas! I have a brand new Christmas album coming out accompanied by #ALegendaryChristmas Tour! Sign up for pre-sale TODAY only and pre-sale begins tomorrow at 10AM local time. Full dates & sign up for pre-sale on https://t.co/MZfQeI5fx4 pic.twitter.com/WUtaF9eoyd
— John Legend (@johnlegend) October 1, 2018
The new John Legend album is executive produced by Raphael Saadiq and will be released by Columbia Records on October 26.
To accompany the album, John Legend will embark on the 25-date 'A Legendary Christmas Tour, which kicks off November 15 in Clearwater, FL and will hit cities like Atlanta, New York, Los Angeles and more before wrapping December 30 in San Diego.
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Here's the official audio track for one of the songs from the album, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas:
Here's the track list for A Legendary Christmas album:
A LEGENDARY CHRISTMAS Track List
1. What Christmas Means to Me (feat. Stevie Wonder on harmonica)
2. Silver Bells
3. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (feat. Esperanza Spalding)
4. No Place Like Home
5. Bring Me Love
6. Merry Christmas Baby / Give Love on Christmas Day
7. Christmas Time Is Here
8. Waiting for Christmas
9. Purple Snowflakes
10. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
11. Please Come Home for Christmas
12. Wrap Me Up in Your Love
13. By Christmas Eve
14. Merry Merry Christmas
EGOT-winning, critically acclaimed, multi-platinum singer-songwriter John Legend has garnered ten Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, a Tony Award, and an Emmy Award among others. John is the first African-American man to earn an EGOT and one of only 15 people in the prestigious EGOT club.
In 2016, John Legend released his fifth studio album Darkness and Light to rave reviews and toured to sold-out audiences across the globe.
Beyond his music career, John Legend is a principle partner in Get Lifted Film Co., a film and television production company based in Los Angeles. Get Lifted Film Co. served as Executive Producers on NBC’s live production of “Jesus Christ Superstar Live!,” the HBO documentary "Southern Rites," 2018 Tribeca Audience Award Winner Documentary “United Skates,” WGN America's series "Underground," and films such as "Southside With You" and "La La Land."
In 2015, John Legend initiated the #FREEAMERICA campaign in an effort to change the national conversation surrounding our country's misguided criminal justice policies and to end mass incarceration.
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In April 2018, John Legend released a new track, "A Good Night" featuring Blood Pop, and starred as Christ in NBC's “Jesus Christ Superstar Live!”
John Legend was nominated for an Emmy Award this year 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 “Jesus Christ Superstar Live!”