“A Legendary Christmas” has got a Grammy nomination for being the best traditional pop vocal album. John Legend’s Christmas album is unlike others who record for the sake of the contract.
John Roger Stephens, an American singer, who is now known as John Legend is a 10 time Grammy winner. In 2014, he has sung “All Of Me” during his Grammy performance, which has helped his song to reach new heights. It has become one of the biggest hits of the year.
Another single, “Conversations in the Dark” had been uplifted in the charts after his performance on NBC’s “This Is Us”. Legend was not sure of how big his song was until he sang it for “This Is Us”
He claims “ A Legendary Christmas” as a unique project which has not been treated as a part-time project. He has completed it with immense dedication. Thus, it has got nominated for a Grammy. “ A Legendary Christmas” has competed with the recordings of Andrea Bocelli, Barbra Streisand, Michael Bublé. It has come out as a surprise for him. He says, “with Christmas albums, sometimes they are treated more like novelty albums or not kind of considered in the main body of people’s careers and their works… He has put a lot of love into this Christmas album”. He does not stop here but further, has thanked his whole team of “best musicians of the world”.
Raphael Saadiq, who himself is a Grammy winning singer and songwriter has produced the album. The album portrays the guest appearances of Stevie Wonder and Esperanza Emily Spalding.
He shows his pleasure by saying, “I’m very happy with the kind of recognition it got”, and adds, “We just had so much fun while making it”.
Alongside “A Legendary Christmas”, he collaborates with Huasle and Kales to produce a song “Higher”, that is also nominated for best rap performance.
Time will tell if “A Legendary Christmas” brings the 11th Grammy for John Legend.
