JOHN LEGEND DEFIES THE SOPHOMORE JINX

R&B singer John Legend has defied the odds with his new album, Once Again. The album has been certified platinum for sales of one million copies at continues to perform well on the chart. Legend earned a Grammy Award for best R&B vocal performance male for “Heaven,” which was included on the latest set.

The singer recently discussed how he used talk of the sophomore jinx as motivation. He said,

“This album, first of all I had to do it in a lot shorter time period. So I did this in about four months, five months, and you know everybody was talking about the sophomore jinx, I think I addressed it standing on this stage last year. But I wasn’t worried about it you know. I was more excited because I had just come off the Grammys. I went back to the studio and I was excited. I felt like I had an opportunity to get my music exposed to more people because of the success that we had.”

Next month Legend will be heading out on the road with Corinne Rae Bailey for a North American tour.