John Legend to receive Recording Academy's 1st Global Impact Award

[Teletubby 145,093]

The Recording Academy® announced  12-time GRAMMY®-winning artist John Legend will be honored during Recording Academy Honors Presented By The Black Music Collective taking place in-person during GRAMMY Week.

Legend will be receiving the first-ever Recording Academy Global Impact Award for his personal and professional achievements in the music industry. 

"It is our distinct honor to celebrate John Legend as the inaugural recipient of the Recording Academy Honors' Global Impact Award," said Valeisha Butterfield Jones, Co-President of the Recording Academy. "John is one of the most important artists of our time, someone who leads by example and pushes important boundaries consistently across music, philanthropy and activism. His contributions and impact to music and our culture are unparalleled."
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[Dojo 19,365]

we demand his wife to not be present in the premises, thanks. 

[Suspiria 10,683]

Has he done anything special? I don't mean that as a drag, I just don't know much about him other than some of his music, which is pretty generic.

[tappy3 699]

global? 

[NichuuB 43,788]

11 minutes ago, Suspiria said:

Has he done anything special? I don't mean that as a drag, I just don't know much about him other than some of his music, which is pretty generic.

he played piano ballads in his last album, so groundbreaking

[Joaco95 1,631]

>global

>impact

edit: nvm just saw it was part of the black  music collective, but my points still remains (kinda)

[dopega 3,727]

I got nothing against him but out of all the artist with global impact he's the first one to get this award?? 

[Anderson123 37,761]

With ABBA right in front of you nominated for Record of the Year. 

 

Edit: Nvm just read the whole thing. 

[GAGASEXUAL 3,714]

The Weeknd deserved this.

[vixdean 1,061]

Global? Impact? 

Maybe these words mean something different to the Academy than what they mean to the rest of the world.

[monstrosity 3,939]

12 minutes ago, Anderson123 said:

With ABBA right in front of you nominated for Record of the Year. 

The award is from the black music collective 

[Anderson123 37,761]

1 minute ago, Monstruous said:

The award is from the black music collective 

Ohhh. 

[skaxboy 5,236]

He’s had impact with a handful of songs, I’ll give him that much. Maybe this will help boost his Las Vegas residency ticket sales. Only the first two days seem to be 85% sold. The rest of the dates are about half sold and it starts in 3 weeks. 

[Joaco95 1,631]

4 minutes ago, Monstruous said:

The award is from the black music collective 

but even there, I don't see much of his impact on black music.

I won't deny his work as philanthropist tho

[PartySick 155,331]

BOOOOO

Full disclosure, I dislike him 'cause he sh*t talked MJ  Idk anything about him other than that