John Legend Net Worth 2022: How Much He Makes From ‘The Voice’?
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Aside from being an EGOT winner and a savvy businessman, John Legend has a skyrocketing net worth in 2022. In addition to his reputation as a musician, John Legend and his wife Chrissy Teigen have landed deals with Pampers, Headspace, Vrbo, Bai, and more. Singer, songwriter, pianist, and record producer John Roger Stephens (born December 28, 1978) is known professionally as John Legend. From the age of four, he began playing the piano and was surrounded by music: his father was a drummer, his mother directed the church choir, and his grandmother played the organ.
Legend was not only musically gifted but also whip-smart and skipped two grades despite being homeschooled. After completing North High School in Springfield, Ohio at the age of 12, he attended the Ivy League University of Pennsylvania as salutatorian of his class. During his time at UPenn, he served as president of the Counterparts, a co-ed a capella group. His career took off after he met Lauryn Hill in college. While working behind the scenes, he played on Lauryn Hill’s “Everything Is Everything” and Alicia Keys’s “You Don’t Know My Name” as an uncredited guest musician. He signed with Kanye West’s GOOD Music and released Get Lifted (2004), which reached number ten on the Billboard 200 and achieved double platinum certification.
John Legend Net Worth Explored
The Voice star John Legend’s net worth is estimated at $100 million in 2022, thanks to his work in music and film. Although their net worths are tied, Legend is significantly wealthier than Chrissy Teigen. According to estimates, she makes between $7 million and $12 million per year from endorsements and projects, but Legend earns $1 million more just from The Voice. For an undisclosed sum, John Legend sold his music catalog to BMG and KKR, including the recording royalties for his material produced from 2004 through 2021. Despite Legend’s undisclosed sum, Bruce Springsteen’s catalog sold for $550 million, while Bob Dylan and Taylor Swift each sold for $300 million. Despite having fewer mainstream hits than Dylan and Swift, he sold at least seven albums worth of material, so he probably made less than them.
It is unknown how much John Legend’s income came from “All of Me,” but the song’s sales figures are as follows: For a total of nearly 39 million sales, the song has sold 5,878,000 in the United States, 3.6 million in the United Kingdom, 10.8 million in Denmark, 16.1 million in Spain—plus nearly 3 million in sales and streams from other countries. Even if he made a penny from every sale, he would make at least $390,000. The COVID-19 vaccine was promoted by Walgreens in April 2021 in partnership with Legend. While it’s not clear how much he made from the endorsement, which involved him getting vaccinated on camera, I hope it saved some lives! According to estimates, Legend earns between $13 million and $14 million per season on The Voice. Based on his $13 million salary per season, Legend has so far earned at least $78 million from The Voice alone. At 22 episodes per season, Legend makes at least $565,217.39 per episode if he makes $13 million per season on The Voice. That’s a pretty lucrative gig!
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