That was the longest wait for an artist's first number-one song from their first chart appearance since Snoop Dogg waited 10 years and 10 months for his. This was Legend's first Hot 100 number one single, almost 10 years since his first appearance on the chart. Commercial performanceĪfter being stationary at number two for six weeks, 'All of Me' finally reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 on the chart dated May 17, 2014. A country-influenced duet version of 'All of Me' with Jennifer Nettles, featuring Hunter Hayes on guitar, was released in June 2014. ĭutch electronic producer Tiësto released a remix of the song in January 2014. 'All of Me' impacted American mainstream urban radio as the third single from Love in the Future on August 12, 2013. On August 6, 2013, the full song was released to iTunes along with the pre-order for Love in the Future. In June 2013, Legend premiered 'All of Me' during a performance on Oprah Winfrey's Oprah's Next Chapter. Musically, according to the sheet music published at by Gad Songs and John Legend Publishing, 'All of Me' is written in the key of A ♭ major with a slow tempo of 126 beats per minute. It is a simple, modest proposal set against delicate keys. The song was produced by Dave Tozer and Legend himself. They were then married on September 14, 2013. The couple met in 2007 on the set of his video for ' Stereo'. 'All of Me' is a tender piano ballad, which was inspired by his then-fiancée, now wife, model Chrissy Teigen. A live version of the song was nominated for Best Pop Solo Performance, losing to Williams' 'Happy'. Ī remix of the song (Tiësto's Birthday Treatment remix), featuring EDM artist Tiësto, was released in January 2014 and won the 2015 Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical, while another remix was done in March of that year by trance artist Dash Berlin. 'All of Me' was the third best-selling song of 2014 with 12.3 million equivalent-units worldwide (sales plus streaming), according to the IFPI. It became the second best-selling song of 2014 in the United States with 4.67 million copies sold for the year, as well as the third best-selling song in the United Kingdom. The song peaked at number two in the United Kingdom, South Africa and New Zealand and topped the charts in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and the Netherlands. It knocked off ' Happy' by Pharrell Williams, which had spent 10 weeks at number one. On the week ending May 26, 2014, it peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his first number-one single in the United States. 'All of Me' first aired on American mainstream urban radio as the album's third single on August 12, 2013. It is dedicated to Legend's wife Chrissy Teigen. ' All of Me' is a hit song by American singer John Legend from his fourth studio album Love in the Future (2013).

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