John Legend has won 12 Grammy Awards, but he has just received his first nomination in the Children’s category.
According to Billboard, the famous singer is one of the nominees for the 2025 Grammys in the category of best children’s album with My Favorite Dream.
“My Favorite Dream holds a very special place in my heart. This is my first children’s album, inspired by the heart of our family. Working with the incredibly talented Sufjan Stevens has made this dream come true in ways I never could have imagined,” John Legend shared on Instagram. He also thanked the Grammy Awards organizers for recognizing his hard work and welcoming the newcomer to the children’s music world. “These nominations are not just for me and my family – they are for everyone who believes in the magic of music, family, togetherness and love,” the singer said.
John Legend’s children’s album cover – My Favorite Dream (Photo: Columbia Records)
Previously, in an interview with Vogue, John Legend said that My Favorite Dream is an album focused on lullabies and children’s music. For the singer, this project represents an opportunity for him to put his own unique stamp on a genre that is not really getting much attention today. He also emphasized that the children’s album is set with the same standard of musical excellence and sound quality that he has always applied to any of his other albums.
The idea for John Legend’s children’s album came when he shared a short video on Instagram of him playing a song on the piano with his child’s toy. The video excited fans and they wanted John Legend to make more children’s songs.
Four young children are the inspiration for John Legend when making a children’s music album (Photo: Instagram)
“I didn’t want to just sing existing songs but create something new, because I’m a musician and I love writing songs. So I took it as a challenge to write new lullabies. I sat at the piano and started making a list of topics I wanted to talk about, all the things I say to my children, messages to inspire them, comfort them, encourage them, remind them… Those were the starting ideas for the songs” – John Legend said.
More than a musical product, My Favorite Dream is a special memory for John Legend with his family members. His wife and two children contributed their voices to the songs. The album cover is a picture of the singer himself when he was a child taken by a relative.
Also nominated for the 2025 Grammy in the Children’s Music category with John Legend are Divinity Roxx, Lucky Diaz, Lucy Kalantari and Rock for Children.
John Legend is known as one of the few artists who own all four of the most prestigious awards in the United States, abbreviated as EGOT, including: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. The male artist once brought the hit song All of Me to Vietnam to perform at the award ceremony in 2022.
