We Heard John Legend Singing in the Shower After His 2019 Sexiest Man Alive Cover Shoot Melody Chiu, Janine RubensteinNovember 1, 2025 at 12:21 AM 0 Doug Inglish (2) John Legend and Chrissy Teigen with Miles and Luna; John Legend in 2019 Editors tell all! In honor of the 40th anniversary of Sexiest Man Alive, PEOPLE editors share the untold stories behind some of the splashiest cover stars. Here, Executive Editorial Director Melody Chiu and Editor at Large Janine Rubenstein look back at John Legend's legendary cover. Chaotically smooth.
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Melody Chiu, Janine RubensteinNovember 1, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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John Legend and Chrissy Teigen with Miles and Luna; John Legend in 2019
Editors tell all! In honor of the 40th anniversary of Sexiest Man Alive, PEOPLE editors share the untold stories behind some of the splashiest cover stars. Here, Executive Editorial Director Melody Chiu and Editor at Large Janine Rubenstein look back at John Legend's legendary cover.
Chaotically smooth. If we had to distill our day at home with John Legend back in 2019 for his Sexiest Man Alive cover down to just one phrase, that might be it.
When we rolled up to his Los Angeles-area home bright and early, a crew was already busy breaking down a dance floor covering the pool in the backyard, where John and his wife Chrissy Teigen had hosted one of their epic Halloween parties the night before. (We needed the pool uncovered for some sexy setups — and John was totally game to jump in!)
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Executive Editorial Director Melody Chiu and Editor at Large/Host Janine Rubenstein with John Legend in 2019
We'd probably still be recovering hard after dancing late into the night — but John was ready to go, ushering every single person into his home with the same level of enthusiasm.
And that is pretty much what makes John — wait for it — legendary (and still so worthy of being an SMA): He's only one of 21 people in the world who has achieved competitive EGOT-status, but on set he was so truly casual about it that it made us want to remind him over and over again that he's won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar — and a Tony.
So we did. In fact, we custom-made him the most over-the-top, bedazzled "EGOTSMA" necklace, slightly petrified of what his reaction would be.
We needn't have worried. He laughed his booming laugh, then kept it on the rest of the day – and wore it on The Voice the week of his big SMA cover reveal.
John Legend's two Sexiest Man Alive covers in 2019
And while it's now cooler than ever to shout about your partner from the rooftops (see: Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift), John and Chrissy were the OG put-your-love-on-display pair.
At the shoot, the couple — who were then parents to daughter Luna and son Miles (they've since welcomed two more kids, Esti and Wren, to the family) — were totally in sync as John went from setup to setup, sneaking in hugs and kisses in between glam and styling. At one point they could even be overheard planning that night's dinner in the kitchen.
One of the sweetest moments of the day came when the whole family slipped into pajamas and "posed" for shots in John and Chrissy's bedroom (Miles and Luna definitely take after mom and dad and were total naturals in front of the camera). Despite all of the meticulous planning and styling that goes into these shoots, the whole adorable scene couldn't have been more organic, kid giggles included.
Afterwards Chrissy — who let her husband shine on his big day — whisked the little ones off to their next activity, and the house quieted down for the first time as John headed upstairs to shower and prep for an event.
Suddenly, as our happily exhausted PEOPLE crew was packing up, John's buttery baritone echoed down the stairs from the bathroom above — and stopped us all in our tracks.
Talk about a core memory.
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