Lionel Richie

Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality. He rose to fame in the 1970s as a songwriter and the co-lead singer of the Motown group Commodores; writing and recording the hit singles "Easy", "Sail On", "Three Times a Lady" and "Still", with the group before his departure. In 1980, he wrote and produced the US Billboard Hot 100 number one single "Lady" for Kenny Rogers. In 1981, Richie wrote and produced the single "Endless Love", which he recorded as a duet with Diana Ross; it remains among the top 20 bestselling singles of all time, and the biggest career hit for both artists. In 1982, he officially launched his solo career with the album Lionel Richie, which sold over four million copies and spawned the singles "You Are", "My Love", and the number one single "Truly". Richie's second album, Can't Slow Down (1983), reached number one on the US Billboard 200 chart and sold over 20 million copies worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling albums of all time; and spawned the number one singles "All Night Long (All Night)" and "Hello". He then co-wrote the 1985 charity single "We Are the World" with Michael Jackson, which sold over 20 million copies. His third album, Dancing on the Ceiling (1986), spawned the number one single "Say You, Say Me" (from the 1985 film White Nights) and the No. 2 hit title track. From 1986 to 1996, Richie took a break from recording; he has since then released seven studio albums. He has joined the singing competition American Idol to serve as a judge, starting from its sixteenth season (2018 to present). During his solo career, Richie became one of the most successful balladeers of the 1980s, and has sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling artists of all time. He has won four Grammy Awards, including Song of the Year for "We Are the World", and Album of the Year for Can't Slow Down. "Endless Love" was nominated for an Academy Award; while "Say You, Say Me" won both the Academy Award and the Golden Globe award for Best Original Song. In 2016, Richie received the Songwriters Hall of Fame's highest honor, the Johnny Mercer Award. In 2022, he received the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song by the Library of Congress; as well as the American Music Awards Icon Award. He was also inducted into Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022. Richie was born on June 20, 1949, in Tuskegee, Alabama, the son of Lionel Brockman Richie (1915–1990), a U.S. Army systems analyst, and Alberta R. Foster (1917–2001), a teacher and school principal. His grandmother Adelaide Mary Brown was a pianist who played classical music. On March 4, 2011, he appeared on NBC's Who Do You Think You Are?, which found out that his maternal great-grandfather was the national leader of an early Black American fraternal organization. Notably, J. Louis Brown was: [P]rincipal organizer and Supreme Grand Archon of the Knights of Wise Men, a fraternal organization for black men in the post-Civil War period. Formed in Nashville in 1879, it was a fraternal insurance and burial benefit society, as were so many others during the period. ... Source: Article "Lionel Richie" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For: Acting

Born: Tuskegee ,Alabama , USA, 1949-06-20

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1977	Scott Joplin	The Minstrel Singers	61
2	1978	Thank God It's Friday	Self	52
3	1982	Night of 100 Stars	Self	67
4	1983	Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever	Self	85
5	1985	We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song	Self	85
6	1985	Live Aid	Self	79
7	1996	The Preacher's Wife	Britsloe	58
8	1998	Motown 40: The Music is Forever	Self	0
9	1999	Johnny Hallyday Allume le feu au Stade de France	Self	85
10	1999	Pavarotti & Friends 99 for Guatemala and Kosovo	Self	75
11	2001	An Audience with Des O'Connor		0
12	2001	Party in the Park	Self	0
13	2003	Lionel Richie: Collection		69
14	2005	Live Aid Against All Odds	Self	0
15	2006	Kenny Rogers: The Journey	himself	67
16	2007	Lionel Richie: Live in Paris - His Greatest Hits and More		72
17	2008	Pavarotti The Duets	Self	0
18	2008	Lionel Richie: Symphonica in Rosso		69
19	2009	O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar	Self (archive footage)	0
20	2009	Michael Jackson Memorial	Self	80
21	2011	Lionel Richie at the BBC	Self	60
22	2012	ACM Presents: Lionel Richie and Friends in Concert	Self	76
23	2012	Les Enfants de la Pop 80's	Self (archive footage)	0
24	2016	Lionel Richie Festival de Viña del Mar		0
25	2017	All In For The Gambler: Kenny Rogers Farewell Concert Celebration	Self	83
26	2018	Quincy	Self	74
27	2019	The Black Godfather	Self	69
28	2019	David Foster: Off the Record	Self	70
29	2019	Lionel Richie at Glastonbury	Self	0
30	2019	Concerto di Natale in Vaticano 2019	Self	0
31	2020	The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II	Self	69
32	2021	Kenny Rogers All in for the Gambler		80
33	2021	Kenny Rogers: All in for the Gambler	Self	73
34	2021	2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony	Self	70
35	2022	Studio 666	Lionel Richie	59
36	2022	Lionel Richie: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song	Self	50
37	2022	Shania Twain: Not Just a Girl	Self	69
38	2022	2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony	Self - Inductee	82
39	2023	Soul of a Nation Presents: Black in Vegas	Self	20
40	2023	The Coronation Concert	Self	60
41	2023	Flora and Son	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	69
42	2023	Dolly Parton - From Rhinestones to Rock & Roll	Self	0
43	2024	The Greatest Night in Pop	Self	79
44		Jackie Chan: Down to Earth	Self	0
45		Lionel Richie: The Outrageous Tour Live	Himself	0
46		High in the Clouds	Gladstone (voice)	0
47	2025	60th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards	Self - Presenter	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1952	Today	Self	58
2	1959	The Grammys	Self	87
3	1963	Viña del Mar International Song Festival	Self - Musical Guest	47
4	1964	Top of the Pops		66
5	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Musical Guest	70
6	1977	Auf los geht's los	Self	0
7	1978	An Audience with...	Self	53
8	1978	20/20		61
9	1980	America's Top 10	himself	0
10	1981	Wetten, dass..?	Self	53
11	1981	Entertainment Tonight	Self	43
12	1982	Champs-Elysées	Self	63
13	1984	Goldene Kamera Verleihung	Self	35
14	1985	Victoires de la musique	Self	20
15	1987	Sacrée soirée	Self	65
16	1987	Le monde est à vous	Self	0
17	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self - Guest	56
18	1988	This Morning	Self	52
19	1989	The Simpsons	Lionel Richie (voice)	80
20	1992	ECHO-Verleihung	Self	0
21	1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	Self	54
22	1993	Raw		68
23	1993	World Music Awards	Self	0
24	1995	Lo + plus	Self	0
25	1995	José Carreras Gala	Self	0
26	1996	The Rosie O'Donnell Show	Self	35
27	1996	E! True Hollywood Story		81
28	1997	The View	Self	45
29	1997	The View	Self - Guest	45
30	1997	Behind the Music	Self	72
31	1998	Parkinson	Self	0
32	1998	Vivement dimanche prochain	Self	34
33	1998	Vivement dimanche	Self	30
34	1998	Felicity	Self	66
35	1998	Ciao Darwin	Ospite Musicale	77
36	1999	TV total	Self	62
37	1999	Where Are They Now?	Self	75
38	2001	Star Academy	Self	64
39	2002	CMT Crossroads	Self	83
40	2002	American Idol	Self - Guest Judge	51
41	2002	Top Gear	Self	75
42	2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self	55
43	2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Self	57
44	2003	The Simple Life		46
45	2004	Best Week Ever		56
46	2004	Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel	Self	40
47	2004	The X Factor	Self - Special Guest	50
48	2006	The One Show	Self	45
49	2009	Backstory	Self	0
50	2009	Totally Saturday		0
51	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	51
52	2010	Who Do You Think You Are?	Self	66
53	2016	American Housewife	Lionel Richie	77
54	2018	American Idol	Self - Judge	68
55	2018	The Rookie	Lionel Richie	85
56	2020	Disney Insider	Self	70
57	2020	Nikki Fre$h	Self	70
58	2020	The Drew Barrymore Show	Self	59
59	2023	Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields	Self	73

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