Lionel Brockman Richie was born on June 20, 1949 in Tuskegee, Alabama. He grew up in the Tuskegee Institute campus where his parents and grandparents had been working.
During his study at the local college, Lionel joined The Commodores, a band that gained a momentum in the late seventies. As a member of this formation, he played saxophone, performed backing vocals and co-wrote some songs. Although, The Commodores had developed friendly relations inside the group, Richie had to quit.
This happened after he succeeded significantly as a producer and author of several big hits by the outside performers, which made him the most interesting person for the press compared to the rest of The Commodores.Since that moment, Lionel has been working as a sole artist. He decided to stay with the Motown label, a long time partner of The Commodores.
He released his first album, Lionel Richie, in 1982 to make a huge step forward. The record ranked third in the pop charts and sold a million copies. It had three songs, including one of the artist’s most famous tracks Truly, in Top 5. The follow-up Can't Slow Down made him an even bigger star.
It featured as many as five tracks to enter Top 10. Two of them, All Night Long (All Night), and Hello, became number one hits. Eventually, this studio work was distributed to an amount of nine million CDs and received Grammy’84 as Best Album of the Year. Richie’s reputation earned him an invitation to perform at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1984.In 1985, Lionel Richie joined Michael Jackson to participate in the grand charity project USA for Africa.
Their single We Are the World raised millions of dollars to battle famine in the African countries. In a short while, Richie came back to the tops of the charts with the ballad Say You, Say Me, recorded for White Nights, yet not featured on the official soundtrack.
1986 saw the artist release one more studio work, Dancing on the Ceiling. Although it did not match the results of the previous albums, the new record also had considerable sales. However, Lionel’s uncontrolled deviation towards slow tempo songs hindered his growth as a musician.
In 1987, he unexpectedly decided to take a break. First, he was exhausted after the decade of laborious and high-quality studio activity.
Secondly, the moment of glory was the best time to quit. Richie broke the silence only in 1992 as he came up with the compilation Back to Front including both his own hits and some songs of the Commodores.By the time of his next album issuance in 1996, Richie had gone through his father’s death and his marriage collapse. His new studio effort, Louder Than Words, was an attempt to adjust his style to the contemporary music tendencies. With a lot of borrowings from R&B, this long player hit Top 30 and became golden, yet having not a single big hit. The singer’s subsequent album, Time (1998), followed the stylistics of his early works, but was a charts outsider and turned into a commercial flop.
Lionel delivered one more album, Renaissance, in 2000 to find good reviews in Europe. In 2004, having endured the divorce with his second wife, Richie released Just for You. The process of making Coming Home (2006) involved a number of celebrated performers from different genres of music.
This album appeared Richie’s most successful release in the last ten years. The new record Just Go was released in 2009.
After leaving the Commodores, Lionel Richie became one of the most successful male solo artists of the '80s, arguably eclipsed during his 1981-1987 heyday only by Michael Jackson and Prince. Richie dominated the pop charts during that period with an incredible run of 13 consecutive Top Ten hits, five of them number ones. As his popularity skyrocketed, Richie moved further away from his R&B origins and concentrated more on adult contemporary balladry, which had been one of his strengths even as part of the Commodores. After 1987, Richie fell silent, taking an extended break from recording and touring before beginning a comeback toward the end of the '90s. He settled into a relaxed recording and touring schedule.
Through the early 2010s, his albums switched between sophisticated R&B, surprisingly pop-oriented material, and even contemporary country.Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. Was born on June 20, 1949, in Tuskegee, Alabama, and grew up on the campus of the Tuskegee Institute, where most of his family had worked for two generations prior. While attending college there, Richie joined the Commodores, who went on to become the most successful act on the Motown label during the latter half of the '70s. Richie served as a saxophonist, sometime vocalist, and songwriter, penning ballads like 'Easy,' 'Three Times a Lady,' and 'Still' (the latter two became the group's only number one pop hits). Although the Commodores maintained a democratic band structure through most of their chart run, things began to change when the '70s became the '80s. In 1980, Richie wrote and produced country-pop singer Kenny Rogers' across-the-board number one smash 'Lady,' and the following year, Richie's duet with Diana Ross, 'Endless Love' (recorded for the Brooke Shields film of the same title), became the most successful single in Motown history, topping the charts for a stunning nine weeks. With the media's attention now focused exclusively on Richie, tensions within the Commodores began to mount, and before the end of 1981, Richie decided to embark on a solo career.Richie immediately set about recording his solo debut for Motown.
Titled simply Lionel Richie, the album was released in late 1982 and was an immediate smash, reaching number three on the pop charts on its way to sales of over four million copies. It spun off three Top Five pop hits, including the first single, 'Truly,' which became Richie's first solo number one.
If Lionel Richie made its creator a star, the follow-up, Can't Slow Down, made him a superstar. Boasting five Top Ten singles, including the number ones 'All Night Long (All Night)' and 'Hello,' Can't Slow Down hit number one, eventually sold over ten million copies, and won the 1984 Grammy for Album of the Year. Such was Richie's stature that he was invited to perform at the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, a spectacular stage event that was broadcast worldwide.In 1985, Richie put his superstar status to work for a greater good, joining Michael Jackson in co-writing the USA for Africa charity single 'We Are the World'; the all-star recording helped raise millions of dollars for famine relief. By the end of the year, he was on top of the charts again with 'Say You, Say Me,' a ballad recorded for the film White Nights but not included on the soundtrack album. The song was slated to be the title track on Richie's upcoming album, but delays in the recording process prevented the record from being released until August 1986, by which time the title was changed to Dancing on the Ceiling (in order to promote Richie's next single release). Three more Top Tens followed 'Say You, Say Me,' as did 'Se La,' which became the first of Richie's solo singles not to reach the pop Top Ten. Overall, Dancing on the Ceiling didn't match the success of Can't Slow Down, but it still sold an impressive four million copies, although Richie's reputation for sentimental ballads was beginning to incur a backlash in some quarters.Richie's nine-year streak of writing at least one number one single (a feat matched only by Irving Berlin) came to an end in 1987.
As a matter of fact, Richie all but disappeared from the music business, exhausted after two decades of recording and performing, and also occupied with taking care of his ailing father. Richie's silence was broken in 1992, when Motown released a compilation titled Back to Front; in addition to some of his solo hits and a few Commodores tracks, Back to Front also featured three new songs, including the number one R&B hit 'Do It to Me.' Richie wasn't bitten by the recording bug again until 1996, by which time he'd endured his share of personal loss: his father had passed away, and his marriage to wife Brenda - the muse behind some of his most successful ballads - had fallen apart. In approaching his comeback, Richie attempted to update his sound to reflect a decade's worth of developments in R&B. The result, Louder Than Words, was a moderate success, reaching the Top 30 and going gold. However, it didn't produce any major hit singles, and Richie's nods to contemporary production trends were criticized as awkward.
Released in 1998, Time found Richie in a more familiar element, relying on his signature sound with only slight musical updates. However, the album flopped, spending only a few weeks in the lower reaches of the charts.Richie's next album, Renaissance, was released to a favorable reception in Europe in late 2000; it was issued in the U.S. In early 2001. It fared best in the U.K., where it went platinum.
Three years later, on the heels of enduring a very public and bitter divorce with his second wife, Richie released Just for You, another album that was most successful in the U.K. The 2006 album Coming Home - released the same year his popularity in certain Arab states was covered by mainstream media outlets - found him working with an all-star cast of collaborators including Jermaine Dupri, Raphael Saadiq, Sean Garrett, and Dallas Austin. In the U.S., it reached the Top 10 of the pop and R&B charts.
The wholly modern Just Go, released in 2009, featured assistance from Stargate, Terius 'The-Dream' Nash, Christopher 'Tricky' Stewart, and Akon. His next release was much different: 2012's Tuskegee featured fully countrified updates of hits from his past, including 'Easy' (with Willie Nelson), 'Hello' (with Jennifer Nettles), and 'Dancing on the Ceiling' (with Rascal Flatts). The album reached the top of the U.S. Pop and country charts.The following year, Richie embarked on his first North American tour in a decade.
The All the Hits, All Night Long show took in some 18 different cities, before being extended over the next two years, with dates taking in cities across the world including a performance at the 2015 Glastonbury Festival. In 2016, Richie took the show to Vegas and performed a residency at the Planet Hollywood Zappos Theater. Over the next few years, Richie acted as a judge for the revived talent show American Idol, as well as playing more dates in Vegas.
A recording of his show, Hello: Live from Las Vegas, was released in 2019, while Richie once again embarked on a mammoth 33-date tour of North America. Steve Huey. It's hard to believe, but prior to the 2003 release of The Definitive Collection, there wasn't a proper hits collection in Lionel Richie's catalog.
A decade earlier, Motown dipped their toe in the water with the jumbled Back to Front, which tried desperately to camouflage its nature as a comp with three new songs, which, at 14 tracks, hurt the hit quotient dramatically. This, however, gets it almost all right.
Spanning 20 tracks (only two of which are new, tacked onto the end; while not especially memorable, neither is bad), this collection has nearly all the big hits from his solo recordings (the Top Ten 'Love Will Conquer All' is notably absent, but that's the only chart-topper not here), along with five Commodores ballads that showcase Richie the balladeer at a peak: 'Just to Be Close to You,' 'Easy,' 'Three Times a Lady,' 'Still,' 'Sail On.' Since these were the first tracks to showcase Lionel Richie as a talent separate from the Commodores, their presence is welcome on a collection of his solo hits, and they indeed make this a fuller experience, since this now has all of Richie's soft rock hits in one place. Taken together, it's a formidable body of work, making a clear case for him as one of the preeminent soft rock craftsmen of the early '80s. True, the collection might have benefited slightly from a chronological track listing, but by jumping between albums, and between Commodores and solo material, the consistency of his records becomes evident. Few of his peers created singles as memorable as 'Easy,' the infectious 'All Night Long (All Night),' 'Truly,' the sweetly melancholic 'Hello,' the insistent, gently ominous 'Running with the Night,' 'Just to Be Close to You,' and the ebullient 'You Are,' as delightful as 45s came in the early days of the Reagan Administration. Not everything here quite reaches those standards - admittedly, those are the hits upon which his reputation lay, plus they're the best that soft pop got in the '80s - but the rest is all well-crafted and easily enjoyable, proving that Lionel Richie is a singular adult contemporary talent.
He may be sappy, but he's got skills. Stephen Thomas Erlewine.
On Can't Slow Down, his second solo album, Lionel Richie ran with the sound and success of his eponymous debut, creating an album that was designed to be bigger and better. It's entirely possible that he took a cue from Michael Jackson's Thriller, which set out to win over listeners of every corner of the mainstream pop audience, because Richie does a similar thing with Can't Slow Down - he plays to the MOR adult contemporary audience, to be sure, but he ups the ante on his dance numbers, creating grooves that are funkier, and he even adds a bit of rock with the sleek nocturnal menace of 'Running With the Night,' one of the best songs here. He doesn't swing for the fences like Michael did in 1982; he makes safe bets, which is more in his character. But safe bets do pay off, and with Can't Slow Down Richie reaped enormous dividends, earning not just his biggest hit, but his best album. He has less compunction about appearing as a pop singer this time around, which gives the preponderance of smooth ballads - particularly 'Penny Lover,' 'Hello,' and the country-ish 'Stuck on You' - conviction, and the dance songs roll smooth and easy, never pushing the beats too hard and relying more on Richie's melodic hooks than the grooves, which is what helped make 'All Night Long (All Night)' a massive hit. Indeed, five of these songs (all the aforementioned tunes) were huge hits, and since the record ran only eight songs, that's an astonishing ration. The short running time does suggest the record's main weakness, one that it shares with many early-'80s LPs - the songs themselves run on a bit too long, padding out the running length of the entire album.
This is only a problem on album tracks like 'Love Will Find a Way,' which are pleasant but a little tedious at their length, but since there are only three songs that aren't hits, it's a minor problem. All the hits showcase Lionel Richie at his best, as does Can't Slow Down as a whole. Stephen Thomas Erlewine. Lionel Richie wasn't necessarily emboldened by the success of Can't Slow Down - after all, he had experienced huge success since the Commodores - but there is nevertheless a sense of swagger on its 1986 successor, Dancing on the Ceiling. This isn't entirely a good thing, since it means he indulges in silliness (the title track) and sappiness ('Ballerina Girl') in equal measure, seemingly without quite realizing how ridiculous either extreme is.
Maybe that's because he still has a strong sense of popcraft, something that makes 'Dancing in the Ceiling' stick in the head even if its lyrics are awful, something that makes 'Ballerina Girl' work for a slow dance even if it is awfully sugary. This dichotomy is evident throughout the record, as Richie pulls out good music even if he indulges all of his worst impulses a little bit too much. He adds a bit more dance to this album, and while the grooves are funkier than anything since the Commodores, they run on too long - at eight minutes, 'Don't Stop' takes its title command far too seriously. This same tendency is apparent on the ballads and slower songs, which all stay around a little longer than they should, something that gives the impression that this record is a little less focused or consistent than the two blockbusters that preceded it. While it is true that there is nothing here nearly as good as the hits on Lionel Richie and Can't Slow Down, it also is true that on a track-by-track level, it's more consistent, never having resorting to the formless filler that peppered those two otherwise excellent records. This is a good thing, but it would have been better if the record had boasted one or two undeniable singles, or, if it didn't, would at least have been a little tighter. That said, Dancing on the Ceiling is a solid, enjoyable affair - a comedown after the peaks of Lionel Richie and Can't Slow Down, and one that suggests that Richie needed the extended break he took after its release, but a good record all the same.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine. On his own and as part of the Commodores, by 1992 Lionel Richie amassed more than enough singles for a greatest-hits collection.
Unfortunately, this is one of those compilations that, good intentions aside, falls so flat there's not much point in buying it. By trying to cover his solo material, while touching base with his Commodores fans, and adding some new cuts, no part of his career is well represented. For the record, Back to Front lacks 'Oh No,' 'Lady You Bring Me Up,' 'Ballerina Girl,' 'You Are,' 'My Love,' 'Stuck on You,' 'Love Will Conquer All,' 'Se La,' and 'Dancing on the Ceiling,' all Top 40 hits. If Motown had concentrated solely on solo Richie, with another collection of Commodores hits, this could have been a solid, career-topping CD. As it is, it's strong, but hearing such gems as 'Still,' 'Truly,' 'Say You, Say Me,' and 'Running With the Night' makes you long to hear the cuts that aren't here.
Of the three new songs, 'Do It to Me' and 'My Destiny' are classic, smooth Richie, but 'Love, Oh Love' is very schmaltzy. If you're a casual Lionel Richie fan, this might suffice, but for anyone who truly enjoys pop music, this collection is not worth your money.
Bryan Buss. After the greatest-hits collection Back to Front disappeared without a trace in 1992, Lionel Richie spent four years making Louder Than Words, his first album for Mercury Records.
Although there are some slight attempts to incorporate new jack and hip-hop influences into Richie's sound, Louder Than Words relies on his trademark balladeering, which remains his forte. All of the weak moments on Louder Than Words are ill-advised forays into rap - to put it bluntly, he can rap about as well as Snoop Dogg can sing. Although the ballads aren't as strong as his late-'70s and early-'80s standards, they are nevertheless pleasant, which makes the record a worthwhile purchase for fans. Stephen Thomas Erlewine. Two years after its release outside the U.S. And five months after the appearance of Lionel Richie's modestly selling seventh studio album, Just for You, Island Records belatedly presents an abridged domestic version of Richie's 2002 live album, Encore, recorded in May 2001 at Wembley Arena in England. The international version of the disc had 16 tracks, among them 'Tender Heart' and 'Don't Stop the Music,' both from Renaissance, Richie's sixth studio album, which he was promoting at the time.
They have been excised from the American version of Encore, as have the international version's final two tracks, 'Goodbye' and 'To Love a Woman,' both duets with Enrique Iglesias. Remaining are 12 performances of Richie hits from the 1980s along with two Commodores hits of the '70s, 'Brick House' and 'Three Times a Lady.' Early on, Richie says he will be playing songs old and new, but the listener to the U.S.
Edition of the album will wonder where the new songs are. Richie is an engaging cheerleader of a frontman, endlessly encouraging his already enthusiastic listeners with such interjections as 'C'mon!,' 'Yeah!,' and 'Let's go!' The audience is content to sing along on the familiar material, with or without Richie to join them. ('You don't need me,' he declares at one point.) No doubt this show was more enjoyable for Richie fans in the arena than it will be for those listening at home who, for example, won't know what Richie is talking about when he says during 'All Night Long (All Night),' 'Man, you can't dance!'
This is a performer who is playing much more to the audience in front of him than to the one that will hear the concert later on disc. Even leaving aside the truncated form of this version of the collection, this is not a memorable live album. William Ruhlmann. Louder Than Words was the official comeback, the long-awaited return to recording from Lionel Richie, one of the most successful pop stars of the '80s.
Perhaps it was inevitable that returning to recording would be difficult - after all, it had been ten years since he had released an album of original material - but Louder Than Words turned out to be a bigger disappointment than anyone expected, failing to deliver either musically or commercially. Its failure helped clear the decks for Time, Richie's true musical comeback. Time doesn't quite match the heights of Lionel Richie or Can't Slow Down, but it successfully updates his familiar concoction of sweet, seductive ballads and light funk for the late '90s. Whenever he incorporates light hip-hop rhythms here, it sounds less forced, and the dance numbers are often infectious. Similarly, the ballads have strong (albeit sappy) hooks that make them memorable.
Don't take Richie's belated version of 'Lady,' the hit he gave Kenny Rogers, as a bad sign - Time is the most satisfying effort he has released in quite some time. Stephen Thomas Erlewine. The double-disc live album Symphonica in Rosso documents Lionel Richie's triumphant live performance at the Gelredome in Arnhem, Netherlands, on September 6, 2008. The show was a triumph for Richie because he'd scored a Top Five smash hit earlier in the year in the Netherlands with 'Face in the Crowd,' a duet with Dutch pop singer Trijntje Oosterhuis from his recent album Just Go (2008).
It was also an honor, for he was taking the stage at one of the Netherlands' premier concert stadiums and performing in part of a series of Symphonica in Rosso shows that had spawned hit albums by Dutch superstars Marco Borsato and Paul de Leeuw in past years. It's a fine performance by Richie, who is energetic, engaging, and in fairly good voice, and it's nice to hear him focus on his greatest hits from the '70s and '80s rather than his more recent output.
In fact, there are only a handful of songs that post-date the mid-'80s - 'My Destiny' from Back to Front (1992); 'Don't Stop the Music' and 'Angel' from Renaissance (2000); 'All Around the World' from Coming Home (2006); and the aforementioned 'Face in the Crowd' - and they're mostly performed in brief as parts of medleys. Moreover, the symphonic aspect of the show is tasteful and surprisingly modest, adding a lot to some songs (e.g., 'Ballerina Girl') but never stealing the show from Richie and his band other than with a few overtures. It's a pleasure to hear him sing so many of his greatest hits, beginning with 'Hello,' 'Running with the Night,' 'Lady,' 'Easy,' and 'Say You, Say Me,' yet at the same time, it's a delightful surprise to hear him and the band suddenly break into Laid Back's 'White Horse' (in the midst of 'Running with the Night'), Average White Band's 'Pick Up the Pieces' (as an interlude in the run-up to 'Brick House'), and Rihanna's 'Don't Stop the Music' (as the introduction to 'All Around the World'). Dutch fans in particular will enjoy the guest appearance by Oosterhuis late in the show. She joins Richie for 'Face in the Crowd' and stays for a song of her own, 'Touch Me There,' her breakout hit from 1996, when she was a member of Total Touch. Jason Birchmeier.
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Richie launched a solo career in 1982 and his 1982 debut solo album, contained three hit singles: the winning U.S. Number-one song ', and the top five hits ' and '. The album hit No. 3 on the music charts and sold over 4 million copies. His 1983 follow-up album, sold over twice as many copies and won the Grammy Award for, propelling him into the first rank of international superstars. He also co-wrote the 1985 charity single ' with, which sold over 20 million copies.Over the course of his musical career, Richie has sold over 90 million records worldwide, making him one of the. He has won four Grammy Awards including Song of the Year in 1985 for 'We Are the World' which he co-wrote with Michael Jackson, Album of the Year in 1984 for Can't Slow Down, Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) in 1984 and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for 'Truly' in 1982.
Richie has also been nominated for two awards and won one. In 1982 he was nominated for Best Original Song for the film.
In 1986 he was nominated for and won the Golden Globe award for Best Original Song for ', featured in the film. The song also won the for Best Original Song. In 2016, Richie received the 's highest honor, the Award. Contents.Early life Richie was born and raised in, the son of Lionel Brockman Richie Sr. And Alberta R. Foster He grew up on the campus of.
He graduated from, East Campus, in. A star tennis player in Joliet, he accepted a tennis scholarship to attend Tuskegee Institute, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in economics. Richie seriously considered studying divinity to become a priest in the, but ultimately decided he was not 'priest material' and decided to continue his musical career. He is a member of, a national honor fraternity for band members, and an active life member of fraternity. Career Commodores. Main article:As a student in Tuskegee, Richie formed a succession of groups in the mid-1960s. In 1968, he became a singer and saxophonist with the.
They signed a recording contract with in 1968 for one record before moving on to initially as a support act to. The Commodores then became established as a popular soul group. Their first several albums had a danceable, funky sound, as in such tracks as ' and '.' Over time, Richie wrote and sang more romantic, easy-listening ballads such as ', ', ', and the breakup ballad '.By the late 1970s, Richie had begun to accept songwriting commissions from other artists. He composed ' for, which hit No. 1 in 1980, and produced Rogers' album the following year.
Richie and Rogers maintained a strong friendship in later years. Latin jazz composer and romantica pioneer enjoyed international success with his cover of 'Lady,' which was played at Latin dance clubs. Also in 1981 Richie sang the theme song for the film, a duet with.
Issued as a single, the song topped the Canada, Brazil, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and US pop music charts, and became one of Motown's biggest hits. Its success encouraged Richie to branch out into a full-fledged solo career in 1982. He was replaced as lead singer for the Commodores by in 1983.Solo career Richie's 1982 debut solo album, contained three hit singles: the U.S. Number-one song ', which continued the style of his ballads with the Commodores and launched his career as one of the most successful balladeers of the 1980s, and the top five hits ' and '.
The album hit No. 3 on the music charts and sold over 4 million copies. His 1983 follow-up album, sold over twice as many copies and won two, including, propelling him into the first rank of international superstars. The album contained the number-one hit ' a Caribbean-flavored dance number that was promoted by a colorful music video produced by former. In 1984, Richie performed 'All Night Long' at the closing ceremony of the in Los Angeles.Several more Top 10 hits followed, the most successful of which was the ballad ' (1984), a sentimental love song that showed how far Richie had moved from his R&B roots. Richie had three more top ten hits in 1984, ' (#3), ' (#7) and ' (#8), as well as writing & producing 'Missing You' for former labelmate and duet partner Diana Ross (#10 Pop, #1 R&B).
In 1985, Richie wrote and performed ' for the film. The song won an for his efforts and reached No. 1 on the U.S. Charts, staying there for four weeks, making it the number-two song of 1986 according to 's Year-End Hot 100 chart, behind the charity single ' by and Friends. He also collaborated with on the charity single ' by, another number-one hit.In 1986, Richie released, his last widely popular album, which produced a run of five US and UK hits, ' (U.S.
#1), ' (U.S. #2), ' (U.S. #9), ' (U.S. #7), and ' (U.S. He made his return to recording and performing following the release of his first greatest-hits collection, in 1992.Since then, his ever-more-relaxed schedule has kept his recording and live work to a minimum.
He broke the silence in 1996 with, on which he resisted any change of style or the musical fashion-hopping of the past decade, sticking instead with his chosen path of well-crafted, which in the intervening years has become known as.Richie's albums in the 1990s such as and failed to match the commercial success of his earlier work. Some of his recent albums, such as, have returned to his older style and achieved success in Europe but only modest notice in the United States. Since 2004, he has produced a total of six Top 40 singles in the UK.Later career Richie was the headliner at a 2006 Fourth of July tribute concert with at the. On May 7, 2006, Richie performed on the main stage (Acura Stage) at the, replacing, who had fallen ill. Richie released his eighth studio album titled ' on September 12, 2006. The first single of the album was ' and was premiered in July 2006, becoming his biggest hit in the U.S. In ten years.
The album was a big success for Richie in the United States, peaking at No. On December 9, 2006, Richie hosted and performed live on the British television show. Two months later, he performed 'Hello' on the show.On May 2, 2008, Richie was the 21st recipient of the and at 's annual. In accepting the award, Richie said: 'Forget about surviving 30 some odd years in the music business, Lionel Richie survived 27 years of Nicole Richie.' On December 31, 2008, Richie performed in for the New Year's Eve celebration and ball drop. He also performed on the 2009 season finale for with.In May 2009, he announced that he would like to get The Commodores back together soon, 'or in the next 10 years no one will care.' An album, was released in 2009.
On July 7, 2009, Richie performed 'Jesus is Love' at. Richie and performing ' during Richie's 2011 Australian and New Zealand tourOn October 2, 2010, Richie performed at the in Australia, both at the pre-game entertainment to a sell-out crowd and also post-match at.Richie returned to Australia in 2011 where he and guest artist toured the country and New Zealand with concert dates throughout March and April. Richie and Guy Sebastian have recorded Richie's 1983 number 1 single ' together, to raise money for Australian floods and New Zealand earthquake relief.
Richie handpicked Sebastian to support him in Australia and the pair will perform the song together at each concert.On March 26, 2012, Richie released his tenth studio album,. It features 13 of his hit songs performed as duets with country stars including 's,. In an interview with magazine, Richie stated 'I'm just gonna stand next to them again with great country artists and hug them.' After years of mediocre sales in the U.S., the album returned him to the top of the Billboard 200 chart, his first number one album there for more than 25 years, and achieved Platinum status within six weeks of release.On June 7, 2013, Richie announced on NBC's that he would launch ', his first North American tour in over a decade. The tour began on September 18 in, and ended on October 18 in,. Also in June 2013, Richie appeared in a television commercial for the alcohol company to promote the 'Tap King' draught beer product. Richie reportedly received 1.5 million to appear in the promotional campaign that depicts the musician singing 'Hello' at a piano, while the device rests on top of the instrument.On June 28, 2015, Richie played to an appreciative 100,000–120,000 audience at the, England.
His show was described as 'triumphant' by the and was followed by his return to the top of the UK albums chart with a reissued compilation album of his work as both a solo artist and with the Commodores. In September 2017, announced that Richie would be a judge for the revival of.In May 2017, Lionel Richie was honored at Berklee College of Music during the 2017 Commencement Concert where graduating students performed a medley of his discography.
Richie was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music. On December 3, 2017, Lionel Richie received the Kennedy Center Honors.On March 25, 2019, R&B Legend Lionel Richie announced a 33-date tour across North America for the summer. His 'Hello Tour' kicked off May 10 at Arlington's KAABOO Festival and runs through August. Popularity in the Arab world In recent years, Richie has become a phenomenon in various,and has performed in, and.John Berman for reported in 2006 that 'Grown Iraqi men get misty-eyed by the mere mention of his name.
'I love Lionel Richie,' they say. They can sing an entire Lionel Richie song.' Berman wrote that Richie said he was told that Iraqi civilians were playing 'All Night Long' the night.
Richie was against the war and has said he would like to perform in Baghdad someday. Personal life Family. Main article:Richie has won four including Song of the Year in 1985 for ' which he co-wrote with, Album of the Year in 1984 for, Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) in 1984 and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for Truly in 1982.Richie was the first person to receive an award.Richie has been nominated for two awards and won one. In 1982 he was nominated for Best Original Song for the film.
In 1986 he was nominated and won the award for Best Original Song for the song ', featured in the film. This song also won the for Best Original Song.In Popular Culture uses the stage name Richie in honour of Lionel. 's parents loved his music so much they named the soccer star after him.Discography. Leopold, Todd (January 28, 2015). Retrieved January 8, 2017.
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ReleasedMarch 5, 2012 ( 2012-03-05),Lionel Richie (also ), Jason Owen (exec.), Dirk Vanoucek chronology(2009)Tuskegee(2012)Professional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRating(74/100)Review scoresSourceRating(favorable)(favorable)A−(favorable)Tuskegee is the tenth by American singer, released on March 5, 2012, on. The album consists entirely of reinterpretations of previously released songs by Richie, each performed with a different guest artist. It became Richie's third number-one album on the and his first since in 1986. Tuskegee also became Richie's first album to sell more than a million copies in the United States since Dancing on the Ceiling.The album is named after where Richie was born and later completed his undergraduate degree at. Contents.Singles ' featuring was released as the album's lead single in the United States on February 7, 2012.
In Denmark, ' featuring was released as the first single on February 22, 2012.Four promotion singles — ' featuring, ' featuring, ' featuring, and ' featuring — were released in advance of the album.Although it was not released as a single, ' featuring, charted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart from unsolicited airplay and reached a peak of number 60. It was also the only song from the album to make an appearance on the chart, though the album's lead single, 'Endless Love,' was a Top 20 hit on the Adult Contemporary chart.Commercial performance The album was an unexpected hit. It debuted in the at number two on the behind 's. Tuskegee sold 199,000 copies in its first week, becoming Lionel Richie's best sales week since began tracking sales data in 1991. The following week the album sold 95,000 copies and fell two places to number four.
In its third week on the chart Tuskegee rose to number one, selling 129,000 copies. It is Richie's third number-one album and his first since (1986).
Tuskegee was certified platinum by the (RIAA) on May 3, 2012, for shipments of one million units in the US. As of December 2012, it has sold 1,071,000 copies.In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at number seven on the with first-week sales of 19,320 copies.
It is Lionel Richie's eleventh top 10 album there. In Canada, the album debuted at number one on the, selling 18,000 copies. 2012 Tour In support of the album, Lionel Richie announced a 2012 tour starting in Aberdeen and touring throughout Europe.Set List. Intro Hello (remix). All Around the World. Penny Lover.
Easy. Ballerina Girl. Still. Truly. Stuck On You. Dancing on the Ceiling. Three Times a Lady.
You Are (duet with Waylon). Se La. Sail On. Machine Gun.
Lady (You Bring Me Up). Endless Love. Brick House. Fire (Ohio Players). My Destiny. Say You, Say Me.
Running With the Night. Hello. All Night Long. GoodbyeTrack listing North American edition No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length1.' ' (with ), Brenda Harvey RichieTony Brown and2.' ' (with )Tony Brown and3.'
' (with )Tony Brown and4.' ' (with )Tony Brown and5.' ' (with )Buddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney and6.' ' (with )Richie, Carlos Rios, Michael FrenchikDann Huff and Lionel Richie7.' ' (with )Nathan Chapman and8.'
' (with )Tony Brown and9.' ' (with )Nathan Chapman and10.' ' (with ),Dann Huff and11.'
' (with )Tony Brown and12.' ' (with )Tony Brown and13.' ' (with and )Tony Brown andAustralian edition additional trackNo.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length14.'
' (with ), Barry, TaylorDann Huff,5:01additional CDNo.TitleWriter(s)Length1.' You Are' (Live at )Lionel Richie, Brenda Harvey Richie2.' Say You, Say Me'Richie3.' My Love'Richie4.'
Dancing on the Ceiling'Richie, Carlos Rios, Michael Frenchik5.' Stuck on You'RichieBritish edition Track listingNo.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length1.' You Are' (with Blake Shelton)Lionel Richie, Brenda Harvey RichieTony Brown and Lionel Richie5:012.' Say You, Say Me' (with )RichieTony Brown and Lionel Richie5:083.'
Stuck on You' (with Darius Rucker)RichieTony Brown and Lionel Richie3:194.' Deep River Woman' (with Little Big Town)RichieTony Brown and Lionel Richie4:085.' My Love' (with Kenny Chesney)RichieBuddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney and Lionel Richie5:346.' Dancing on the Ceiling' (with Rascal Flatts)Richie, Carlos Rios, Michael FrenchikDann Huff and Lionel Richie4:177.' Hello' (with Jennifer Nettles)RichieNathan Chapman and Lionel Richie4:288.'
Sail On' (with )RichieTony Brown and Lionel Richie5:049.' Endless Love' (with Shania Twain)RichieNathan Chapman and Lionel Richie4:1910.' Just for You' (with Billy Currington)Richie, Paul Barry, Mark TaylorDann Huff and Lionel Richie4:1111.' Lady' (with Kenny Rogers)RichieTony Brown and Lionel Richie4:0912.' Easy' (with Willie Nelson)RichieTony Brown and Lionel Richie4:2913.' All Night Long' (with Jimmy Buffett and Coral Reefer Band)RichieTony Brown and Lionel Richie4:5714.'
Angel' (with )Richie, Barry, TaylorDann Huff, Lionel Richie5:01Deluxe edition additional tracksNo.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length15.' Say You, Say Me' (with Jason Aldean)RichieDann Huff, Lionel Richie5:0816.'
Sail On' (with Tim McGraw)RichieDann Huff, Lionel Richie5:04. The Deluxe Edition includes a bonus DVD featuring the making of the record, artist interviews and behind the scenes footage.German edition Track listingNo.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length1.' You Are' (with Blake Shelton)Lionel Richie, Brenda Harvey RichieTony Brown and Lionel Richie5:012.' Say You, Say Me' (with )RichieTony Brown and Lionel Richie5:083.' Stuck on You' (with Darius Rucker)RichieTony Brown and Lionel Richie3:194.'
Deep River Woman' (with Little Big Town)RichieTony Brown and Lionel Richie4:085.' My Love' (with Kenny Chesney)RichieBuddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney and Lionel Richie5:346.'
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Vodafone r201 unlock. Dancing on the Ceiling' (with Rascall Flatts featuring )Richie, Carlos Rios, Michael FrenchikDann Huff and Lionel Richie4:177.' Hello' (with Jennifer Nettles)RichieNathan Chapman and Lionel Richie4:288.' Sail On' (with )RichieTony Brown and Lionel Richie5:049.'
Endless Love' (with Shania Twain)RichieNathan Chapman and Lionel Richie4:1910.' Just for You' (with Billy Currington)Richie, Paul Barry, Mark TaylorDann Huff and Lionel Richie4:1111.'
Lady' (with Kenny Rogers)RichieTony Brown and Lionel Richie4:0912.' Easy' (with Willie Nelson)RichieTony Brown and Lionel Richie4:2913.' All Night Long' (with Jimmy Buffett and Coral Reefer Band)RichieTony Brown and Lionel Richie4:5714.' Angel' (with )Richie, Barry, TaylorDann Huff, Lionel Richie5:01Deluxe edition additional DVDNo.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length1.' You Are' (with Blake Shelton)Lionel Richie, Brenda Harvey RichieTony Brown and Lionel Richie5:012.' Say You, Say Me' (with )RichieTony Brown and Lionel Richie5:083.' Stuck on You' (with Darius Rucker)RichieTony Brown and Lionel Richie3:194.'
Deep River Woman' (with Little Big Town)RichieTony Brown and Lionel Richie4:085.' My Love' (with Kenny Chesney)RichieBuddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney and Lionel Richie5:346.' Dancing on the Ceiling' (with Rascall Flatts)Richie, Carlos Rios, Michael FrenchikDann Huff and Lionel Richie4:177.' Hello' (with Jennifer Nettles)RichieNathan Chapman and Lionel Richie4:288.' Sail On' (with )RichieTony Brown and Lionel Richie5:049.' Endless Love' (with Shania Twain)RichieNathan Chapman and Lionel Richie4:1910.' Just for You' (with Billy Currington)Richie, Paul Barry, Mark TaylorDann Huff and Lionel Richie4:1111.'
Lady' (with Kenny Rogers)RichieTony Brown and Lionel Richie4:0912.' Easy' (with Willie Nelson)RichieTony Brown and Lionel Richie4:2913.' . Huey, Steve. Retrieved March 4, 2011. ^. 6 March 2012.
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