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Lionel Richie

Lionel Richie

Known for: Acting

Born 20/06/1949
Place of birth Tuskegee ,Alabama , USA

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.

Filmography

The Rookie Series ★ 8,5

The Rookie

Lionel Richie

2018

The Simpsons Series ★ 8,0

The Simpsons

Lionel Richie (voice)

1989

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Series ★ 5,0

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Self - Guest

2009

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Series ★ 5,8

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Self

2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers Series ★ 5,2

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self - Guest

2014

Raw Series ★ 6,8

Raw

Self

1993

The Kelly Clarkson Show Series ★ 6,4

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Self

2019

Saturday Night Live Series ★ 6,9

Saturday Night Live

Self - Musical Guest

1975

Top of the Pops Series ★ 6,7

Top of the Pops

1964

The View Series ★ 4,4

The View

Self

1997

The View Series ★ 4,4

The View

Self - Guest

1997

LIVE with Kelly and Mark Series ★ 5,6

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Self - Guest

1988

Jimmy Kimmel Live! Series ★ 5,4

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Self

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live! Series ★ 5,4

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Self - Guest

2003

Top Gear Series ★ 7,6

Top Gear

Self

2002

The One Show Series ★ 4,4

The One Show

Self

2006

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Series ★ 5,6

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Self

2003

American Idol Series ★ 5,1

American Idol

Self - Guest Judge

2002

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Series ★ 5,4

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Self

1992

Champs-Elysées Series ★ 6,8

Champs-Elysées

Self

1982

Vivement dimanche Series ★ 3,6

Vivement dimanche

Self

1998

Felicity Series ★ 6,6

Felicity

Self

1998

Wetten, dass..? Series ★ 5,4

Wetten, dass..?

Self

1981

Sacrée soirée Series ★ 5,7

Sacrée soirée

Self

1987

American Housewife Series ★ 7,7

American Housewife

Lionel Richie

2016

Behind the Music Series ★ 7,3

Behind the Music

Self

1997

The Drew Barrymore Show Series ★ 5,8

The Drew Barrymore Show

Self

2020

An Audience with... Series ★ 5,3

An Audience with...

Self

1978

The X Factor Series ★ 5,2

The X Factor

Self - Special Guest

2004

20/20 Series ★ 6,3

20/20

1978

The Oscars Series ★ 7,0

The Oscars

Self - Presenter

1953

Le monde est à vous Series

Le monde est à vous

Self

1987

Series ★ 5,7

Goldene Kamera

Self

1984

American Idol Series ★ 6,7

American Idol

Self - Judge

2018

Parkinson Series

Parkinson

Self

1998

Best Week Ever Series ★ 5,9

Best Week Ever

2004

Today Series ★ 5,7

Today

Self

1952

Series ★ 7,5

Where Are They Now?

Self

1999

Viña del Mar International Song Festival Series ★ 4,7

Viña del Mar International Song Festival

Self - Musical Guest

1963

Victoires de la musique Series ★ 3,3

Victoires de la musique

Self

1985

Entertainment Tonight Series ★ 4,3

Entertainment Tonight

Self

1981

Who Do You Think You Are? Series ★ 6,8

Who Do You Think You Are?

Self

2010

Vivement dimanche prochain Series ★ 4,3

Vivement dimanche prochain

Self

1998

Star Academy Series ★ 5,7

Star Academy

Self

2001

CMT Crossroads Series ★ 8,0

CMT Crossroads

Self

2002

CMG Spring Festival Gala Series ★ 5,8

CMG Spring Festival Gala

1983

Ciao Darwin Series ★ 7,7

Ciao Darwin

Ospite Musicale

1998

Lo + plus Series

Lo + plus

Self

1995

Series ★ 4,0

Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel

Self

2004

Series

ECHO-Verleihung

Self

1992

The Rosie O'Donnell Show Series ★ 4,1

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

Self

1996

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields Series ★ 7,4

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields

Self

2023

Extra Series ★ 3,8

Extra

Self - Guest

1994

Auf los geht's los Series ★ 8,0

Auf los geht's los

Self

1977

Studio 666 Film ★ 5,9

Studio 666

Lionel Richie

2022

The Simple Life Series ★ 4,9

The Simple Life

2003

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Film ★ 4,0

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Self

2021

The Greatest Night in Pop Film ★ 7,9

The Greatest Night in Pop

Self

2024

This Morning Series ★ 5,2

This Morning

Self

1988

Flora and Son Film ★ 6,9

Flora and Son

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2023

E! True Hollywood Story Series ★ 8,2

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

Series

World Music Awards

Self

1993

Series ★ 8,0

America's Top 10

Self

1980

High in the Clouds Film

High in the Clouds

Gladstone (voice)

2027

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Film ★ 8,2

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Self - Inductee

2022

TV total Series ★ 6,2

TV total

Self

1999

Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World) Film

Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World)

Self

2026

Quincy Film ★ 7,4

Quincy

Self

2018

Live Aid Film ★ 7,9

Live Aid

Self

1985

Series

José Carreras Gala

Self

1995

The Preacher's Wife Film ★ 5,8

The Preacher's Wife

Britsloe

1996

Disney Insider Series ★ 7,0

Disney Insider

Self

2020

Night of 100 Stars Film ★ 6,8

Night of 100 Stars

Self

1982

Film

Jackie Chan: Down to Earth

Self

Series

Backstory

Self

2009

The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II Film ★ 6,9

The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II

Self

2020

The Coronation Concert Film ★ 6,0

The Coronation Concert

Self

2023

Thank God It's Friday Film ★ 5,3

Thank God It's Friday

Self

1978

Michael Jackson Memorial Film ★ 8,0

Michael Jackson Memorial

Self

2009

David Foster: Off the Record Film ★ 7,0

David Foster: Off the Record

Self

2019

Series

Totally Saturday

2009

The Black Godfather Film ★ 6,6

The Black Godfather

Self

2019

We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song Film ★ 8,4

We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song

Self

1985

O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar Film

O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar

Self (archive footage)

2009

American Idol Official Podcast Series

American Idol Official Podcast

Self - Guest

2026

Dolly Parton - From Rhinestones to Rock & Roll Film

Dolly Parton - From Rhinestones to Rock & Roll

Self

2023

The Grammys Series ★ 8,6

The Grammys

Self

1959

Michael Jackson: A Life in Music Film

Michael Jackson: A Life in Music

Self (archive footage)

2026

Scott Joplin Film ★ 6,3

Scott Joplin

The Minstrel Singers

1977

Pavarotti The Duets Film

Pavarotti The Duets

Self

2008

Motown 40: The Music Is Forever Film

Motown 40: The Music Is Forever

Self

1998

Soul of a Nation Presents: Black in Vegas Film ★ 2,0

Soul of a Nation Presents: Black in Vegas

Self

2023

Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever Film ★ 8,7

Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever

Self

1983

Nikki Fre$h Series ★ 7,0

Nikki Fre$h

Self

2020

Live Aid Against All Odds Film

Live Aid Against All Odds

Self

2005

Pavarotti & Friends 99 for Guatemala and Kosovo Film ★ 8,0

Pavarotti & Friends 99 for Guatemala and Kosovo

Self

1999

Lionel Richie: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song Film ★ 5,0

Lionel Richie: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song

Self

2022

Shania Twain: Not Just a Girl Film ★ 7,0

Shania Twain: Not Just a Girl

Self

2022

Lionel Richie: The Outrageous Tour Live Film

Lionel Richie: The Outrageous Tour Live

Himself

Film ★ 8,0

Kenny Rogers All in for the Gambler

2021

ACM Presents: Lionel Richie and Friends in Concert Film ★ 7,6

ACM Presents: Lionel Richie and Friends in Concert

Self

2012

Lionel Richie Festival de Viña del Mar Film

Lionel Richie Festival de Viña del Mar

2016

Lionel Richie: Symphonica in Rosso Film ★ 6,9

Lionel Richie: Symphonica in Rosso

2008

Lionel Richie at Glastonbury Film

Lionel Richie at Glastonbury

Self

2019

Kenny Rogers: The Journey Film ★ 6,7

Kenny Rogers: The Journey

himself

2006

Lionel Richie: Live in Paris - His Greatest Hits and More Film ★ 6,9

Lionel Richie: Live in Paris - His Greatest Hits and More

2007

All In For The Gambler: Kenny Rogers Farewell Concert Celebration Film ★ 8,3

All In For The Gambler: Kenny Rogers Farewell Concert Celebration

Self

2017

Kenny Rogers: All in for the Gambler Film ★ 7,3

Kenny Rogers: All in for the Gambler

Self

2021

Lionel Richie: The Town 2025 Film

Lionel Richie: The Town 2025

Self

2025

Les Enfants de la Pop 80's Film

Les Enfants de la Pop 80's

Self (archive footage)

2012

Lionel Richie: Collection Film ★ 6,9

Lionel Richie: Collection

2003

Party in the Park Film ★ 9,0

Party in the Park

Self

2001

Johnny Hallyday Allume le feu au Stade de France Film ★ 8,5

Johnny Hallyday Allume le feu au Stade de France

Self

1999

An Audience with Des O'Connor Film ★ 9,0

An Audience with Des O'Connor

Self

2001

Concerto di Natale in Vaticano 2019 Film

Concerto di Natale in Vaticano 2019

Self

2019

Lionel Richie at the BBC Film ★ 6,0

Lionel Richie at the BBC

Self

2011