StatsBirth Name: Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. Age: 63, born 20 June 1949 Country of origin:  United States Ethnicity: Black / African descent
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Lionel Richie (born June 20, 1949), is an American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and actor. From 1968, he was a member of the musical group Commodores signed to Motown Records. Richie made his solo debut in 1982 with the album Lionel Richie and number-one hit "Truly".
Lionel Richie is the debut solo album by R&B singer Lionel Richie after leaving the Commodores. It was released in 1982 on Motown Records. The first single, "
Lionel Richie (born June 20, 1949), is an American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and actor. From 1968, he was a member of the musical group Commodores signed to Motown Records. Richie made his solo debut in 1982 with the album Lionel Richie and number-one hit "Truly".
Lionel Richie is the debut solo album by R&B singer Lionel Richie after leaving the Commodores. It was released in 1982 on Motown Records. The first single, "Truly", topped the Billboard Hot 100. Follow-up single "You Are" reached number four, and "My Love" reached number five. The album was also a hit, reaching number one on the Cashbox albums charts on December 11, 1982.
Can't Slow Down is the title of Lionel Richie's second solo album, which was released on October 11, 1983. The album reached #1 on the Billboard album chart on December 3, 1983, where it stayed for three weeks once it did. It also spent 59 consecutive weeks inside the Top 10 (including the whole year of 1984) and a total of 160 weeks (over three years) on the Billboard 200. After being the third best-selling album of 1984, it went on to win a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1985 and sold over 15 million copies worldwide by 1986.
Can't Slow Down achieved the feat of having every single released hit the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Two songs, "Hello" and "All Night Long (All Night)", both went to #1. Other hits include "Stuck on You" (US #3), "Running With the Night" (US #7), and "Penny Lover" (US #8).
The single "Stuck on You" also reached #24 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart (now Hot Country Songs).
Dancing on the Ceiling is Lionel Richie's third album, which was released on July 15, 1986. The title cut was the second (first being "Say You, Say Me") biggest single from the album, reaching #1 in the U.S. and #7 in the UK. (Blender magazine also labeled the title song at #20 as one of the "50 Worst Songs Ever".) Other Top 10 singles from the album include "Love Will Conquer All" (U.S. #9, UK #45) and "Ballerina Girl" (U.S. #7, UK #17). The song "Deep River Woman" reached #10 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart and features guest vocals by the popular country group Alabama.
The album's proposed original title before its release was "Say You, Say Me".
Louder Than Words is Lionel Richie's fourth studio album, released on April 16, 1996. It also marked the first time he released a studio album of new material in ten years. In 1992 he released just three new tracks on his compilation album Back to Front. Louder Than Words debuted at #33 on the Billboard 200 with a disappointing sales of 28,000 copies, and only peaked at #28..
"Time" is Lionel Richie's fifth studio album, released on June 23, 1998. It was a commercial disappointment and selling far fewer copies than any of his previous material.
Renaissance is Lionel Richie's sixth studio album, which was released on October 16, 2000. Bonus tracks on international albums include "Shout It To The World", "Just Can't Say Goodbye", and "Angel (Boogieman Extended Remix)." "Tonight" was produced by Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins.
There's also a second version of Renaissance available. On the alternate edition, the track "Don't You Ever Go Away" is replaced by "I Forgot," .Although there is a track 'swap' on this edition of Renaissance, the only indication of the alternate track listing, is on the CD artwork itself. All other artwork associated with this edition either shows the original track listings - or gives the track by track breakdown information only.
Just for You is Lionel Richie's seventh studio album, which was released on May 4, 2004. International bonus tracks include "If You Belong To Me" and "Heaven".
Coming Home is the eighth studio album by Lionel Richie, released on September 12, 2006 by Island Records. It debuted at number six on the Billboard 200, becoming his biggest hit album since 1986's Dancing on the Ceiling. It has sold 517,000 units worldwide.
The music video for "I Call It Love" features his daughter, Nicole Richie. The songs "I Apologize" and "I'm Missing Her" are NOT available on all editions of this CD.
Just Go is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Lionel Richie. The album was slated to be released in US on March 10, 2009, but was pushed back to May 19, 2009. In UK the album was released as scheduled on March 16, 2009. The International release date was March 13, 2009. Akon and Ne-Yo share in the writing duties for the new album, along with Norwegian pop/R&B producers StarGate. Just Go also has contributions from songwriter Johnta Austin and The-Dream.
"Good Morning" was released as the album's lead single, and went for Urban AC radio adds on November 4, 2008.
"Just Go" was released as the second single on March 12, 2009. The music video premiered the same day.
"I'm in Love" went for Urban AC radio adds on May 19, 2009.
Tuskegee is the tenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Lionel Richie. It was released from March 5, 2012 through Universal Music Nashville.
The album bears the name of the Alabaman city where he was born and where he later completed his undergraduate degree at Tuskegee Institute.
"Endless Love" featuring Shania Twain was released as the album's lead single in the United States on February 7, 2012. In Denmark, "Say You, Say Me" featuring Rasmus Seebach was released at the first single on February 22, 2012.
Four promotion singles will be released in advance of the album. "Easy" featuring Willie Nelson was released on February 28, 2012. "Just for You" featuring Billy Currington was released on March 6, 2012. "Stuck on You" featuring Darius Rucker was released on March 13, 2012. The fourth and final promotion single, "Hello" featuring Jennifer Nettles is set to be released on March 20, 2012.
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