Lionel Richie

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human record producer singer songwriter television personality

Lionel Richie is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer known for his smooth R&B and pop ballads and hits such as "Hello," "All Night Long," and "Endless Love."

Aliases (2)

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human → record producer → singer → songwriter → television personality →
activeYearsStart	1968 →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Original Song → Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song → Grammy Award for Album of the Year → Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance → Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical → Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award → Kennedy Center Honors → Songwriters Hall of Fame induction →
child	Miles Brockman Richie → Nicole Richie → Sofia Richie →
collaboratedWith	Michael Jackson →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
coWriterOf	We Are the World →
dateOfBirth	1949-06-20 →
educatedAt	Tuskegee University →
familyName	Richie →
fullName	Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. →
gender	male →
genre	R&B → pop → soft rock → soul →
givenName	Lionel →
instrument	piano → saxophone → vocals →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	Commodores →
notableAlbum	Can’t Slow Down → Dancing on the Ceiling → Lionel Richie →
notableWork	All Night Long (All Night) → Dancing on the Ceiling → Endless Love → Hello → Say You, Say Me → Stuck on You → Three Times a Lady → Truly → We Are the World →
occupation	American Idol judge → record producer → singer → songwriter → television judge →
placeOfBirth	Tuskegee, Alabama, United States →
recordLabel	Island Records → Motown →
residence	Los Angeles, California, United States →
spouse	Brenda Harvey Richie → Diane Alexander →

Referenced by (79)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
All Night Long (All Night) → Can't Slow Down → Dancing on the Ceiling → Endless Love → Hello (Lionel Richie song) → Lady (song) → Say You, Say Me → Share Your Love → Stuck on You → Through the Years →	producer
All Night Long (All Night) → Dancing on the Ceiling → Hello (Lionel Richie song) → Lady (song) → Say You, Say Me → Stuck on You → Three Times a Lady → We Are the World →	writer
All Night Long (All Night) → Can't Slow Down → Dancing on the Ceiling → Endless Love → Hello (Lionel Richie song) → Say You, Say Me → Stuck on You →	performer
All Night Long (All Night) → Can't Slow Down → Dancing on the Ceiling → Hello (Lionel Richie song) → Say You, Say Me → Stuck on You →	artist
All Night Long (All Night) → Endless Love → Say You, Say Me → Stuck on You → Three Times a Lady → We Are the World →	composer
All Night Long (All Night) → Dancing on the Ceiling → Hello (Lionel Richie song) → Say You, Say Me → Stuck on You →	vocalist
Diana Ross → Kenny Rogers → Stuck on You → The Commodores →	associatedAct
All Night Long (All Night) → Endless Love → We Are the World →	lyricist
Miles Brockman Richie → Nicole Richie →	father
BET Lifetime Achievement Award → Gershwin Prize for Popular Song →	notableRecipient
Nicole Richie →	adoptiveFather
Dancing on the Ceiling →	associatedArtist
Quincy Jones →	collaboratedWith
Can't Slow Down →	follows
Lionel Richie ("Lionel Brockman Richie Jr.") →	fullName
Grammy Award for Song of the Year →	hasAwardedTo
Tuskegee University →	hasNotableAlumni
Richie →	hasNotableBearer
Kennedy Center Honors →	hasNotableHonoree
Tuskegee, Alabama ("Lionel Richie (born in Tuskegee)") →	hasNotablePerson
Grammy Legend Award →	hasRecipient
Alabama Music Hall of Fame →	honors
Say You, Say Me →	isNumberOneSingleForArtist
Hello (Lionel Richie song) →	isSignatureSongOf
American Idol →	judge
Motown →	launchedCareerOf
Three Times a Lady →	leadVocalist
The Commodores →	member
Lionel Richie →	notableAlbum
Miles Brockman Richie →	notableRelative
Enrique Iglesias →	performedWith
Stuck on You →	recordedBy
All Night Long (All Night) →	signatureSongOf
Lady (song) →	songwriter
Richie →	usedBy
We Are the World →	vocalPerformanceBy