Artist

Lionel Richie

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Nominations

Biography

"I think the whole world is dying to hear someone say, 'I love you.' I think that if I can leave the legacy of love and passion in the world, then I think I've done my job in a world that's getting colder and colder by the day."

Born Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. June 20, 1949, in Tuskegee, Alabama.

"All Night Long (All Night)," one of Lionel Richie's best-known songs, went to No. 1 and was nominated for Song Of The Year in 1984. That same year, his album Can't Slow Down spent 59 weeks in the Billboard Top 10 and eventually sold more than 10 million copies.

Richie earned his first career GRAMMY for 1982 for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male for "Truly." Can't Slow Down won Album Of The Year in 1984, and "We Are The World," a charity single he wrote with Michael Jackson, won Song Of The Year for 1985. He also earned the Producer Of The Year (Non-Classical) GRAMMY for 1984. Richie made his GRAMMY stage debut at the 23rd GRAMMY Awards in 1981, where he performed "Lady" as part of a Song Of The Year medley.

Richie is an avid gardener, and has said that if he weren't a musician, he would be a landscape architect or interior designer.

Richie was honored as MusiCares Person of the Year in 2016. The annual Person of the Year gala raises funds for MusiCares, which provides services and resources that cover a wide range of financial, medical and personal emergencies for music people.

In addition to his work on "We Are The World," which raised more than $63 million for famine relief in Africa, Richie has raised more than $3.1 million for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

All Grammy Awards and Nominations for Lionel Richie

2025 • 67th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Music Film

The Greatest Night In Pop. Bao Nguyen, Bruce Eskowitz, George Hencken, Larry Klein, Julia Nottingham, Lionel Richie, Harriet Sternberg

2007 • 49th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Male R&B Vocal Performance

I Call It Love. Lionel Richie
Best R&B Album

Coming Home. Lionel Richie

2002 • 44th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Dance Recording

Angel. Lionel Richie

1986 • 28th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Song Of The Year

We Are The World. Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie

1985 • 27th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Album Of The Year

Can't Slow Down. Lionel Richie
Song Of The Year

Hello (Single). Lionel Richie
Male Pop Vocal Performance

Hello (Single). Lionel Richie
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

. James Anthony Carmichael, Lionel Richie

1984 • 26th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Record Of The Year

All Night Long (All Night) (Single). Lionel Richie
Song Of The Year

All Night Long (All Night) (Single). Lionel Richie
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

All Night Long (All Night) (Single). James Anthony Carmichael, Lionel Richie
Male Pop Vocal Performance

All Night Long (All Night) (Single). Lionel Richie
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

Producer Of The Year. James Anthony Carmichael, Lionel Richie

1983 • 25th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Male Pop Vocal Performance

Truly. Lionel Richie

1982 • 24th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Endless Love (Single). Diana Ross, Lionel Richie
R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Lady (You Bring Me Up) (Single). Commodores
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)

Endless Love (Album). Thomas McClary, Lionel Richie, Jonathan Tunick
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

Producer Of The Year. Lionel Richie
Record Of The Year

Endless Love (Single). Diana Ross, Lionel Richie
Song Of The Year

Endless Love (Single). Lionel Richie

1981 • 23rd Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Record Of The Year

Lady (Single). Kenny Rogers
Song Of The Year

Lady (Single). Lionel Richie
Best Inspirational Performance

Jesus Is Love (Track). Commodores
R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Heroes (Album). Commodores

1980 • 22nd Annual GRAMMY® Awards

R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Midnight Magic (Album). Commodores
Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Sail On (Track). Commodores

1979 • 21st Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Song Of The Year

Three Times A Lady (Single). Lionel Richie
R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Natural High. Commodores
Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Three Times A Lady (Single). Commodores

1978 • 20th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best R&B Song

Brick House. William King, Ronald LaPread, Thomas McClary, Walter Orange, Lionel Richie, Milan Williams
Best R&B Song

Easy (Single). Lionel Richie
R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Easy (Single). Commodores