Lionel Richie discography

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Lionel Richie discography
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Richie performing at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynes, California, on July 6, 2006
Studio albums11
Live albums4
Compilation albums6
Singles42

Lionel Richie is an American R&B and pop singer, who has released 11 studio albums, three live albums, and seven compilation albums. Formerly the lead vocalist of The Commodores, Richie began a solo career in the early 1980s and has released over 40 singles, five of which became number-one hits on the US Billboard Hot 100.

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Richie's first three studio albums have all been certified "Multi-Platinum" by the Recording Industry Association of America. His second album, Can't Slow Down , is his most successful, being certified 10× Platinum (i.e. Diamond) in the US. The album spent 59 consecutive weeks inside the Billboard Top 10 (including the entire year of 1984) and a total of 160 weeks (over three years) on the Billboard 200 chart. It became the third best-selling album of 1984, and eventually sold over 20 million copies worldwide. [1]

In addition to multiple pop, R&B, and adult contemporary hit singles, two of his singles reached the Top 30 of the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart (now Hot Country Songs). "Deep River Woman", which features country music group Alabama, was a Top 10 hit on the country music charts in 1987.

Richie's tenth studio album, Tuskegee , was released in 2012 and peaked at number one on the US Billboard 200, making it his third number one album on the chart.

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions, and certifications
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
US
[2]
US R&B
[3]
AUS
[4] [5]
CAN
[6]
GER
[7]
NLD
[8]
NZ
[9]
NOR
[10]
SWE
[11]
SWI
[12]
UK
[13]
Lionel Richie 31185213419
Can't Slow Down
  • Released: October 14, 1983
  • Label: Motown
  • Format: LP, Cassette, CD
11112113231
Dancing on the Ceiling
  • Released: August 5, 1986
  • Label: Motown
  • Format: LP, Cassette, CD
13235231222
  • US: 4× Platinum [14]
  • CAN: 3× Platinum [20]
  • FRA: 2× Gold [18]
  • UK: 2× Platinum [16]
Louder Than Words
  • Released: April 16, 1996
  • Label: Mercury
  • Format: CD, Cassette
281532252663129211011
Time
  • Released: June 23, 1998
  • Label: Mercury
  • Format: CD, Cassette
152771741571931
Renaissance
  • Released: October 16, 2000
  • Label: Island
  • Format: CD
6254310244566
Just for You
  • Released: May 4, 2004
  • Label: Island
  • Format: CD
472244102185
Coming Home
  • Released: September 12, 2006
  • Label: Island
  • Format: CD
63820915
Sounds of the Season
  • Released: December 4, 2006
  • Label: Island
  • Format: CD
Just Go
  • Released: February 17, 2009
  • Label: Island
  • Format: CD
2499222810
Tuskegee 1217762610317
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Live albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions, and certifications
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
US
[2]
US R&B
[3]
AUS
[5]
GER
[7]
NLD
[8]
SWE
[11]
SWI
[12]
UK
[13]
Encore
  • Released: November 26, 2002
  • Label: Island
  • Format: CD
198232816108
Live in Paris /
Live – His Greatest Hits and More
  • Released: September 24, 2007
  • Label: Mercury
  • Format: CD
543991
Symphonica in Rosso1
  • NVPI: Platinum [22]
Hello from Las Vegas
  • Released: August 16, 2019
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Format: CD, digital download
2
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Compilation albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions, and certifications
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
US
[2]
US R&B
[3]
AUS
[4] [5]
CAN
[6]
GER
[7]
NLD
[8]
NZ
[9]
NOR
[10]
SWE
[11]
SWI
[12]
UK
[13]
Back to Front
  • Released: May 5, 1992
  • Label: Motown
  • Format: CD, LP, Cassette
19711321122231
Truly: The Love Songs
  • Released: November 25, 1997
  • Label: Motown
  • Format: CD
747322358345
The Definitive Collection 19311640237431451
20th Century Masters –
The Millennium Collection:
The Best of Lionel Richie
  • Released: October 7, 2003
  • Label: Motown
  • Format: CD
6330
Gold
  • Released: January 10, 2006
  • Label: Hip-O/Motown
  • Format: CD
147
Soul Legends
  • Released: July 25, 2006
  • Label: Motown
  • Format: CD
The Best Collection [31]
  • Released: November 24, 2009
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Format: CD
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications
TitleYearPeak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
Album
US
[32]
US
R&B

[33]
US
AC

[34]
US Dance
[35]
US Country
[36]
AUS
[4] [5]
GER
[37]
JPN
[38]
NL
[39]
UK
[13]
"Endless Love" (with Diana Ross)19811111107 Endless Love (soundtrack)
"Truly"198212176Lionel Richie
"You Are"1983421172943
"My Love"5618870
"All Night Long (All Night)"11151212Can't Slow Down
"Running with the Night"766243389
"Hello"19841111211
"Stuck on You"3812424451812
"Penny Lover"88173371418
"Say You, Say Me"19851113122518Dancing On the Ceiling
"Dancing on the Ceiling"198626321387
"Love Will Conquer All"921712445
"Ballerina Girl"75143663917
"Deep River Woman" (with Alabama)1987712810
"Se La"20125411243
"Do It to Me"1992211345261233Back to Front
"My Destiny"5671252317
"Love, Oh Love"165711552
"Don't Wanna Lose You"19963917553662817Louder Than Words
"Ordinary Girl" [A] 769147
"Still in Love"1066
"Climbing"45
"Time"19987Time
"I Hear Your Voice"15
"Closest Thing to Heaven"999826
"Angel"2000704321239618Renaissance
"Don't Stop the Music"687334
"Tender Heart"200129
"I Forgot"34
"Cinderella"7482
"The One" (with Juliette)
"To Love a Woman" (with Enrique Iglesias)20035219Encore
"Just for You"200492614244720Just for You
"Long Long Way to Go"205493
"I Call It Love"20066219910299345Coming Home
"What You Are"57
"Why"143
"Reason to Believe"200776
"All Around the World"6
"Face in the Crowd" (with Trijntje Oosterhuis)20083Just Go
"Good Morning"12067
"Just Go"200911611189752
"I'm in Love"101
"All Night Long 2011" (featuring Guy Sebastian)201126Non-album single
"Endless Love" (with Shania Twain)2012 [B] 12Tuskegee
"Say You, Say Me" (with Rasmus Seebach)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released to that country

Other charted songs

TitleYearPeak positionsAlbum
US Country
"Deep River Woman" (with Little Big Town)201260Tuskegee

Music videos

YearVideo
1982"Truly"
1983"You Are"
"My Love"
"All Night Long (All Night)"
"Running with the Night"
1984"Hello"
"Penny Lover"
1985"Say You, Say Me"
1986"Dancing on the Ceiling"
"Love Will Conquer All"
"Ballerina Girl"
1987"Se La"
1992"Do It to Me"
"My Destiny"
"Love, Oh Love"
1996"Don't Wanna Lose You"
"Ordinary Girl"
1998"Time"
2000"Angel"
"Don't Stop the Music"
2001"Cinderella"
2003"To Love a Woman"
2004"Just for You"
2006"I Call It Love"
2009"Just Go"
2012"Endless Love"

Notes

  1. "Ordinary Girl" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number one on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. [47]
  2. "Endless Love" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 16 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. [47]

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