Lionel Richie

Birth Name:

Lionel Richie

Birth Place:

Tuskegee, Alabama, United States

Profession

Soundtrack, Actor, Producer, Writer, Music department

Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1994
Named Person of the Year by MusiCares in 2016
Received the 2011 Harvard Foundation Peter J․ Gomes Humanitarian Award
Received the first SAG-AFTRA Foundation Recording Artists Inspiration Award in 2017
Received a tennis scholarship to play for Tuskegee Institute, where he studied economics
Adopted actress Nicole Richie in 1991
Join his classmates' band The Mystics as a freshman in college
Quote: "[On his determination] "Growing up if you told me to go left, I would go right․ If you brought me into a room and said there’s one door that I absolutely cannot open, that’s the door I’m going to open․""
Joined The Commodores in 1968 as a backup singer and saxophonist
Co-wrote the song "We Are the World" with musician Michael Jackson
Has supported numerous breast cancer foundations
Served as a fashion consultant for former South African President Nelson Mandela
Served as a secret ambassador for Google's Project Fi in 2015

1982Oscar - Best Music, Original Song:Nominated
1982Golden Globe - Best Original Song - Motion Picture:Nominated
1982Grammy - Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special:Nominated
1986Oscar - Best Music, Original Song:Winner
1986Oscar - Best Music, Original Song:Nominated
1986Golden Globe - Best Original Song - Motion Picture:Winner
1991ASCAP Award - Most Performed Feature Film Standards:Winner
2024HMMA Award - Best Music Documentary/Special Program:Nominated
2024Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special:Nominated
2025PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures:Winner

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