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International superstar Lionel Richie has a discography of albums and singles that are second to none. His music is part of the fabric of pop music. With more than 125 million albums sold worldwide, an Oscar®, a Golden Globe®, four Grammy Awards®, a Kennedy Center Honoree in 2017 and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2022 Class. Lionel Richie is known for his mega-hits such as “Endless Love,” “Lady,” “Truly,” “All Night Long,” “Penny Lover,” “Stuck on You,” “Hello,” “Say You, Say Me,” “Dancing on the Ceiling,” and co-wrote one of the most important pop songs in history, “We Are the World,” for USA for Africa. His song catalog also includes his early work with The Commodores, where he developed a groundbreaking style that defied genre categories, penning smashes such as “Three Times a Lady,” “Still,” and “Easy.” Richie has had 11 consecutive years where he wrote #1 songs. With his most recent All the Hits, All Night Long Tour, Richie sold out arenas worldwide. In recent years, he also headlined festivals including Bonnaroo, Outside Lands, & Glastonbury, drawing the festival’s biggest crowd ever with more than 200,000 attendees. Richie was a judge on ABC’s American Idol for the past 5 seasons. He launched his Las Vegas headlining residency show, Lionel Richie—All the Hits in April 2016, and recently extended his “Back to Las Vegas” residency at Wynn Las Vegas’ Encore Theater in 2023.