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Lionel Richie
Artist · Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr.

Lionel Richie

  • motown
  • United States
  • born 1949, Tuskegee
  • 3 albums
  • 23 Dutch Top 40 hits
  • 1982–1985

Lionel Richie, known as a member of Commodores, is an artist from the United States, born on 20 June 1949 in Tuskegee. The collection holds three albums, released between 1982 and 1985: Lionel Richie (1982), Can't Slow Down (1983) and Dancing on the Ceiling (1985). On top of that, Lionel Richie appears on three albums by others. In all, 23 records reached the Dutch Top 40, two of them the top spot. The highest was Hello: number 1 in week 15 of 1984.

Source: MusicBrainz and Discogs

Albums by Lionel Richie

By kind of album and then by year of release. Click a cover and you get the tracks per side, with the whole album on Spotify.

Sound of Lionel Richie

Lionel Richie sounds much like the shelves on average, at a tempo around 120 bpm.

  • Tempo120 bpm · 122 bpm
  • Energy35% · 38%
  • Mood60% · 63%
  • Acoustic92% · 85%
  • Danceable47% · 47%

Across 27 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.

Timeline of Lionel Richie

The years of Lionel Richie with Commodores. The thin lines are the albums and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line and click for the album or the weekly chart. The name of the group links to its page.

Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40

Also appears on

Lionel Richie also appears on three albums by others, from compilations to soundtracks.

Biggest hits of Lionel Richie

In the Dutch Top 40, Lionel Richie had 23 records. Each record shows its peak position, how long it stayed in the chart and the week of that peak. These are the five biggest. The button after the list opens all of them, with the run from week to week.

1peak position
week 44, 1983
204weeks in the chart
with 23 records
1978first entry
week 2, 1978
2008latest entry
week 42, 2008
15years with an entry
  1. 1Hello
    Lionel Richie
    198413 weeks
  2. 1All Night Long (All Night)
    Lionel Richie
    198311 weeks
  3. 2My Destiny
    Lionel Richie
    199214 weeks
  4. 2Say You, Say Me
    Lionel Richie
    198513 weeks
  5. 3Three Times A Lady
    Commodores
    197812 weeks

All 23 records by Lionel Richie in the Dutch Top 40

Source: top40.nl

Together with Lionel Richie

In Commodores, Lionel Richie played with William King, Michael Gilbert, Thomas McClary, Milan Williams, Ronald LaPread, Walter Orange, Sheldon Reynolds and J.D. Nicholas.

Frequently asked questions

How many albums by Lionel Richie are in the collection?

There are three, released between 1982 and 1985: Lionel Richie (1982), Can't Slow Down (1983) and Dancing on the Ceiling (1985).

Which Dutch Top 40 hits did Lionel Richie have?

Lionel Richie had 23 records in the Dutch Top 40, two of them at number 1. The best-charting record is Hello, which reached number 1 in week 15 of 1984.

Which group does Lionel Richie belong to?

Lionel Richie is known as a member of Commodores. The page shows the albums and Dutch Top 40 hits of the group from the years of membership, with those years on the timeline.

Which albums by other artists feature Lionel Richie?

Lionel Richie appears on three albums by others: Motown Collected Vol. 1, Motown Collected Vol. 2 and 80's Movie Hits Collected.

How do you play the music of Lionel Richie?

Open an album and use the round Spotify button after a track. The Dutch Top 40 entries have the same button. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.

Keep exploring

If you have landed here, you probably want to keep going: an album, an artist, a week in the Dutch Top 40 or a concert.