This article is a list of awards and nominations received by Lionel Richie
Lionel Richie is an American singer who has received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, 11 American Music Awards, four Grammy Awards and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and an MTV Video Music Award.
Richie include four Grammy Awards out of 15 nominations. He won his first Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Truly" (1983). He then won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for Can't Slow Down and Producer of the Year, Non-Classical (both 1985). The following year he won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year "We Are the World" (1986).
For his work on film he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for "Say You, Say Me" from White Nights (1985). He was Oscar-nominated for "Endless Love" from Endless Love and "Miss Celie's Blues" from The Color Purple.
For his work on television, he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special for the Netflix documentary film The Greatest Night in Pop (2024).
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1981 Best Original Song "Endless Love" (from Endless Love) 1985 "Say You, Say Me" (from White Nights) "Miss Celie's Blues" (from The Color Purple)
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2024 Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special The Greatest Night in Pop
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1981 Best Original Song "Endless Love" (from Endless Love) 1985 "Say You, Say Me" (from White Nights)
Grammy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Song of the Year "Three Times a Lady" "Lady" "Endless Love" Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Endless Love Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Himself Best Male Pop Vocal Performance "Truly" Song of the Year "All Night Long (All Night)" Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Himself Song of the Year "Hello" Album of the Year Can't Slow Down Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Himself Song of the Year "We Are the World" Best Dance Recording "Angel" Best R&B Album Coming Home Best Male R&B Vocal Performance "I Call It Love"
Miscellaneous awards Organizations Year Category Work Result American Music Awards 1984 Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist Himself Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist Favorite Soul/R&B Album Lionel Richie Favorite Soul/R&B Single "All Night Long (All Night)" 1985 Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist Himself Favorite Pop/Rock Male Video Artist Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist Favorite Soul/R&B Male Video Artist Favorite Pop/Rock Video "Hello" Favorite Soul/R&B Video Favorite Pop/Rock Album Can't Slow Down Favorite Soul/R&B Album 1987 Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist Himself Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist Favorite Soul/R&B Male Video Artist Favorite Pop/Rock Video "Dancing on the Ceiling" 2012 Favorite Country Album Tuskegee Billboard Music Awards 2013 Top Country Album Tuskegee Brit Awards 1984 Best International Solo Artist Himself 1985 1986 MTV Video Music Awards 1984 Best Male Video "All Night Long (All Night)" NAACP Image Awards 1989 Entertainer of the Year Himself
Honorary awards Organizations Year Accolade Result Academy of Achievement 1985 Honorary Awards BET Awards 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award Goldene Kamera 2007 Music International Lifetime Achievement Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2022 Inductee TV Land Award 2008 Music Icon
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