Lionel Richie / discography
This discography is an overview of the musical works of American Soul - singer Lionel Richie . According to the sources, he has sold around 100 million records in his career, making him one of the performers with the highest number of records sold worldwide . Lionel Richie's most successful release is the album Can't Slow Down, with around 12.5 million units sold
Albums
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1982 | Lionel Richie | - | - | - |
UK9  (86 weeks)UK |
US3 × 4
(140 weeks)US |
First published: September 11, 1982
Sales: + 4,710,000 |
| 1983 | Can't slow down |
DE2  (68 weeks)DE |
AT17 (4 weeks) AT |
CH3 (34 weeks) CH |
UK1 × 3
(154 weeks)UK |
US1  (160 weeks)US |
First published: October 11, 1983
Sales: + 12,485,000 |
| 1986 | Dancing on the ceiling |
DE5 (16 weeks) DE |
AT4 (14 weeks) AT |
CH2 (11 weeks)CH |
UK2 × 2
(53 weeks)UK |
US1 × 4
(58 weeks)US |
First published: July 15, 1986
Sales: + 5,310,000 |
| 1996 | Louder Than Words |
DE26 (13 weeks) DE |
AT12 (13 weeks) AT |
CH10 (9 weeks) CH |
UK11  (6 weeks)UK |
US28 (14 weeks)US |
First published: April 14, 1996
Sales: +650,000 |
| 1998 | Time |
DE15 (10 weeks) DE |
AT16 (10 weeks) AT |
CH9 (14 weeks) CH |
UK31 (4 weeks) UK |
US152 (3 weeks) US |
First published: June 23, 1998
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| 2000 | Renaissance |
DE3 (49 weeks)DE |
AT5 (19 weeks)AT |
CH6th (24 weeks)CH |
UK6th (35 weeks)UK |
US62 (15 weeks) US |
First published: October 16, 2000
Sales: + 1,000,000 |
| 2004 | Just for you |
DE10 (13 weeks) DE |
AT5 (15 weeks) AT |
CH8 (19 weeks) CH |
UK5 (10 weeks)UK |
US47 (9 weeks) US |
First published: March 8, 2004
Sales: + 100,000 |
| 2006 | Coming home |
DE8 (16 weeks) DE |
AT35 (6 weeks) AT |
CH9 (10 weeks) CH |
UK15th (11 weeks)UK |
US6th (24 weeks)US |
First published: September 8, 2006
Sales: + 600,000 |
| 2009 | Just go |
DE9 (8 weeks) DE |
AT9 (8 weeks) AT |
CH28 (9 weeks) CH |
UK10 (5 weeks)UK |
US24 (8 weeks) US |
First published: March 14, 2009
Sales: + 60,000 |
| 2012 | Tuskegee |
DE7 (7 weeks) DE |
AT9 (6 weeks) AT |
CH31 (6 weeks) CH |
UK7th (9 weeks)UK |
US1 (17 weeks)US |
First published: March 9, 2012
Sales: +1,190,000 |
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
More studio albums
- 1981: Endless Love, Soundtrack (US:gold)
Live albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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CH
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US
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| 2002 | Encore |
DE23 (9 weeks) DE |
AT4 (11 weeks) AT |
CH10 (14 weeks)CH |
UK8th (10 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: November 25, 2002
Sales: +320,000 |
| 2007 | Live - His Greatest Hits and More |
DE39 (3 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK91 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: September 17, 2007
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| 2019 | Hello from Las Vegas | - | - | - | - |
US2 (1 week) US |
First published: August 16, 2019
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More live albums
- 2007: Live in Paris
Compilations
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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US
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| 1992 | Back to front |
DE2 (44 weeks)DE |
AT3 (17 weeks)AT |
CH3 × 2
(23 weeks)CH |
UK1 × 4
(84 weeks)UK |
US19th (29 weeks)US |
First published: May 5, 1992
Sales: + 4,070,000 |
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| 1997 | Truly - The Love Songs |
DE73 (2 weeks) DE |
AT33 (5 weeks) AT |
CH34 (3 weeks) CH |
UK5 (21 weeks)UK |
US- |
First published: October 27, 1997
Sales: + 1,600,000 |
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| 2003 | The Definitive Collection together with the Commodores |
DE40 (9 weeks) DE |
AT61 (3 weeks) AT |
CH45 (6 weeks) CH |
UK1 × 4
(… Where.)UK |
US19th (68 weeks)US |
First published: February 4th, 2003
Sales: + 2,085,000 highest placing in UK as recently as 2015 |
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| Number one albums | DE-DE | AT-AT | CH-CH | UK3UK | US3US | |||
| Top 10 albums | DE8thDE | AT7thAT | CH8thCH | UK11UK | US6thUS | |||
| Albums in the charts | DE14thDE | AT13AT | CH13CH | UK15thUK | US13US | |||
More compilations
- 2006: gold
- 2006: Soul Legends
- 2006: Sounds of the Season
- 2008: Symphonica in Rosso
Singles
Chart placements
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | [↑]: treated together with the previous entry; [←]: placed in both charts |
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| 1981 |
Endless Love (with Diana Ross ) Endless Love OST |
- | - |
CH6 (7 weeks) CH |
UK7th (12 weeks)UK |
US1 (27 weeks)US |
First published: June 1981
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| 1982 |
Truly Lionel Richie |
- | - | - |
UK6th (11 weeks)UK |
US1 (18 weeks)US |
First published: September 1982
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| 1983 |
You are Lionel Richie |
- | - | - |
UK43 (7 weeks) UK |
US4 (18 weeks) US |
First published: December 1982
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My Love Lionel Richie |
- | - | - |
UK70 (6 weeks) UK |
US5 (16 weeks) US |
First published: March 1983
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All Night Long (All Night) Can't Slow Down |
DE2 (17 weeks) DE |
AT8 (6 weeks) AT |
CH8 (11 weeks) CH |
UK2 (16 weeks)UK |
US1 (24 weeks)US |
First published: August 31, 1983
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Running with the Night Can't Slow Down |
DE33 (12 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK9 (12 weeks) UK |
US7 (19 weeks) US |
First published: November 1983
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| 1984 |
Hello Can't Slow Down |
DE2 (17 weeks) DE |
AT3 (12 weeks) AT |
CH1 (15 weeks) CH |
UK1 (15 weeks)UK |
US1 (24 weeks)US |
First published: February 1984
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Stuck on You Can't Slow Down |
DE45 (7 weeks) DE |
- |
CH26 (2 weeks) CH |
UK12 (12 weeks) UK |
US3 (19 weeks) US |
First published: June 1984
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Penny Lover Can't Slow Down |
DE37 (10 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK18 (7 weeks) UK |
US8 (18 weeks) US |
First published: September 1984
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| 1985 |
Say You, Say Me White Nights OST |
DE12 (19 weeks) DE |
AT6 (16 weeks) AT |
CH1 (15 weeks) CH |
UK8 (13 weeks) UK |
US1 (20 weeks)US |
First published: October 1985
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| 1986 |
Dancing on the ceiling Dancing on the ceiling |
DE13 (13 weeks) DE |
AT22 (6 weeks) AT |
CH6 (10 weeks) CH |
UK7th (11 weeks)UK |
US2 (17 weeks) US |
First published: June 1986
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Love Will Conquer All Dancing on the Ceiling |
- | - | - |
UK45 (5 weeks) UK |
US9 (18 weeks) US |
First published: September 1986
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Ballerina Girl Dancing on the Ceiling |
DE66 (4 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK17 (8 weeks) UK |
US7 (18 weeks) US |
First published: November 1986
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| Deep River Woman Dancing on the Ceiling[DE: ↑][AT: ↑][CH: ↑][UK: ↑] |
US71 (8 weeks) US |
First published: November 1986
with Alabama |
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| 1987 | Se La Dancing on the Ceiling |
DE41 (7 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK43 (6 weeks) UK |
US20 (13 weeks) US |
First published: March 1987
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| 1992 | Do It to Me Back to Front |
DE26 (22 weeks) DE |
AT23 (5 weeks) AT |
CH12 (15 weeks) CH |
UK33 (6 weeks) UK |
US21 (20 weeks) US |
First published: April 1992
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| My Destiny Back to Front |
DE23 (24 weeks) DE |
AT22 (2 weeks) AT |
CH19 (9 weeks) CH |
UK7 (13 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: August 1992
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| Love, Oh Love Back to Front |
DE71 (6 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK52 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: November 1992
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| 1996 | Don't Wanna Lose You Louder Than Words |
DE66 (10 weeks) DE |
AT34 (1 week) AT |
CH32 (5 weeks) CH |
UK17 (10 weeks) UK |
US39 (15 weeks) US |
First published: March 1996
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| Still in Love Louder Than Words |
- | - | - |
UK66 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: November 1996
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| 1998 | Closest Thing to Heaven Time |
DE99 (3 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK26 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: June 1998
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| 2000 | Angel renaissance |
DE9 (16 weeks) DE |
AT6 (17 weeks) AT |
CH27 (21 weeks) CH |
UK18 (5 weeks) UK |
US70 (18 weeks) US |
First published: October 2000
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| Don't Stop the Music Renaissance |
DE68 (4 weeks) DE |
AT74 (1 week) AT |
CH36 (10 weeks) CH |
UK34 (6 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: December 2000
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| 2001 | Tender Heart Renaissance |
- | - | - |
UK29 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: March 2001
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| Cinderella Renaissance |
DE74 (6 weeks) DE |
- |
CH49 (9 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: May 2001
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| I forgot | - | - | - |
UK34 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: June 2001
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| 2003 | To love a woman just for you |
DE52 (8 weeks) DE |
AT50 (6 weeks) AT |
CH14 (12 weeks) CH |
UK19 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First release: April 2003
feat. Enrique Iglesias |
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| 2004 | Just for You Just for You |
DE24 (19 weeks) DE |
AT24 (11 weeks) AT |
CH35 (15 weeks) CH |
UK20 (4 weeks) UK |
US92 (17 weeks) US |
First published: March 2004
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| Long Long Way to Go Just for You |
DE54 (9 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | - |
First published: August 2004
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| 2006 | I Call It Love Coming Home |
DE29 (9 weeks) DE |
- |
CH47 (10 weeks) CH |
UK45 (6 weeks) UK |
US62 (20 weeks) US |
First published: July 2006
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| 2007 | Reason to Believe Coming Home |
DE76 (4 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | - |
First published: February 2007
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| 2009 | Good Morning Just Go |
DE67 (6 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | - |
First published: December 2008
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| Just go, just go |
- | - |
CH75 (1 week) CH |
UK52 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First release: March 2009
feat. Akon |
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Chart placements as a guest musician
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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AT
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UK
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US
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| 1985 | We are the world |
DE2 (21 weeks) DE |
AT2 (18 weeks) AT |
CH1 (29 weeks) CH |
UK1 (10 weeks) UK |
US1 (18 weeks) US |
First published: March 1985
with USA for Africa |
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| 2010 | We Are the World: 25 for Haiti | - | - | - |
UK50 (1 week) UK |
US2 (5 weeks) US |
First published: February 2010
with Artists for Haiti |
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| Number one singles | DE-DE | AT-AT | CH3CH | UK2UK | US6thUS | |||
| Top 10 singles | DE4thDE | AT5AT | CH6thCH | UK9UK | US15thUS | |||
| Singles in the charts | DE24DE | AT12AT | CH17thCH | UK29UK | US22ndUS | |||
Video albums
- 1988: The Making of: Dancing on the Ceiling
- 2003: The Lionel Richie Collection (US / UK:gold)
- 2007: Live - His Greatest Hits
- 2008: Live
The Commodores (1971-1982)
Awards for music sales
| Country / Region |
silver |
gold |
platinum |
diamond
|
Sales | swell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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 Australia (ARIA)
|
- |
gold1
|
8 × platinum8th
|
- | 660,000 | aria.com.au |
 Belgium (BEA)
|
- |
2 × gold2
|
- | - | 115,000 | ultratop.be |
 Brazil (PMB)
|
- |
gold1
|
- | - | 100,000 | pro-musicabr.org.br |
 Denmark (IFPI)
|
- |
4 × gold4th
|
- | - | 45,000 | ifpi.dk |
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Germany (BVMI)
|
- |
2 × gold2
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2 × platinum2
|
- | 1,200,000 | musikindustrie.de |
 Europe (IFPI)
|
- | - |
3 × platinum3
|
- | (3,000,000) | ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) |
 Finland (IFPI)
|
- | - |
platinum1
|
- | 50,608 | ifpi.fi |
 France (SNEP)
|
- |
5 × gold5
|
4 × platinum4th
|
- | 2,400,000 | infodisc.fr snepmusique.com |
 Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)
|
- |
gold1
|
2 × platinum2
|
- | 50,000 | Individual evidence |
 Italy (FIMI)
|
- |
3 × gold3
|
- | - | 100,000 | fimi.it |
 Japan (RIAJ)
|
- |
gold1
|
3 × platinum3
|
- | 350,000 | riaj.or.jp |
 Canada (MC)
|
- |
5 × gold5
|
18 × platinum18th
|
diamond1
|
2,970,000 | musiccanada.com |
 New Zealand (RMNZ)
|
- |
2 × gold2
|
7 × platinum7th
|
- | 110,000 | nztop40.co.nz |
 Netherlands (NVPI)
|
- |
3 × gold3
|
5 × platinum5
|
- | 605,000 | nvpi.nl |
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Austria (IFPI)
|
- |
2 × gold2
|
platinum1
|
- | 80,000 | ifpi.at |
 Poland (ZPAV)
|
- |
gold1
|
platinum1
|
- | 70,000 | bestsellery.zpav.pl |
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Switzerland (IFPI)
|
- |
4 × gold4th
|
2 × platinum2
|
- | 180,000 | hitparade.ch |
 Spain (Promusicae)
|
- |
3 × gold3
|
platinum1
|
- | 190,000 | mediafire.com ES2 |
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United States (RIAA)
|
- |
11 × gold11
|
20 × platinum20th
|
diamond1
|
41,650,000 | riaa.com |
|
United Kingdom (BPI)
|
9 × silver9
|
6 × gold6th
|
18 × platinum18th
|
- | 8,305,000 | bpi.co.uk |
| All in all |
9 × silver9
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57 × gold57
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96 × platinum96
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2 × diamond2
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- ↑ Lionel Richie is on a big tour of Germany. (No longer available online.) Ampya on September 23, 2014, archived from the original on November 9, 2014 ; Retrieved November 12, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c d e Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ The Definitive Collection (Lionel Richie & the Commodores) in the German charts
