Lionel Richie / Music Sales Awards

Lionel Richie (2006)

This is an overview of the awards for music sales of US Soul - singer Lionel Richie . In his career he has sold over 100 million records to date, making him one of the most successful individual performers of all time . The awards can be found according to their type (gold, platinum, etc.), sorted by country in chronological order, and according to the sound carriers themselves, also in chronological order, separated by medium (albums, singles, etc.).

Awards

Silver record  United Kingdom 1982: for the single Truly 1985: for the single We Are the World 1996: for the album Louder Than Words 2009: for the album Just Go 2013: for the album Tuskegee 2013: for the author participation Endless Love (Luther Vandross) 2017: for the single Dancing on the Ceiling 2018: for the single Endless Love 2019: for the author participation Liar (Camila Cabello) Golden record  Australia 2012: for the album Tuskegee  Belgium 1986: for the single Say You, Say Me 2011: for the author participation I Like It (Enrique Iglesias)  Brazil 1998: for the album Truly - The Love Songs  Denmark 2010: for the author participation I Like It (Enrique Iglesias) 2012: for the album Tuskegee 2012: for the single Say You, Say Me 2013: for streaming Say You, Say Me  Germany 1984: for the album Can't Slow Down 2018: for the author participation I Like It (Enrique Iglesias)  France 1984: for the album Can't Slow Down 1996: for the album Louder Than Words 1998: for the album Truly - The Love Songs  Hong Kong 1984: for the album Lionel Richie  Italy 2014: for the single We Are the World 2015: for the album Back to Front 2019: for the single All Night Long (All Night)  Japan 1995: for the author participation Endless Love (Luther Vandross)  Canada 1981: for the album Endless Love 1981: for the author participation Lady (Kenny Rogers) 1986: for the single Dancing on the Ceiling 1987: for the album The Composer 1992: for the album Back to Front  New Zealand 2007: for the video album The Lionel Richie Collection 2010: for the video album Live In Paris  Netherlands 1987: for the single Say You, Say Me 1992: for the album Back to Front 2001: for the single Angel  Austria 2001: for the album Renaissance 2011: for the author participation I Like It (Enrique Iglesias)  Poland 1986: for the single Say You, Say Me  Switzerland 1987: for the album Dancing on the Ceiling 2000: for the album Renaissance 2002: for the album Encore 2010: for the author participation I Like It (Enrique Iglesias)  Spain 1984: for the album Can't Slow Down 1987: for the album Dancing on the Ceiling 1992: for the album Back to Front  United States 1980: for the author participation Lady (Kenny Rogers) 1981: for the album Endless Love 1982: for the single Truly 1983: for the single All Night Long (All Night) 1984: for the single Hello 1986: for the single Say You, Say Me 1994: for the author participation Endless Love (Luther Vandross) 1996: for the album Louder Than Words 2002: for the album Truly - The Love Songs 2005: for the video album The Lionel Richie Collection 2007: for the album Coming Home  United Kingdom 1984: for the single Hello 1995: for the album Endless Love 2004: for the album Just for You 2006: for the album Coming Home 2013: for the author participation I Like It (Enrique Iglesias) 2015: for the video album The Lionel Richie Collection

2 × gold record  France 1988: for the album Dancing on the Ceiling Platinum record  Australia 1994: for the author participation Endless Love (Luther Vandross) 2010: for the video album The Lionel Richie Collection 2011: for the album The Definitive Collection 2020: for the author participation Liar (Camila Cabello)  Germany 1992: for the album Back to Front 2001: for the album Renaissance  Europe 2001: for the album Renaissance 2002: for the album Truly - The Love Songs 2007: for the album The Definitive Collection  Finland 1985: for the album Can't Slow Down  France 1985: for the single We Are the World  Hong Kong 1985: for the album Can't Slow Down 1988: for the album Dancing on the Ceiling  Canada 1981: for the single Endless Love 1984: for the single Truly 1984: for the single All Night Long (All Night) 1986: for the single Say You, Say Me 2012: for the album Tuskegee  New Zealand 1985: for the single We Are the World 1985: for the album Can't Slow Down 1987: for the album Dancing on the Ceiling 1992: for the album Back to Front 1994: for the author participation Endless Love (Luther Vandross) 2008: for the album The Definitive Collection 2010: for the author participation I Like It (Enrique Iglesias)  Netherlands 1984: for the album Can't Slow Down 1987: for the single Hello 1987: for the album Dancing on the Ceiling 2001: for the album Renaissance 2008: for the album Symphonica in Rosso  Austria 2000: for the album Back to Front  Poland 2020: for the author participation Liar (Camila Cabello)  Spain 2010: for the author participation I Like It (Enrique Iglesias)  United States 1981: for the single Endless Love 1988: for the video album The Making of: Dancing on the Ceiling 1992: for the album Back to Front 2005: for the album The Definitive Collection 2012: for the album Tuskegee  United Kingdom 1984: for the album Lionel Richie 1998: for the album Truly - The Love Songs 2001: for the album Renaissance 2013: for the album Encore 2020: for the single All Night Long (All Night)

2 × platinum record  Australia 1992: for the album Back to Front  Switzerland 1992: for the album Back to Front  United Kingdom 1987: for the album Dancing on the Ceiling 3 × platinum record  France 1994: for the album Back to Front  Japan 1985: for the single We Are the World  Canada 1985: for the single We Are the World 1986: for the album Dancing on the Ceiling 2012: for the author participation I Like It (Enrique Iglesias)  United States 2011: for the author participation I Like It (Enrique Iglesias)  United Kingdom 1985: for the album Can't Slow Down 4 × platinum record  Australia 2015: for the author participation I Like It (Einrique Iglesias)  Canada 1985: for the album Lionel Richie  United States 1984: for the album Lionel Richie 1985: for the single We Are the World 1987: for the album Dancing on the Ceiling  United Kingdom 1992: for the album Back to Front 2020: for the album The Definitive Collection Diamond record  Canada 1984: for the album Can't Slow Down  United States 1985: for the album Can't Slow Down

Awards by album

Endless love

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	3 × gold	650,000

Lionel Richie

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	gold	10,000
Canada (MC)	4 × platinum	400,000
United States (RIAA)	4 × platinum	4,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	1 × gold 9 × platinum	4,710,000

Can't slow down

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
Finland (IFPI)	platinum	50,608
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	platinum	20,000
Canada (MC)	diamond	1,000,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	diamond	10,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × platinum	900,000
All in all	3 × gold 7 × platinum 2 × diamond	12,485,608

Dancing on the ceiling

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	2 × gold	200,000
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	platinum	20,000
Canada (MC)	3 × platinum	300,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	4 × platinum	4,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × platinum	600,000
All in all	4 × gold 11 × platinum	5,310,000

The Composer

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
All in all	1 × gold	50,000

Back to front

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	2 × platinum	140,000
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	500,000
France (SNEP)	3 × platinum	900,000
Italy (FIMI)	gold	50,000
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	50,000
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	2 × platinum	100,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × platinum	1,200,000
All in all	4 × gold 15 × platinum	4,070,000

Louder Than Words

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	50,000
All in all	1 × silver 2 × gold	650,000

Truly - The Love Songs

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Brazil (PMB)	gold	100,000
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	1,000,000
France (SNEP)	gold	(100,000)
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	(300,000)
All in all	3 × gold, 2 × platinum	1,600,000

Renaissance

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	(300,000)
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	1,000,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	(80,000)
Austria (IFPI)	gold	(15,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	(20,000)
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	(300,000)
All in all	2 × gold 4 × platinum	1,000,000

Encore

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	20,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	1 × gold 1 × platinum	320,000

The Definitive Collection

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	(1,000,000)
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × platinum	1,200,000
All in all	8 × platinum	2,285,000

Just for you

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	1 × gold	100,000

Coming home

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	2 × gold	600,000

Symphonica in Rosso

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	60,000
All in all	1 × platinum	60,000

Just go

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	60,000
All in all	1 × silver	60,000

Tuskegee

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	15,000
Canada (MC)	platinum	80,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	60,000
All in all	1 × silver 2 × gold 2 × platinum	1,190,000

Awards by singles

Endless love

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	200,000
All in all	1 × silver 2 × platinum	2,300,000

Truly

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	250,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × gold 1 × platinum	1,350,000

All Night Long (All Night)

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Italy (FIMI)	gold	25,000
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	600,000
All in all	2 × gold, 2 × platinum	1,725,000

Hello

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	400,000
All in all	2 × gold 1 × platinum	1,500,000

We are the world

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	platinum	1,000,000
Italy (FIMI)	gold	25,000
Japan (RIAJ)	3 × platinum	300,000
Canada (MC)	3 × platinum	300,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
United States (RIAA)	4 × platinum	8,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	250,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × gold 12 × platinum	9,890,000

Say you, say me

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Belgium (BEA)	gold	100,000
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	15,000
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	75,000
Poland (ZPAV)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	1,000,000
All in all	5 × gold 1 × platinum	1,340,000

Dancing on the ceiling

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	200,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × gold	250,000

fishing rod

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	40,000
All in all	1 × gold	40,000

Awards for author participations and productions

Lady ( Kenny Rogers )

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	1,000,000
All in all	2 × gold	1,050,000

Endless Love ( Luther Vandross feat. Mariah Carey )

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	50,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	200,000
All in all	1 × silver 2 × gold 2 × platinum	835,000

I Like It ( Enrique Iglesias feat. Pitbull )

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	4 × platinum	280,000
Belgium (BEA)	gold	15,000
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	15,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	150,000
Canada (MC)	3 × platinum	240,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	15,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	15,000
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	40,000
United States (RIAA)	3 × platinum	3,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	400,000
All in all	6 × gold 12 × platinum	4,175,000

Liar ( Camila Cabello )

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
Poland (ZPAV)	platinum	20,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	200,000
All in all	1 × silver 2 × platinum	290,000

Awards by video albums

The Making of: Dancing on the Ceiling

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA)	platinum	100,000
All in all	1 × platinum	100,000

The Lionel Richie Collection

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	15,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	2,500
United States (RIAA)	gold	50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	25,000
All in all	3 × gold 1 × platinum	92,500

Live in Paris

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	2,500
All in all	1 × gold	2,500

Awards after music streaming

Say you, say me

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	50,000
All in all	1 × gold	50,000

Statistics and sources

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
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
Germany (BVMI)	-	2 × gold2	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
Austria (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	-	80,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	70,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	4 × gold4th	2 × platinum2	-	180,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	3 × gold3	platinum1	-	190,000	mediafire.com ES2
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	57 × gold57	96 × platinum96	2 × diamond2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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.  
2. ↑ Gold for Say You, Say Me in Belgium (PDF file, p.33)
3. ↑ Gold for Lionel Richie in Hong Kong ( Memento from June 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Gold for The Lionel Richie Collection in New Zealand ( Memento from July 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Gold for Live In Paris in New Zealand ( Memento from July 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ Gold for Say You, Say Me in Poland (PDF file, p.34)
7. ↑ Gold for Dancing on the Ceiling in Switzerland (PDF file, p.43)
8. ↑ Platinum for Can't Slow Down in Hong Kong ( Memento from May 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
9. ↑ Platinum for Dancing on the Ceiling in Hong Kong ( Memento from May 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
10. ↑ Platinum for The Definitive Collection in New Zealand ( Memento from July 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
11. ↑ 2 × platinum for Back to Front in Australia