Richard Marx

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the US film editor of a similar name, see Richard Marks (* 1943).

Richard Marx (2005)

Richard Noel Marx (born September 16, 1963 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American singer and songwriter .

Career

Richard Marx grew up in a very musical family - his father Dick Marx was a composer and vocal coach, his mother Ruth a singer.

Marx was discovered in the early 80s by Lionel Richie , for whom he subsequently worked as a background singer. In 1987 Richard Marx published his solo debut of the same name, which was particularly successful in the USA. In 1989 he made the final breakthrough with his ballad Right Here Waiting from his second album Repeat Offender . His third album Rush Street (1991) built on the success of the first two LPs and brought Marx to the height of his solo career.

In the following years he released four more records, including a best-of album, but he could no longer build on the successes of previous years. He withdrew from the public as much as possible and worked primarily as a songwriter for many well-known artists. He wrote texts for Kenny Loggins , Lara Fabian , 98 Degrees and 'N Sync, among others . In addition, during this time he was particularly committed to teaching art and music in schools and to a campaign against smoking.

It was only with his eighth solo album, My Own Best Enemy , that he made a highly regarded comeback in 2004. On this record, Marx worked with some well-known colleagues such as Fee Waybill , Michael Landau and Keith Urban . In addition, his single Ready To Fly became the unofficial anthem of the Four Hills Tournament 2005.

In total, Marx sold over 30 million records in his career. As a singer he had 19 TOP 20 hits, including seven number one hits, and wrote 13 more for other artists. In 2004 he and Luther Vandross won a Grammy Award for the song Dance With My Father as "Song of the year". In 2016 Richard Marx released his own version of the song.

Marx was married to actress Cynthia Rhodes from 1989 to 2014 and has three sons with her. Since December 23, 2015, Marx has been married to the actress Daisy Fuentes .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1987	Richard Marx	-	-	-	UK68 (2 weeks) UK	US8th × 3 Triple platinum (86 weeks)US	First published: June 1987
1989	Repeat Offender	DE9 gold (60 weeks)DE	AT27 (2 weeks) AT	CH7th gold (14 weeks)CH	UK8th gold (12 weeks)UK	US1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (66 weeks)US	First published: May 1989
1991	Rush Street	DE33 (25 weeks) DE	-	CH17 (7 weeks) CH	UK7th gold (20 weeks)UK	US35 platinum (58 weeks)US	First published: October 28, 1991
1994	Paid Vacation	DE18 (17 weeks) DE	AT34 (3 weeks) AT	CH7 (16 weeks) CH	UK11 (6 weeks) UK	US37 platinum (23 weeks)US	First published: February 8, 1994
1997	Flesh and bone	DE52 (4 weeks) DE	-	CH24 (6 weeks) CH	-	US70 (6 weeks) US	First published: April 8, 1997
2004	My Own Best Enemy	-	-	-	-	US126 (1 week) US	First published: August 10, 2004
2012	Christmas spirit	-	-	-	-	US181 (1 week) US	First published: October 22, 2012
2014	Beautiful goodbye	-	-	-	-	US39 (1 week) US	First published: July 8, 2014
2020	Limitless	DE91 (1 week) DE	-	CH64 (1 week) CH	-	-	First published: February 7, 2020

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1997	Greatest hits	-	-	-	UK34 silver (4 weeks)UK	US140 gold (11 weeks)US	First published: November 4, 1997

More albums

• 1991: Marx
• 1992: Live in USA 1988/92
• 1992: Live Music Hall Cologne 1992
• 1994: Ballads
• 1995: Channel V at the Hard Rock Live
• 1997: His Songs, Your Life
• 2000: timeline
• 2000: The Best of
• 2000: The Essential
• 2000: Days in Avalon
• 2004: Live Acoustic
• 2008: Duo
• 2008: Sundown
• 2008: Emotional Remains
• 2009: The Music of: 1987-2009
• 2010: Duo Live
• 2010: Stories to Tell
• 2010: Hits & Ballads
• 2012: Inside My Head
• 2012: Seven & Seven
• 2012: A Night Out with Friends
• 2014: Now and Forever: The Ballads
• 2014: Beautiful Goodbye

Singles (chart successes)

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
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1987	Don't Mean Nothing Richard Marx	-	-	-	UK78 (3 weeks) UK	US3 (21 weeks) US	First published: May 26, 1987
	Should've Known Better Richard Marx	-	-	-	UK50 (6 weeks) UK	US3 (21 weeks) US	First published: September 8, 1987
1988	Endless Summer Nights Richard Marx	-	-	-	UK50 (6 weeks) UK	US2 (21 weeks) US	First published: January 5, 1988
	Hold On to the Nights Richard Marx	-	-	-[UK: ↑]		US1 (21 weeks) US	First published: May 3, 1988
1989	Satisfied repeat offender	DE42 (12 weeks) DE	-	-	UK52 (4 weeks) UK	US1 (15 weeks) US	First published: April 1989
	Right Here Waiting Repeat Offender	DE12 (25 weeks) DE	AT19 (8 weeks) AT	CH6 (18 weeks) CH	UK2 silver (10 weeks)UK	US1 platinum (21 weeks)US	First published: June 1989
	Angelia Repeat Offender	DE23 (19 weeks) DE	-	CH9 (12 weeks) CH	UK45 (4 weeks) UK	US4 (17 weeks) US	First published: September 1989
1990	Too Late to Say Goodbye Repeat Offender	DE53 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	UK38 (3 weeks) UK	US12 (13 weeks) US	First published: January 1990
	Children of the Night Repeat Offender	DE58 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	UK54 (2 weeks) UK	US13 (15 weeks) US	First published: April 1990
1991	Keep Coming Back Rush Street	DE52 (11 weeks) DE	-	CH22 (6 weeks) CH	UK55 (2 weeks) UK	US12 (20 weeks) US	First published: September 1991
1992	Hazard Rush Street	DE42 (11 weeks) DE	-	CH26 (7 weeks) CH	UK3 silver (15 weeks)UK	US9 (20 weeks) US	First published: January 1992
	Take This Heart Rush Street	-	-	-	UK13 (6 weeks) UK	US20 (20 weeks) US	First published: June 1992
	Chains Around My Heart Rush Street	-	-	-	UK29 (6 weeks) UK	US44 (13 weeks) US	First published: September 1992
1994	Now and Forever Paid Vacation	DE54 (14 weeks) DE	-	-	UK13 (7 weeks) UK	US7 (27 weeks) US	First published: January 1994
	Silent Scream Paid Vacation	DE79 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	UK32 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 1994
	The Way She Loves Me Paid Vacation	-	-	-	UK38 (3 weeks) UK	US20 (19 weeks) US	First published: July 1994
1997	Until I Find You Again Flesh and Bone	-	-	-	UK97 (1 week) UK	US42 (20 weeks) US	First published: April 1997
	At the Beginning Anastasia (OST)	DE77 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	-	US45 (20 weeks) US	First published: November 1997 with Donna Lewis
2005	Ready to Fly My Own Best Enemy	DE48 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: January 2005

Video albums

• 1990: Richard Marx Volume I (US: platinum)

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Canada 1989: for the single Right Here Waiting 1994: for the album Paid Vacation  Norway 1989: for the album Greatest Hits Platinum record  Canada 1988: for the album Richard Marx

2 × platinum record  Canada 1992: for the album Rush Street 6 × platinum record  Canada 1990: for the album Repeat Offender

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Germany (BVMI)	-	gold1	-	250,000	musikindustrie.de
Canada (MC)	-	2 × gold2	9 × platinum9	1,000,000	musiccanada.com
Norway (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	20,000	ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	25,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	-	gold1	11 × platinum11	10,600,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × silver3	2 × gold2	-	660,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	3 × silver3	8 × gold8th	20 × platinum20th

swell

1. ^ Richard Marx and Cynthia Rhodes Divorcing After 25 Years of Marriage , Wenner Media. April 4, 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2015. 
2. ^ Richard Marx & Daisy Fuentes Are Married, Share Wedding Photos . In: E! Online . ( eonline.com [accessed December 21, 2016]).
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US

Web links

• Official website (English).
• Richard Marx at laut.de
• Dance with my father Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzra_wsLv2g