# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lionel-richie
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:17:10.761Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lionel-richie"
name: "Lionel Richie"
slug: "lionel-richie"
description: "Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and television personality. He rose to fame in the 1970s as a songwriter and the co-lead singer of the Motown group Commodores; writing and recording the hit singles \"Easy\", \"Sail On\", \"Three Times a Lady\", and \"Still\" with the group before his departure. In 1980, he wrote and produced the US Billboard Hot 100 number one single \"Lady\" for Kenny Rogers."
tagline: "American singer, songwriter and actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lionel_Richie_2022_(51930307118)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1949-06-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           78.23
  momentum:             0
  historical:           29.24574
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 2330000
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/LionelRichie"
    handle:    "LionelRichie"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/lionelrichie/"
    handle:    "lionelrichie"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://lionelrichie.com"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/lionelrichie"
    handle:    "lionelrichie"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005360/"
    handle:    "nm0005360"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3gMaNLQm7D9MornNILzdSl"
    handle:    "3gMaNLQm7D9MornNILzdSl"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM3iG_kXUM_9HHVIDI7vEtg"
    handle:    "@lionelrichie"
    followers: 2330000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Lionel Richie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ليونيل ريتشي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ليونيل ريتشى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لایونل ریچی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Layonel Riçi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%8A%D0%BB_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B8"
    title: "Лайнъл Ричи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "লিওনেল রিচি"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lionel Richie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lionel Richie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lionel Richie"
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    title: "Lionel Richie"
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    title: "Λάιονελ Ρίτσι"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Richie"
    title: "Lionel Richie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Richie"
    title: "Lionel Richie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Richie"
    title: "Lionel Richie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Richie"
    title: "Lionel Richie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Richie"
    title: "Lionel Richie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%D9%84_%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C"
    title: "لایونل ریچی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Richie"
    title: "Lionel Richie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Richie"
    title: "Lionel Richie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Richie"
    title: "Lionel Richie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Richie"
    title: "Lionel Richie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%9C_%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A6'%D7%99"
    title: "ליונל ריצ'י"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lionel_Richie"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lionel_Richie"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lionel_Richie"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://tr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lionel_Richie"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump