Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. ST PAUL, MINNESOTA - AUGUST 04: Lionel Richie performs onstage ...

Nowadays, it's impossible to think of a Lionel Richie song more universally beloved than his 1977 collaboration with the Commodores, "Brick House." But according to the legendary 76-year-old musician, ...

You can’t write the history of 80s music without heavily including Lionel Richie. He effortlessly crossed over again and again from his R&B roots to the pop charts with a series of lush ballads and ...

Lionel Richie wrote these four songs by himself, and they are so good, they will always be considered classics.

Lionel Richie, who’s sold more than 125 million albums worldwide along with earning four Grammys, an Oscar and a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, doesn’t have anything left to prove. Yet Richie ...