Editing Lionel Richie (section)

===Popularity in the Arab world===
Richie is a popular musician in various [[Arab states]],<ref name="NPR news">{{cite web|url =https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6576395|title =Lionel Richie: The Key to Peace in the Middle East|publisher =NPR|date =December 4, 2006|access-date =June 12, 2007|archive-date =December 13, 2007|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20071213050335/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6576395|url-status =live}}</ref><ref name="Contact Music">{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/richie%20beloved%20in%20iraq_02_06_2006|title=Richie Beloved in Iraq|date=June 2, 2006|access-date=June 12, 2007|archive-date=October 12, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012170921/http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/richie%20beloved%20in%20iraq_02_06_2006|url-status=live}}</ref> and has performed in Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Libya.<ref name="ABC news">{{cite news
|url =https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=1974794
|author =John Berman
|title =Baghdad's Lionel Richie Obsession
|work =ABC News
|date =May 19, 2006
|access-date =June 12, 2007
|archive-date =February 7, 2007
|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070207133127/http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=1974794
|url-status =live
}}</ref> John Berman for ''[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]'' reported in 2006 that "Grown Iraqi men get misty-eyed by the mere mention of his name. 'I love Lionel Richie,' they say. They can sing an entire Lionel Richie song." Berman wrote that Richie said he was told that Iraqi civilians were playing "All Night Long" the night [[2003 invasion of Iraq|U.S. tanks invaded Baghdad]]. Richie was against the war and has said he would like to perform in [[Baghdad]] someday.<ref name="ABC news" />