Editing Lionel Richie (section)

==Awards and honors==
{{Main|List of awards received by Lionel Richie}}
Richie has won four [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]]s including Song of the Year in 1985 for "[[We Are the World]]" which he co-wrote with [[Michael Jackson]], Album of the Year in 1984 for ''[[Can't Slow Down (Lionel Richie album)|Can't Slow Down]]'', Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) in 1984, and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for Truly in 1982.<ref name="GA">{{cite web |url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=Lionel&field_nominee_work_value=&year=All&genre=All |title=Lionel Richie : Grammy Awards |publisher=Grammy Awards |access-date=July 24, 2014 |archive-date=July 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728074539/http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=Lionel&field_nominee_work_value=&year=All&genre=All |url-status=live }}</ref>

Richie was the first person to receive an [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] [[diamond album]] award.<ref name=RIAA>{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=lionel+richie&ti=can%27t+slow+down&lab=&genre=&format=&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section |title=Gold & Platinum |publisher=RIAA.com |access-date=December 6, 2018 |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803082028/https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=lionel+richie&ti=can%27t+slow+down&lab=&genre=&format=&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section |url-status=live }}</ref>

Richie has been nominated for two [[Golden Globe]] awards and won one. In 1982, he was nominated for Best Original Song for the film ''[[Endless Love (1981 film)|Endless Love]]''. In 1986, he was nominated and won the award for Best Original Song for the song "[[Say You, Say Me]]", featured in the film ''[[White Nights (1985 film)|White Nights]]''.<ref name="GBA">{{cite web|url=http://www.goldenglobes.com/lionel-richie |title=Lionel Richie : Golden Globe Awards |publisher=Golden Globes |access-date=July 24, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006120218/http://www.goldenglobes.com/lionel-richie |archive-date=October 6, 2014 }}</ref> This song also won the [[Academy Award]] for Best Original Song.