Studio albums

• 1982 - Lionel Richie
• 1983 - Can't Slow Down
• 1986 - Dancing on the Ceiling
• 1992 - Back to Front (Compilation album)
• 1996 - Louder Than Words
• 1997 - Truly: The Love Songs (Compilation album)
• 1998 - Time
• 2000 - Renaissance
• 2002 - Encore (Live album)
• 2004 - Just for You
• 2006 - Coming Home

U.S. #1 Singles

• 1981 "Endless Love" (with Diana Ross) (9 weeks)
• 1982 "Truly" (2 weeks)
• 1983 "All Night Long (All Night)" (4 weeks)
• 1984 "Hello" (2 weeks)
• 1985 "Say You, Say Me" (4 weeks)

Filmography

• Scott Joplin (1977) (w/ The Commodores)
• Thank God It's Friday (1978) (w/ The Commodores)
• Truth or Dare (1991) (documentary)
• The Preacher's Wife (1996)
• Pariah (1998)

Trivia

• Richie appeared as a guest on the BBC Two motoring show Top Gear, in the "Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car" segment, in which celebrities compete for the fastest lap time around the Dunsfold Park circuit in a Suzuki Liana. While on a practice lap, Richie lost a wheel in the middle of a fast corner. The incident was screened as part of the UK edition of the show.

• While at Tuskeegee University, Richie pledged Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity, Inc.

• Richie is a honorary member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans.

• He performed a live concert at the Tennis Stadium/Aviation Club in Dubai on December 15, 2005.

• Richie's song "All Night Long (All Night)" was featured in a 2006 television commercial for the energy drink, Mountain Dew MDX. The commercial features nocturnal animals singing the song at night.

• Richie is surprisingly wildly popular in developing countries such as Iraq, Burundi etc.

• Richie is mentioned in a HomestarRunner.com character-toon. Homestar Runner is told by Strong Bad that one word to describe him would be "Lionel Richie." This is only one of three words that Strong Bad could say.

• Lionel's song "Running With The Night" was featured on Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto: Vice City soundtrack on the radio station Flash FM.

• In the 2001 film Rush Hour 2, Chris Tucker's character quips that Richie "ain't been black since the Commodores!"

• Richie is referenced in the comic strip Bloom County. The fictional metal band Deathtöngue writes a song called "Let's Run Over Lionel Ritchie With A Tank".