Lionel Richie is an American soul and R & B singer. His career in the music industry is long, with varying intensity and popularity. He has recorded music with great artists like Michael Jackson, who was godfather to his adopted daughter Nicole Richie. During the 1970s, Richie topped the world rankings with Motown group The Commodores, which he formed with friends at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama 1968th He released his solo debut 1984th Lionel Richie has sold around 100 million albums and won five Grammys. For the song Say You, Say Me from the film White Nights, he won an Oscar and a Golden Globe.