His songs have inspired fans for five decades. Now the indefatigable musician delivers the whole story in a 463-page memoir. By Elisabeth Egan This week, after the British monarch returned to official ...

Purple Rain should have won. Born in the U.S.A. would be an amazing pick. Lionel Richie winning is such a flop. Prince deserved it and would have been the best AOTY winner of the decade.

The immense catalog of Lionel Richie will be commemorated when the R&B-pop superstar is honored as the next recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Richie’s song list – ...

WASHINGTON – To list Lionel Richie’s career accomplishments would take, well, all night long. From the Grammy Awards (four) to the No. 1 pop-R&B hits (16) to the Academy Awards (1) to the number of ...

Late-COVID, late-winter Las Vegas. The Strip, near tidy as Tomorrowland, is running on muscle memory, marjoram-laced birria, the AFC/NFC championships and musical residencies — not the least of which ...