.LionelRichie is set to receive the Icon Award at the 2022 AMAs!
The show launched in 1974, the same year Richie landed his first top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with Commodores’ instrumental hit “Machine Gun.” Richie won his first two AMAs with Commodores and the rest for his solo career. The Icon Award will be his 18th AMA. He holds the record for most wins for music videos .
In January 1984 Richie became the first person to solo-host the AMAs. He returned as a solo host the following year for what was surely one of the most memorable nights of his life. He won a then-record six awards that night.
“Lionel Richie has had a profound impact on countless people around the world and on the music industry as a whole,” executive producer and showrunner Jesse Collins said in a statement. “From the millions of dollars raised due to ‘We Are the World’ to the global influence his unique sound still has today, Richie is the definition of a living legend and honoring him with the AMAs Icon Award is a no-brainer.
Richie has received numerous other awards including an Oscar and a Golden Globe for best original song for “Say You, Say Me” and four Grammys, including album of the year forIn 2016, Richie was named MusiCares’ Person of the Year and was the recipient of the Songwriters Hall of Fame’s top award, the Johnny Mercer Prize.
Richie has amassed five No. 1 hits on the Hot 100 as a solo artist and two more fronting Commodores. He has landed three No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 –
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