Lionel Richie’s late parents, Lionel Brockman Richie Sr. and Alberta R. Foster, taught him so much about life. They welcomed Richie on June 20, 1949, and raised him on the campus grounds of the ...

Lionel Richie has spent the last seven years helping mold music’s next generation as a judge on American Idol. And he’s well positioned to do so after a wildly successful career spanning ...

Though Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan just kicked off their eighth season behind the iconic American Idol judge’s desk, they told Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday night (March 5 ...

Also on Thursday, Daniel Higgs, the longtime singer of the Baltimore punk band Lungfish, plays a solo show at the quite cozy ...

Anyone might be nervous covering “Easy” for “Idol” judge Lionel Richie — not to mention Luke Bryan and Carrie Underwood — but Tennet certainly didn’t show it. “Easy,” of course ...

The first “American Idol” contestant to appear on Season 23 received a surprise call from her favorite singer, courtesy of judge Lionel Richie. Kolbi Jordan, a 26-year-old Oklahoman ...

Carrie Underwood and Lionel Richie. Wright, 17, flirted with Underwood, performed a duet with Bryan and prompted a standing ovation from Richie, a fellow Alabama native. It was an impressive ...

Carrie Underwood got ripped by American Idol co-star Lionel Richie when on Good Morning America on Wednesday. The blonde beauty looked confused when Lionel said she is just too nice on the ...

And indeed, news broke within a few days of the Keith tribute that she’d agreed to return to the show, this time as a celebrity judge alongside Bryan and Lionel Richie. Now, nearly 20 years ...