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Lionel Richie REACTS to Kerry Washington's Halloween Costume
Lionel Richie is celebrating each nighttime long.
And helium has much than bully crushed to: During the 2022 American Music Awards connected Nov. 20, the legendary vocalist was honored with the esteemed Icon Award. In summation to receiving the honor, the 73-year-old was recognized with a moving tribute of performances by Stevie Wonder, Charlie Puth and Ari Lennox.
During their clip connected stage, Stevie and Charlie each belted retired a fewer of his hits including, "Say You, Say Me," "All Night Long," and "Easy." Ari was among a slew of others stars who joined the signifier to sing "We Are the World," specified arsenic Melissa Etheridge, Jimmie Allen, Smokey Robinson, Muni Long, Dustin Lynch and Yola.
Lionel—whose awesome vocation successful the euphony manufacture spans implicit 5 decades and counting—also reflected connected his travel arsenic helium took the signifier to judge his trophy. "I started retired present astatine the AMAs," helium said. "And my career, to this time 40 years later, I'm backmost astatine the AMAs."
The vocalist besides had a connection for those pursuing successful his footsteps, adding, "What I privation to accidental and instrumentality this clip to bash is to speech to the young superstars. God has fixed you a light. That airy is special. That airy is lone fixed to a few. When you perceive the connection hip, it means today. When you perceive the connection inspiring, it means forever."
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The illustrious Icon Award marks Lionel's 18th trophy earned from the AMAs. The singer, who has sold implicit 125 cardinal albums worldwide, is besides the recipient of 4 Grammys, an Oscar, 1 Golden Globe grant and was the archetypal idiosyncratic successful past to person an RIAA diamond medium award.
Ahead of this year's ceremony, the American Idol justice reveled successful the full-circle moment.
"I'm immensely grateful for a vocation that has taken maine to places I ne'er imagined that I'd go, from arenas worldwide to workplace sets to the AMA stage," helium shared successful a Nov. 7 statement. "I tin callback 1 of the archetypal times I got to execute astatine the AMAs. It was to sing ‘We Are the World' among the astir iconic musicians of my generation, truthful it is surreal to beryllium receiving this designation 36 years later."
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