Lionel Richie Wants Bruno Mars & Ed Sheeran to Call Him for a Collab!

What's amended than 1 Grammy winner? Three Grammy winners.

Having antecedently worked with legendary artists specified arsenic Diana Ross, Michael Jackson and Shania Twain, Lionel Richie revealed which of today's biggest stars he'd emotion to collab with connected the 2022 American Music Awards reddish carpet.

"Bruno [Mars] is an unthinkable writer. Ed Sheeran is an unthinkable writer," helium exclusively told E! News' Francesca Amiker at the Nov. 20 ceremony, wherever helium was honored with this year's Icon Award. "Y'all amended telephone me. You amended telephone me."

Before Lionel deed the AMAs signifier to judge his award, helium opened up astir what the grant meant to him—specifically what helium hopes it does and doesn't mean for his career.

"I'm truthful acrophobic due to the fact that present that they commencement giving these awards out, I support asking the question, 'Is this bye, bye? Is this farewell?'" Lionel told E! News, adding that helium felt the aforesaid mode astir being a 2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.

During the grant show, the "All Night Long" singer took the signifier to judge the award, telling the audience, "I started retired present astatine the AMAs. And my career, to this time 40 years later, I'm backmost astatine the AMAs."

"What I privation to accidental and instrumentality this clip to bash is to speech to the young superstars," his speech continued. "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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