Lionel Richie, the singer, songwriter, record producer, and occasional actor with a success story over nearly 30 years is the stuff only legends can pull off. He's sold over 100 million albums; won countless awards including an Oscar, a Golden Globe, 5 Grammy Awards and the Crystal Award for Humanitarianism. In adddition, he's written some of the best lyrics for love songs and pop and continues to sell-out arena and stadium shows around the globe.

Yeah, that's Lionel Richie for you. To everyone's surprise Lionel Richie is not only big in the US, Europe and Asia. He is HUGE in the Arab world. Reportedly, Richie has become a phenomenon in various Arab states and has performed in Morocco, Dubai, Qatar and even Libya.

As ABC News reported: "Grown Iraqi men get misty-eyed by the mere mention of his name. "I love Lionel Richie," they say. Iraqis who do not understand a word of English can sing an entire Lionel Richie song. He has performed in Morocco, Dubai, Qatar and Libya. There is obviously something up there. The more we talked, the more he theorized as to the reasons his music might be so popular here. He thinks it is because of the simple message in his music: Love.

His most recent work, "Just Go", will be arriving in stores next March 10. Akon and Ne-Yo share in the writing duties for the new album. "Just Go" will also have contributions from songwriter Johnta Austin and The-Dream.

So, in light of the next Lionel Richie's release, we thought of sharing with you our large database of Lionel Richie karaoke files for you to sing and have fun. Help yourself and sing to classics such as "All Night Long", "Dancing on the Ceiling", "Say You Say Me", "Hello", "Truly", and many more.

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