Album artist 94 - Lionel Richie

This page lists the album chart entries of Lionel Richie. A list of songs by Lionel Richie can be found here. The albums are listed with the most widely successful first.

#	Artist	Album Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Lionel Richie	Can't Slow Down	1983	UK 1 - Oct 1983 (154 weeks), US CashBox 1 of 1984, US num 1 for 3 weeks - Dec 1983, Canada 1 for 1 week - 1983, Australia num 1 for 3 weeks - Jun 1984, Grammy in 1984, US 10 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Dec 1985), UK 3 x Platinum (certified by BPI in Nov 1985), Canada Diamond (certified in Nov 1984), US BB 2 of 1983, Sweden 2 - Nov 1983 (44 weeks), US 3 of 1984, Switzerland 3 - Dec 1983 (34 weeks), Norway 3 - Dec 1983 (30 weeks), France (InfoDisc) 3 of 1984 (peak 12, 52 weeks), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1984), US sales 10 M (according to RIAA), Austria 19 - Jan 1984 (1 month), Internet 38 - 22 M claimed (1983), Italy 40 of 1984, Global 41 - 19 M claimed, Guiness 60, Defin200 135 (1983), Acclaimed 1811 (1983)
2	Lionel Richie	Back To Front	1992	UK 1 - Jun 1992 (83 weeks), Europe num 1 for 4 weeks - Jun 1992, Australia num 1 for 6 weeks - Jun 1992, UK 4 x Platinum (certified by BPI in Dec 1992), France 3 X Platinum (certified by SNEP Apr 1994), Norway 2 - May 1992 (16 weeks), US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Oct 1992), Germany Platinum (certified by BMieV in 1992), Switzerland 3 - May 1992 (23 weeks), Italy 13 of 1992, Austria 16 - Jun 1992 (5 months), Sweden 22 - May 1992 (18 weeks), France (InfoDisc) 26 of 1992 (peak 1, 30 weeks)
3	Lionel Richie	Dancing On The Ceiling	1986	US num 1 for 2 weeks - Sep 1986, Norway 1 - Aug 1986 (10 weeks), US 4 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in May 1987), UK 2 x Platinum (certified by BPI in Oct 1987), UK 2 - Aug 1986 (53 weeks), Switzerland 2 - Aug 1986 (11 weeks), Sweden 2 - Aug 1986 (14 weeks), US BB 6 of 1986, Austria 10 - Sep 1986 (4 months), France (InfoDisc) 15 of 1986 (peak 7, 24 weeks), US CashBox 42 of 1986, Italy 44 of 1986, Global 131 - 8 M claimed
4	Lionel Richie	Renaissance	2000	UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Jun 2001), Germany Platinum (certified by BMieV in 2001), Europe Platinum (certified by IFIP in 2001), UK 6 - Oct 2000 (22 weeks), Switzerland 6 - Oct 2000 (19 weeks), Austria 10 - Nov 2000 (4 months), Norway 24 - Feb 2001 (4 weeks), Italy 79 of 2001
5	Lionel Richie	Louder Than Words	1996	US Gold (certified by RIAA in Oct 1996), France Gold (certified by SNEP Apr 1996), Switzerland 10 - Apr 1996 (8 weeks), UK 11 - Apr 1996 (5 weeks), Austria 12 - May 1996 (2 months), Sweden 21 - Apr 1996 (3 weeks), Norway 29 - Apr 1996 (3 weeks), Italy 73 of 1996, UK Silver (certified by BPI in Apr 1996)
6	Lionel Richie	Truly - The Love Songs	1998	UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Mar 1998), Europe Platinum (certified by IFIP in 2002), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jul 2002), France Gold (certified by SNEP Feb 1998), UK 5 - Jan 1998 (21 weeks), Sweden 8 - Apr 1998 (9 weeks), Switzerland 34 - Jan 1998 (1 week)
7	Lionel Richie	Lionel Richie	1982	US 4 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Oct 1984), US BB 2 of 1982, UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Apr 1984), US CashBox 8 of 1983, UK 9 - Nov 1982 (86 weeks)
8	Lionel Richie	Coming Home	2006	US Gold (certified by RIAA in Feb 2007), UK Gold (certified by BPI in Dec 2006), Switzerland 9 - Sep 2006 (10 weeks), UK 15 - Sep 2006 (10 weeks), Austria 35 - Oct 2006 (1 month), US BB 141 of 2006
9	Lionel Richie	Encore	2002	UK Gold (certified by BPI in Dec 2002), UK 8 - Dec 2002 (2 weeks), Switzerland 10 - Dec 2002 (12 weeks), Austria 15 - Jan 2003 (2 months), Sweden 16 - Jan 2003 (8 weeks), France (InfoDisc) 100 of 2002 (peak 14, 24 weeks)
10	Lionel Richie	Just For You	2004	UK Gold (certified by BPI in Mar 2004), UK 5 - Mar 2004 (8 weeks), Austria 7 - Mar 2004 (2 months), Switzerland 8 - Mar 2004 (9 weeks)
11	Lionel Richie	Time	1998	Switzerland 9 - Jul 1998 (13 weeks), Austria 30 - Jul 1998 (1 month), UK 31 - Jul 1998 (3 weeks)
12	Lionel Richie	Just Go	2009	Austria 26 - Apr 2009 (1 month), Switzerland 28 - Mar 2009 (9 weeks)
13	Lionel Richie	Live - His Greatest Hits & More	2007	UK 91 - Oct 2007 (1 week)

In addition to the above listed albums Lionel Richie also contributed to the following entries:

#	Artist	Album Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Lionel Richie & The Commodores	The Definitive Collection	2004	US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Jun 2005), Europe Platinum (certified by IFIP in 2007), Norway 4 - Jul 2005 (13 weeks), UK 10 - Nov 2003 (33 weeks), Sweden 31 - Sep 2004 (2 weeks)
2	Diana Ross & Lionel Richie	Endless Love	unknown	US Gold (certified by RIAA in Sep 1981)