Shahararren mawaki, mawaki kuma furodusa daga Amurka, Lionel Richie, ya kasance na biyu a shaharar Michael Jackson da Prince a tsakiyar shekarun 80s.
Babban aikinsa yana hade da wasan kwaikwayo na kyau, romantic, ballads na sha'awa. Ya ci nasara akai-akai a saman TOP-10 "zafi" hits ba kawai a Amurka ba, har ma a wasu ƙasashe.
Ayyukansa suna da alaƙa da alaƙa da irin salon kiɗa kamar su kari da shuɗi da dutse mai laushi. Lionel Richie shine mamallakin lambobin yabo na Amurka da na duniya da dama. Sunansa yana da ban sha'awa ga yawancin masu sauraron kiɗa na kiɗa, don haka yana da kyau a faɗi yadda zai yiwu game da tarihin rayuwa, hanyar aiki da kuma rayuwar sirri na wannan mawaƙa da mawaki.
Bayani game da tarihin rayuwar Lionel Richie
An haifi Lionel Richie a ranar 20 ga Yuni, 1949 a Tuskegee, Alabama. Iyayen Richie Jr. suna koyarwa a wata cibiya ta gida.
Tun da sun kasance ’yan Afirka na Afirka, dole ne su zauna a harabar ɗalibi, godiya ga abin da ƙuruciya da matasa na gaba blues da tauraro mai laushi suka kasance marasa gajimare da aminci.
A makaranta, ya kasance mai taka-tsan-tsan a wasan tennis kuma ya samu nasara a wannan wasa, wanda a lokacin da yake matashi ya ba shi damar samun guraben karatu da samun nasarar cin jarrabawar shiga jami’a.
Da farko Lionel yana so ya shiga cikin karatun Tauhidi, amma daga baya ya canza ra'ayinsa.
Lokacin sha'awar kiɗa
A lokacin hawan hawan hippie (tsakiyar 60s na karni na XX), Richie Jr. ya zama mai sha'awar kiɗa kuma ya koyi wasa saxophone.
Ya samu karbuwa a kungiyar jami'a mai suna The Commondores, masu yin kade-kade a salon salon kade-kade da shudi, kuma ya zama babban mawaki a cikinta. Haka nan kuma ya yi wakoki da kade-kade domin nasa aikin.
Biyu daga cikin abubuwan da ya tsara (Sauki, Sau Uku a Lady) sune shahararrun hits na ƙungiyar ɗalibai. A shekara ta 1968, ta sanya hannu kan kwangila mai kayatarwa tare da ɗakin kiɗa na Motown Records, kuma kasuwancin ƙungiyar ya fara "tafi."
A farkon 80s na karni na karshe, Lionel Richie ya fahimci cewa yana shirye don wasan kwaikwayo na solo kuma ya bar kungiyar, wanda aka kirkiro a jami'a.
Kundin solo na Richie Jr., wanda aka fitar a shekarar 1981, sama da mutane miliyan 4 ne suka sayar da shi. Bayan rubutawa da fitar da kundi na solo na biyu (Ba za a iya Slow Down), Lionel an san shi a matsayin mafi kyawun wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na soyayya kuma an ba shi lambobin yabo na Grammy guda biyu.
Babban rikodin Richie shine Rawa akan Rufi. Gaskiya ne, bayan da aka saki da kuma nasarar da aka samu, mawaƙin ya fara sarrafa kayan da aka tara da kuma ɗakin studio inda ya yi rikodin waƙoƙi ya fara sakin tarin manyan hits na Lionel Richie.
Ƙarin aikin Lionel Richie
Lionel ya koma yin sabbin waƙoƙi da waƙoƙi kawai a cikin 1996. Ya fitar da wani albam mai salo na raye-raye da blues Louder Than Words, amma bai haifar da farin cikin da ya gabata a tsakanin magoya bayansa ba.
Daga nan sai mawakin ya koma wakokin soyayya kuma halittarsa ta gaba ta shiga cikin manyan wakoki 40 mafi kyau a Amurka da Ingila.
A farkon sabon karni, Richie ya dawo cikin ɗakin studio da yawon shakatawa. Ya ziyarci bukukuwa da yawa, ya shirya wani kade-kade a gidan tarihi na Fine Arts na Philadelphia, sannan ya huta daga aikinsa na ɗan gajeren lokaci.
Bayan haka, Lionel Richie ya ziyarci Amurka, ya saki Tuskegee, ya shiga cikin shahararren bikin, wanda aka gudanar a Birtaniya "Glanstonbury".
A nan gaba, aikinsa ya fara raguwa, kuma ɗakin rikodin rikodi ya fi samu a kan fitowar tarin tare da shahararrun kuma shahararrun waƙoƙin mawaƙa da mawaki.
Game da sirri rayuwa
Matar Lionel Richie ta farko ita ce Brenda Harvey, wacce ta kasance budurwarsa ta dadewa a jami'a. Bayan shekaru takwas na rayuwar aure mai farin ciki tare, ma'auratan sun yanke shawarar daukar nauyin yaro mara kyau - yarinya, Camilla Escovedo.
Richie ya yanke wannan shawarar ne bayan ya ganta a daya daga cikin wasannin da ya yi. A hukumance, ma'auratan sun karɓi takaddun tallafi a cikin 1989.
Tare da matarsa ta farko, Lionel Richie ya sake saki a cikin 1993, lokacin da ta sami mijinta tare da uwargidansa a daya daga cikin dakunan otal din Beverly Hills. Tun daga wannan lokacin, Diana Alexander, sanannen zanen, ya zama sabon sha'awarsa. Auren su ya kasance bayan shekaru biyu.
An sake yin auren shekara takwas. A cikin sabon iyali, an haifi yara, wanda iyayensu suka kira Sophia da Miles. Gaskiya ne, bayan da mawaƙin ya ci gaba da aikinsa na kere-kere, ma'auratan sun yi jayayya kuma suka rabu.
Duk da haka, daga baya tsohon mijin da matar sun sulhunta kuma har yanzu suna kulla zumunci. A kan hanyar sadarwar zamantakewa ta Instagram Diana Alexander, zaku iya ganin hotunan 'ya'yansu na yau da kullun waɗanda ke ba da lokaci tare da mahaifinsu.
A ƙarshen 2018, Lionel Richie ya tafi tsibirin Hawaii kuma ya sami kuɗi ta hanyar yin wasanni a cikin kulake na gida. Sannan aka gayyace shi zuwa gidan talabijin na American Idol. Babu shakka, Lionel Richie ƙwararren mawaki ne wanda ya ba da gudummawa sosai ga fasahar kiɗan.
