Over the course of his career, Richie has sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling artists of all time. He won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for "Can't Slow Down", and his other Grammy Awards include Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) in 1985 and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Truly" in 1983. Richie has also been nominated for two Golden Globe awards and won one. In 1982, he was nominated for Best Original Song for the film "Endless Love". In 1986, he won the Golden Globe award for Best Original Song for "Say You, Say Me", featured in the film "White Nights". The song also won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. In 2016, Richie received the Songwriters Hall of Fame's highest honor, the Johnny Mercer Award. He has served with Luke Bryan and Katy Perry as a judge for the singing competition "American Idol" since its move to ABC from the Fox network, since 2018.