Lionel Richie© performs with singer Big Kenny and musician John Rich, of the band Big and Rich (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Darius Rucker (L) and Lionel Richie perform onstage during Lionel Richie and Friends in Concert presented by ACM, held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 2, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Lionel Richie® with musician Joe Don Rooney, from the band Rascal Flatts (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Gary LeVox (L) and musician Jay DeMarcus from the band Rascal Flatts (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Kenny Rogers (L) and Lionel Richie perform onstage during Lionel Richie and Friends in Concert (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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Lionel Richie (L) and his daughter, Nicole Richie, perform onstage during Lionel Richie and Friends in Concert (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Nicole Richie speaks onstage during Lionel Richie and Friends in Concert (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Singers Marc Anthony and Sara Evans perform onstage during Lionel Richie and Friends in Concert (Photo by Kevin Winter/ACMA2012/Getty Images for ACM)
Singers Jennifer Nettles(L) and Lionel Richie perform onstage during Lionel Richie and Friends in Concert presented by ACM, held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 2, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Singers Tim McGraw (L) and Lionel Richie perform (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Musician Kimberly Perry, from The Band Perry, performs onstage during Lionel Richie and Friends in Concert presented by ACM, held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 2, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Singer Martina McBride performs onstage during Lionel Richie and Friends in Concert presented by ACM, held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 2, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
R&B legend Lionel Richie performed for his upcoming television special, ACM Presents: Lionel Richie and Friends in Concert, on Monday in Las Vegas. The show featured more than a dozen performances of Richie’s hit songs, and saw collaborations with some of country music’s biggest stars, such as Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum, Martina McBride, and The Rascal Flatts.
Richie’s latest album, Tuskegee, has been met with rave reviews and sold more copies in its first week (199,000) than his last album sold in total. The former Commodores member hasn’t sold that many albums since 1986.
Richie has said making this album was a “coming home.”
”Tuskegee also proved the perfect melting pot for all of my influences as a writer, and as my songwriting progressed, I realized that my songs perfectly translated to country music.”
Lionel Richie and Friends will premier on CBS April 13, at 9pm eastern.
Proceeds from the show benefit ACM Lifting Lives, the Academy’s philanthropic organization, which works towards improving lives through music.
