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Hi, everyone, and thank you for tuning in to the 562nd episode of the Hollywood Reporter's Awards Chatter podcast.

I'm the host Scott Feinberg,

and my guest today is a legendary singer and songwriter, first with the Commodores, then solo,

as well as a record producer, an American Idol judge, and most recently, the executive producer

and a subject of the terrific Netflix documentary feature about the making

of the landmark charity single We Are the World, the greatest night in pop. This man has been a

major player in the world of music for more than 50 years. Indeed, as the New York Times

recently put it, he, quote, started out in the age of Motown and has survived into the age of the meme, close quote.

Here are some stats that you ought to know before we get to our conversation.

He sold more than 100 million albums, making him one of the best-selling artists ever.

He's had five singles reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Endless love, all night long, hello,

say you, say me, and truly. And 13 that cracked its top 10. He's had three albums that reach

number one on the Billboard 200. Can't Slow Down, Dancing on the Sealing, and Tuskegee. And six

that cracked the top 10. He has been nominated for

15 Grammys, including six for Song of the Year, three times a lady, lady, endless love, all night long,

hello, and we are the world, which is a figure bested only by Taylor Swift, who has accumulated

eight noms in that category.

And he's won four Grammys in total, Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for Truly in 1983,

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