▁Gun " ▁and ▁" B rick ▁House ." ▁Over ▁time , ▁Rich ie ▁wrote ▁and ▁sang ▁more ▁rom antic , ▁easy - list ening ▁ball ads ▁such ▁as ▁" E asy ", ▁" Three ▁Times ▁a ▁Lady ", ▁" St ill ", ▁and ▁the ▁break up ▁ball ad ▁" S ail ▁On ". ▁Rich ie ▁launched ▁a ▁solo ▁career ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 2 ▁and ▁his ▁ 1 9 8 2 ▁debut ▁solo ▁album , ▁Lion el ▁Rich ie , ▁contained ▁three ▁hit ▁singles : ▁the ▁U . S . ▁number - one ▁song ▁" Tr uly ", ▁and ▁the ▁top ▁five ▁hits ▁" You ▁Are " ▁and ▁" My ▁Love ". ▁The ▁album ▁hit ▁No . ▁ 3 ▁on ▁the ▁music ▁charts ▁and ▁sold ▁over ▁ 4 ▁million ▁copies . ▁His ▁ 1 9 8 3 ▁follow - up ▁album , ▁Can ' t ▁S low ▁Down , ▁sold ▁over ▁twice ▁as ▁many ▁copies , ▁prop elling ▁him ▁into ▁the ▁first ▁rank ▁of ▁international ▁super st ars . ▁ ▁He ▁also ▁co - w rote ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁char ity ▁single ▁" We ▁Are ▁the ▁World " ▁with ▁Michael ▁Jackson , ▁which ▁sold ▁over ▁ 2 0 ▁million ▁copies . ▁ ▁Over ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁his ▁career , ▁Rich ie ▁has ▁sold ▁over ▁ 9 0 ▁million ▁records ▁world wide , ▁making ▁him ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁world ' s ▁best - s elling ▁artists ▁of ▁all ▁time . ▁He ▁won ▁the ▁Gram my ▁Award ▁for ▁Album ▁of ▁the