Sunday, 12^th July marked a special day for Endless Love singer, Lionel Richie as he topped the UK charts at #1 for the 1^st time in 23 years. His performance at the Glastonbury Festival shot The Definitive Collection featuring his work both with and without the Commodores, to the coveted #1spot of the U.K. album chart.

Richie was on top of the UK charts 23 years ago in 1992 with his Back to Front compilation which skipped 103 positions this week. Ardent followers of the singer propelled The Definitive Collection to the top spot after a triumphant performance on the Pyramid Stage during the third day of the Glastonbury Festival.

First released in 2003, the album hit #10 in the UK charts. The Definitive Collection will be the last album to hit #1 on a Sunday as the charts move to Fridays in keeping with a new global music release day.

Lionel Richie said that he was "overwhelmed performing at Glastonbury in front of all those people", adding that "for the fans to make the album number one is unbelievable" last week.

Thousands of fans raced out and bought the greatest hits collection following his performance on the Pyramid Stage last week. Florence and The Machine that also headlined the festival moved to #2 in the charts with their latest album How Big, How Blue, while James Bay who also performed was at #3 with Chaos and The Calm.

Devraj Sanyal, MD and CEO, Universal Music Group South Asia,met the legend himself, an opportunity coveted by fans across the world. Speaking on the occasion he said, “I’ve grown up listening to Lionel from when I was 4-years-old and he has been a Universal Group Artist, so I had an option to say hello, he is so humble and grounded considering he is 4 Grammys old and his album, ‘The Definitive’ hits, with the Commodores just topped the charts after 23 years,”.

Delighted to have met the stalwart, he added, “What’s most amazing was, he chatted with my wife Nikita and me, with no rush considering he was going up on stage in under 10 minutes, telling us he loved India and was dying to come as he’s always loved us as a culture and people.”

Devraj Sanyal didn’t miss the opportunity to invite Richie to India saying, “I promised him that I would move mountains to push his music, especially now that we have a global No 1 album and I also promised him to get him to India to perform,”

Here’s hoping that we will get to witness the man himself perform in India.