Richard Marx

Marx was born in Chicago, Illinois, the only child of former singer Ruth (née Guildoo) and Dick Marx, a jazz musician and founder of a jingle company in the early 1960s. His father was of German-Jewish descent.{{Cite web |title=Grammy Jews |url=http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0304/grammies2004.php3 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301165008/http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0304/grammies2004.php3 |archive-date=March 1, 2021 |access-date=April 4, 2021}}{{Cite tweet |number=976174257699946496 |user=richardmarx |title=My grandfather was a Jew from Frankfurt who lost family in the camps and still the fact that this comedian is being jailed in the UK should frighten all of us. |first=Richard |last=Marx |author-link=Richard Marx |date=March 20, 2018 |access-date=July 5, 2021 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525213136/https://twitter.com/richardmarx/status/976174257699946496 |archive-date=May 25, 2021 |url-status=live}} Marx attended North Shore Country Day School.{{Cite web |last=Kessler |first=Mike |date=December 22, 2011 |title=Like Father, Like Son: Richard Marx continues musical legacy |url=http://www.triblocal.com/highland-park-highwood/community/stories/2011/12/like-father-like-son-richard-marx-continues-musical-legacy |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219034121/http://www.triblocal.com/highland-park-highwood/community/stories/2011/12/like-father-like-son-richard-marx-continues-musical-legacy/ |archive-date=December 19, 2013 |access-date=March 12, 2014 |publisher=Triblocal.com}} He has three half-siblings from his father's previous marriage.{{Cite news |date=August 14, 1997 |title=Dick Marx's Death Notice |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/14/classified/paid-notice-deaths-marx-richard-h-dick.html |access-date=April 5, 2009 |work=The New York Times |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612200130/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/14/classified/paid-notice-deaths-marx-richard-h-dick.html |url-status=live }}

Marx began his career in music at age five, singing commercial jingles written by his father's company; his list of advertising hits includes Arm & Hammer, Ken-L Ration{{Cite web |last=Armbrust |first=Doyle |date=April 7, 2010 |title=Marx the spot – Music |url=http://timeoutchicago.com/music-nightlife/music/78126/marx-the-spot |access-date=June 27, 2011 |magazine=Time Out Chicago |archive-date=July 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717060332/http://timeoutchicago.com/music-nightlife/music/78126/marx-the-spot |url-status=live }} and Nestlé Crunch. Marx was 17 and living in Highland Park, Illinois, when a tape of his songs ended up in the hands of Lionel Richie. Richie thought Marx had talent and told the teen, "I can't promise you anything, but you should come to L.A."{{Cite web |title=Biography and Career Highlights: The Early Years |url=http://www.richardmarxonline.com/web/bio_early.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070107232755/http://www.richardmarxonline.com/web/bio_early.htm |archive-date=January 7, 2007 |access-date=May 14, 2007 |url-status=usurped |publisher=richardmarxonline.com}}

Marx said one of the first musicians he met in Los Angeles was Fee Waybill of the Tubes with whom he has collaborated at least 30 times. They met in a recording studio. In that same 2014 video segment for Ameoba Records. Marx called Waybill "my life-long best friend" and said Waybill is also godfather to his children.{{Cite AV media |url=https://youtube.com/LAmr7Q89mm0 |title=Richard Marx: What's in My Bag? |publisher=Ameoba Records |access-date=21 August 2022 |via=YouTube }}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Waybill went into great detail about their working relationship in a 2020 interview with American Songwriter.{{Cite web |date=July 28, 2020 |title=Fee Waybill Talks Co-Writing with Richard Marx for 'Fee Waybill Rides Again' |url=https://americansongwriter.com/fee-waybill-richard-marx-fee-waybill-rides-again/ |access-date=21 August 2022 |publisher=American Songwriter}}

Marx and Vesta Williams provided harmony vocals for the Gordon Lightfoot and David Foster penned Anything for Love, for the former's 1986 release East of Midnight.

Marx's self-titled debut album, released in June 1987, yielded four hit singles and went triple platinum. The debut single, "Don't Mean Nothing", is a song about the potential pitfalls of the music business. "Don't Mean Nothing" reached No. 3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on Billboard{{'}}s Album Rock chart. Marx became the first new artist played on 117 radio stations nationwide during his initial week on the charts. The next two singles, "Should've Known Better" and "Endless Summer Nights", reached No. 3 and No. 2, respectively.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}} The fourth single released from the album, "Hold On to the Nights", earned Marx his first No. 1 hit. The latter three of the album's singles were also hits on Billboard{{'}}s Adult Contemporary chart, beginning a long string of hits on that chart. Marx embarked on a 14 month world tour, initially opening for REO Speedwagon, but began headlining his own shows.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}}

In 1988, Marx was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance – Solo for "Don't Mean Nothing".{{Cite web |title=Biography and Career Highlights |url=http://www.richardmarxonline.com/web/bio_debut.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070107232527/http://www.richardmarxonline.com/web/bio_debut.htm |archive-date=January 7, 2007 |access-date=April 15, 2007 |url-status=usurped |publisher=richardmarxonline.com}} The same year, the song "Surrender to Me", which he co-wrote with Ross Vanelli, appeared in the film Tequila Sunrise.

Repeat Offender, Marx's second album, was released in May 1989.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}} It rose to No. 1 on Billboard{{'}}s album chart. It went triple platinum within a few months and eventually sold over 5 million copies in the United States alone. The first two singles, "Satisfied" and the platinum-selling "Right Here Waiting", both reached No. 1.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}} "Right Here Waiting" was Marx's first No. 1 hit on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart as well as his first big hit outside of North America, reaching No. 1 in several European countries and giving Marx his first top ten hit in the UK. It has been covered numerous times, most notably by Monica and 112 in a 1998 duet. Another single from the album, "Children of the Night", was written and composed in support of a Van Nuys-based organization for runaways. It became the sixth single from Repeat Offender.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}}

Marx performed the Beatles' "Help" at the Berlin Wall in late 1989. Marx also received his second Grammy nomination in 1990 for Best Pop Vocal Performance – Male for "Right Here Waiting".{{Cite web |title=32nd Grammy Awards – 1990 presented February 22, 1990 |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1990/grammys.htm |access-date=April 15, 2007 |publisher=Rock on the Net |archive-date=August 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806224213/http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1990/grammys.htm |url-status=live }}

In 1991, Marx released his third consecutive platinum album Rush Street.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}} The album saw artists such as Luther Vandross and Billy Joel appear as backing vocalists and guest pianists. The disc's first single, "Keep Coming Back", went to No. 12 on the Hot 100 and its second single, "Hazard", made it to No. 9. Both songs hit No. 1 on Billboard{{'}}s Adult Contemporary chart for four weeks and one week respectively. "Hazard" became Marx's second UK top ten, reaching No. 3.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}}

In early 1994, as he and his family permanently left Los Angeles behind and returned to Chicago, Marx released Paid Vacation, and scored his fourth consecutive platinum album.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}} The acoustic ballad "Now and Forever" peaked at No. 7 on the Hot 100, his {{As of|2010|4|1|alt=final}} top ten hit on that chart.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}}

The year 1997 saw the release of Flesh and Bone, Marx's final studio album on the Capitol imprint. The disc's first single, "Until I Find You Again", hit No. 3 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart and No. 42 on the Billboard Hot 100.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}}

Marx's Greatest Hits compilation was released in November 1997.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}} The 16-track album includes a variety of hit singles from his first five albums plus "Angel's Lullaby", a song written about his children originally appearing on For Our Children, Too, a compilation CD released in 1996 to benefit the Pediatric AIDS Foundation. Greatest Hits was released in Asia in November 1998 and included two new songs, "Slipping Away" and "Thanks to You", a tribute to his mother.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}} The album was certified Gold in the U.S.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}}

In 2000, Marx debuted his sixth studio album, titled Days in Avalon. This disc was released on the Signal 21 Records label founded by Marx and former Blood, Sweat & Tears drummer and record producer Bobby Colomby.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}} After signing a new deal with his former label, Manhattan Records, Marx released the 2004 album My Own Best Enemy.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}}

In 2008, Marx released Duo, on which he collaborated with Vertical Horizon's lead singer Matt Scannell.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}}

On June 12, 2008, Marx was part of a PBS television series called Songwriters in the Round Presents: Legends & Lyrics. In Episode 102 of the first season, Marx appeared along with Kenny Loggins, Nathan Lee, and rock band Three Doors Down. This episode also features an interview with singer-songwriter Diane Warren.{{Cite web |title=Episode 102/Season 1 |url=http://www.legendsandlyrics.com/events/65 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422175310/http://www.legendsandlyrics.com/events/65 |archive-date=April 22, 2009 |access-date=May 11, 2009 |publisher=Legends and Lyrics/American Public Television}}{{Cite web |title=About |url=http://www.legendsandlyrics.com/about |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420093019/http://www.legendsandlyrics.com/about |archive-date=April 20, 2009 |access-date=May 11, 2009 |publisher=Legends and Lyrics/American Public Television}}{{Cite web |title=Nathan Lee |url=http://www.legendsandlyrics.com/artists/Nathan_Lee |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611003416/http://www.legendsandlyrics.com/artists/Nathan_Lee |archive-date=June 11, 2009 |access-date=May 11, 2009 |publisher=Legends and Lyrics/American Public Television}}

On October 31, 2008, "Emotional Remains" and "Sundown" were released, as digital downloads, on Marx's official site.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

On December 6, 2008, Marx headlined a fundraiser for cystic fibrosis research, "Newsapalooza", sponsored by WLS-AM's Roe Conn program, in which Marx both performed several of his hits with his band and accompanied Chicago broadcast news reporters and anchors covering rock hits.{{Cite news |title=Speaking with Richard Marx |url=http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/music/1314751,WKP-News-speak05.article |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005200158/http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/music/1314751,WKP-News-speak05.article |archive-date=October 5, 2009 |access-date=December 13, 2007 |work=Chicago Sun-Times}}

In an interview published in Rolling Stone on June 26, 2009, Marx said he was "ashamed" of having been linked to a $1.92 million fine against single mother Jammie Thomas-Rasset by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Rasset had shared 24 songs on the file-sharing website Kazaa in 2005, and Marx's "Now and Forever" was one of them.{{Cite web |title=Richard Marx "Ashamed" He's Linked to $1.92 Million RIAA Fine Against Minnesota Mom |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/06/24/richard-marx-ashamed-hes-linked-to-192-million-riaa-fine-against-minnesota-mom/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627022021/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/06/24/richard-marx-ashamed-hes-linked-to-192-million-riaa-fine-against-minnesota-mom |archive-date=June 27, 2009 |access-date=June 25, 2009 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}

Marx played piano on the song "Here" and produced Matt Scannell's vocals on two tracks for Vertical Horizon's 2009 album, entitled Burning the Days.{{Cite web |title=Band |url=http://www.verticalhorizon.com/band/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090812060257/http://www.verticalhorizon.com/band/ |archive-date=August 12, 2009 |access-date=July 29, 2009 |publisher=VerticalHorizon.com}}{{better source needed|date=July 2020}}

In March 2010, Marx released Stories to Tell, his first fully acoustic album.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}

On May 3, 2011, Marx was invited onto the stage at the Curran Theater in San Francisco by Hugh Jackman. It was opening night of Hugh Jackman in Performance. Jackman and Marx sang "Right Here Waiting" together, with Marx changing the lyrics of the last chorus to "right here waiting for Hugh".{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

Also on May 3, 2011, the reissue of Stories to Tell was released in the United States as a three-disc set exclusively through Walmart. The set included a "best of" disc, an acoustic disc of tracks, and a DVD of a live concert performance at the Shepherd's Bush venue in England.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}} The album was also made available for purchase on iTunes and Amazon, but without the bonus DVD and album booklet. "Everybody" was released as a single in Europe and "When You Loved Me" was released in the U.S., peaking in the Top 20 on the Adult Contemporary chart.{{Cite journal |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=May 23, 2012 |title=Richard Marx Celebrates 25 Years on Billboard Charts |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/chartbeat/487036/richard-marx-celebrates-25-years-on-billboard-charts |journal=Billboard.com |access-date=August 13, 2016 |archive-date=November 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110120225/http://www.billboard.com/articles/chartbeat/487036/richard-marx-celebrates-25-years-on-billboard-charts |url-status=live }}

In the summer of 2011, Marx collaborated with the internet comedy duo Rhett and Link, producing a celebrity endorsement for a colon-cleansing spa in Sacramento, California. The ad spot and its "making of" was featured on an episode of Rhett and Link's Commercial Kings television series on IFC.{{Cite web |last=Gianatasio |first=David |date=August 4, 2011 |title=Richard Marx Finds His Calling as Colon-Cleanser Spokesman |url=http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/richard-marx-finds-his-calling-colon-cleanser-spokesman-133874 |access-date=April 4, 2018 |magazine=AdWeek |archive-date=August 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819151702/https://www.adweek.com/adfreak/richard-marx-finds-his-calling-colon-cleanser-spokesman-133874/ |url-status=live }}

On November 1, 2011, Marx released The Christmas EP, a five-song collection of Christmas songs. In October 2012, Marx followed up The Christmas EP with a full album of holiday tracks that he called Christmas Spirit.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

On July 8, 2014, Marx released his eleventh studio album, Beautiful Goodbye.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

Marx's next album, Limitless, was released on February 7, 2020.{{Cite web |last=Hafey |first=Lisa |date=March 23, 2020 |title=Richard Marx Is 'Limitless' With New Album Out On BMG |url=https://essentiallypop.com/epop/2020/03/richard-marx-is-limitless-with-new-album-out-on-bmg/}}{{Cite web |date=March 3, 2020 |title=Richard Marx 'Limitless' New Album release date March 27th 2020 |url=https://rocknloadmag.com/news/richard-marx-limitless-new-album-release-date-march-27th-2020/ |access-date=July 27, 2020 |archive-date=July 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727160205/https://rocknloadmag.com/news/richard-marx-limitless-new-album-release-date-march-27th-2020/ |url-status=dead }} Its lead-off single, "Another One Down", hit No. 14 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart, giving Marx a span of 32 years at the format.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

In 2021, he appeared in the Family Guy episode "Young Parent Trap".{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}

His autobiography Stories to Tell, was released in July 2021.{{Cite web |last=Sun-Times |first=Selena Fragassi-For the |date=July 5, 2021 |title=Richard Marx memoir recalls his adventures, from Highland Park to Malibu |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/7/5/22563241/richard-marx-memoir-book-singer-stories-to-tell |access-date=July 8, 2021 |website=Chicago Sun-Times |language=en}}

Marx appears as himself and performs "Right Here Waiting" in the 200th episode of The Goldbergs, "The Wedding" which aired in March 2022.{{Cite magazine |last=Hall |first=Gerrad |date=February 21, 2022 |title=Erica and Geoff are getting married on 'The Goldbergs' — see first look at their wedding |url=https://ew.com/tv/the-goldbergs-erica-geoff-wedding-first-look/ |access-date=February 22, 2022 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en |archive-date=February 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221212236/https://ew.com/tv/the-goldbergs-erica-geoff-wedding-first-look/ |url-status=live }}

Marx's album Songwriter was released on September 30, 2022, and released the first single Same Heartbreak, Different Day on July 15, 2022. A previous non-album single Just Go that was subsequently released as a bonus track to the Beautiful Goodbye is also on this album, along with the studio version of Moscow Calling that had also been a bonus track to Beautiful Goodbye as a remix.

In 2025, Marx will become a coach on The Voice Australia, alongside Melanie C and Ronan Keating.{{Cite web |last=Varvaris |first=Mary |title=Melanie C, Ronan Keating & Richard Marx Join The Voice Australia As Coaches |url=https://themusic.com.au/news/melanie-c-ronan-keating-richard-marx-join-the-voice-australia-as-coaches/7LVS_uHg4-I/29-01-25 |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=The Music |language=en}}

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• 1986 – Marx contributed backing vocals on Madonna's True Blue album and can particularly be heard on the track "White Heat".
• 1988 – Marx co-wrote (with Fee Waybill) and played keyboards on "Edge of a Broken Heart", Vixen's first single from their debut album.
• 1991 – Marx contributed backing vocals on Cher's Love Hurts album and can particularly be heard on the track "A World Without Heroes".
• 1993 – Marx played piano on John Farnham's 1993 song "The Reason Why".
• 1997 – Marx recorded "At the Beginning" with Donna Lewis for the 1997 film Anastasia.
• 1997 – Marx recorded "Surrender to Me" with Lara Fabian for the 1997 album Flesh and Bones International Ed.
• 1999 – Marx built "Renegade Studios", a state of the art recording facility located in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois. Artists such as Philip Sayce, Keith Urban, and Emerson Drive have recorded material at this location.
• 2000 – Marx wrote and produced "This I Promise You", a single by NSYNC.
• 2002 – Marx collaborated with Mexican singer Paulina Rubio on her sixth studio album and first English debut album, writing the song titled 'Border Girl' which led to the album's name titled Border Girl.
• 2004 – At the 46th Grammy Awards on February 8, 2004, Marx won a Grammy for Song of the Year for "Dance with My Father", which he wrote and composed in collaboration with Luther Vandross. On that same night, he played the piano accompanying Celine Dion in performing "Dance with My Father", since Vandross was not present at the ceremony for health reasons. (Vandross died the following year.)
• 2006 – During summer 2006, Marx toured with Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band. Other members of that year's All Starr Band included Edgar Winter, Sheila E, and Billy Squier.
• 2006 – Marx appeared on the Fox network's TV show Celebrity Duets in September 2006. Other singers to take part in the series included Smokey Robinson, Dionne Warwick, Cyndi Lauper, Kenny Loggins, Patti LaBelle, Randy Travis, Jesse McCartney, and Gladys Knight.
• 2007 – In 2007 Marx released a new ballad titled "Your Goodbye" and a new version of his classic love song "Hold On to the Nights" on a Phil Ramone compilation production called New Music from an Old Friend. This compilation was released on the Target label Spotlight.

On January 8, 1989, Marx married singer, dancer, and actress Cynthia Rhodes, who appeared in Staying Alive, Flashdance, and Dirty Dancing. Rhodes appeared as the female lead in Marx's first video, "Don't Mean Nothing". They had three sons together. In April 2014, the couple announced they were divorcing.{{Cite magazine |date=April 4, 2014 |title=Richard Marx and Cynthia Rhodes Divorcing After 25 Years of Marriage |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/cynthia-rhodes-and-richard-marx-divorce-201444 |access-date=April 4, 2014 |magazine=US Magazine |archive-date=September 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160903115310/http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/cynthia-rhodes-and-richard-marx-divorce-201444 |url-status=live }}

On December 23, 2015, Marx married Cuban-American actress Daisy Fuentes in Aspen, Colorado.{{Cite web |date=December 25, 2015 |title=Wedding Announcement |url=https://www.facebook.com/richardmarxmusic/photos/a.181896790554.155690.170148395554/10153921062390555/?type=3&theater |access-date=December 25, 2015 |publisher=Richard Marx Music Official Facebook |archive-date=January 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124231307/https://www.facebook.com/richardmarxmusic/photos/a.181896790554.155690.170148395554/10153921062390555/?type=3&theater |url-status=live }}{{Cite journal |date=December 27, 2015 |title=PEOPLE WATCH - Fuentes, Marx wed |journal=The (Sunbury, Pennsylvania) Daily Item |page=B2}}

On December 21, 2016, it was reported that Marx helped Korean Air flight attendants pacify an unruly, possibly intoxicated passenger while he and his wife were aboard a flight bound from Hanoi to Seoul,{{Cite web |title=Richard Marx helps subdue unruly passenger mid flight |url=http://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2016/12/21/richard-marx-helps-subdue-unruly-passenger-mid-flight/ |access-date=September 19, 2017 |publisher=Reuters |via=The Star |archive-date=September 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922145136/http://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2016/12/21/richard-marx-helps-subdue-unruly-passenger-mid-flight/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=December 21, 2016 |title=Singer Richard Marx 'restrains unruly man' on Korean Air flight |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38388451 |access-date=September 22, 2017 |publisher=BBC |archive-date=September 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922225543/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38388451 |url-status=live }} even providing photographic evidence of the incident.{{Cite tweet |number=811154610882637824 |user=richardmarx |title=You will be hearing about our flight#480 on @KoreanAir_KE. Passenger next to us attacked passengers and crew. Crew completely ill trained. |first=Richard |last=Marx |date=December 20, 2016}}{{Cite tweet |number=811163444950933504 |user=richardmarx |title=Korean Air 480 |first=Richard |last=Marx |date=December 20, 2016}}{{Cite tweet |number=811164620677259265 |user=richardmarx |title=Korean Air 480 |first=Richard |last=Marx |date=December 20, 2016}} He also criticized the airline's handling of the situation. In response, Korean Air stated that they would respond more assertively to similar situations in the future.{{Cite web |last=Jin |first=Hyunjoo |date=December 27, 2016 |title=Stun guns and male crew: Korean Air to get tough on unruly passengers |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kal-safety/stun-guns-and-male-crew-korean-air-to-get-tough-on-unruly-passengers-idUSKBN14G02M |access-date=September 19, 2017 |publisher=Reuters |archive-date=September 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922152408/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-kal-safety/stun-guns-and-male-crew-korean-air-to-get-tough-on-unruly-passengers-idUSKBN14G02M |url-status=live }}

{{Main|Richard Marx discography|Richard Marx songwriting and production discography|l2=songwriting and production discography|Richard Marx session discography|l3=session discography}}

• Richard Marx (1987)
• Repeat Offender (1989)
• Rush Street (1991)
• Paid Vacation (1994)
• Flesh and Bone (1997)
• Days in Avalon (2000)
• My Own Best Enemy (2004)
• Emotional Remains (2008)
• Sundown (2008)
• Christmas Spirit (2012)
• Seven & Seven (2012)
• Beautiful Goodbye (2014)
• Limitless (2020)
• Songwriter (2022)

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| 1996

| "The Way She Loves Me"

| {{won}}

| {{Cite web |date=June 1996 |title=Billboard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rwkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA102 |access-date=August 2, 2021 |archive-date=February 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207175856/https://books.google.com/books?id=rwkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA102 |url-status=live |via=Google Books}}

|-

| 2002

| "This I Promise You"

| {{won}}

| rowspan=2|{{Cite web |date=February 1, 2014 |title=2002 ASCAP Pop Music Awards: Honorees |url=http://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/awards/popawards/2002/honorees.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201212809/http://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/awards/popawards/2002/honorees.aspx |archive-date=February 1, 2014 |access-date=April 25, 2020}}

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| 2005

| "Dance with My Father"

| {{won}}

{{end}}

Grammy Awards

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| 1986

| St. Elmo's Fire

| Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

| {{nom}}

|-

| 1988

| "Don't Mean Nothing"

| Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male

| {{nom}}

|-

| 1990

| "Right Here Waiting"

| Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male

| {{nom}}

|-

| rowspan=2|2004

| rowspan=2|"Dance with My Father"

| Song of the Year

| {{won}}

|-

| Best R&B Song

| {{nom}}

{{end}}

Billboard Music Awards

{{award table}}

|-

| rowspan=6|1987{{Cite magazine |date=December 26, 1987 |title=1987 The Year in Music & Video |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JCgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA21 |magazine=Billboard |pages=Y19-26 |access-date=June 26, 2020 |archive-date=February 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223024604/https://books.google.com/books?id=JCgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA21 |url-status=live |via=Google Books}}

| rowspan=4|Himself

| Top New Artist

| {{nom}}

|-

| Top Billboard 200 Artist

| {{nom}}

|-

| Top Hot 100 Artist

| {{nom}}

|-

| Top Hot 100 Artist – Male

| {{nom}}

|-

| Richard Marx

| Top Billboard 200 Album

| {{nom}}

|-

| "Don't Mean Nothing"

| Top Hot 100 Song

| {{nom}}

|-

| rowspan=9|1988

| rowspan=8|Himself

| Top Artist

| {{nom}}

|-

| Top Male Artist

| {{nom}}

|-

| Top Billboard 200 Artist

| {{nom}}

|-

| Top Billboard 200 Artist – Male

| {{nom}}

|-

| Top Hot 100 Artist

| {{nom}}

|-

| Top Hot 100 Artist – Male

| {{nom}}

|-

| Top Adult Contemporary Artist

| {{nom}}

|-

| Top Adult Contemporary Artist – Male

| {{nom}}

|-

| Richard Marx

| Top Billboard 200 Album

| {{nom}}

|-

| rowspan=2|1994

| Himself

| Top Adult Contemporary Artist

| {{nom}}

|-

| "Now and Forever"

| Top Adult Contemporary Track

| {{nom}}

{{end}}

Other awards

{| class=wikitable

|-

! Year !! Awards !! Work !! Category !! Result

|-

| 1988

| Pollstar Concert Industry Awards

| Tour

| Club Tour of the Year

| {{nom}}

|-

| rowspan=3|1990

| Kids Choice Awards

| rowspan=2|Himself

| Favorite Male Musician

| {{nom}}

|-

| American Music Awards

| Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist

| {{nom}}

|-

| ASCAP Film & TV Awards

| "Surrender to Me"

| Most Performed Song from Motion Picture

| {{won}}

|-

| 2013

| O Music Awards

| Himself

| Must Follow Artist on Twitter

| {{nom}}

{{end}}

{{Reflist}}

• {{Official website}}
• {{Cite web |title=Richard Marx |url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/marx_richard/artist.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312050104/http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/marx_richard/artist.jhtml |archive-date=March 12, 2012 |access-date=October 13, 2006 |series=Artists |publisher=VH1}}
• {{Cite web |title=Richard Marx |url=http://www.mtv.com/artists/richard-marx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317022620/http://www.mtv.com/artists/richard-marx |archive-date=March 17, 2016 |access-date=July 8, 2019 |series=Artists |publisher=MTV}}
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