" ENDLESS LOVE " song was nominated for an ACADEMY AWARD for Best Original Song and was the second song with which Ross was involved that was nominated for an Oscar ( the other song was the theme from Mahogany, " Do You Know, Where You're Going To ? " ) .
It also won a 1982 American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Single.
The soulful composition became the biggest-selling single of Ross' career and her 18th career number-one single ( a record for a female artist ) .
In 1981, ENDLESS LOVE, spent a record of 9 consecutive weeks at # 1 of the USA charts (where sold 2 millions copies, became PLATINUM record and, in 1982, was nominated for a GRAMMY, an OSCAR and a GOLDEN GLOBE ), was # 1 in CANADA ( for 6 weeks, sold over 150.000 copies and became PLATINUM record, furthermore, always in this country, got a nomination for JUNO AWARD, in the category "International Single of the Year" ), # 1 in BRASIL, # 1 in AUSTRALIA for 4 weeks ( where sold over 300,000 copies and became 3xPLATINUM record ), # 1 in SOUTH AFRICA, # 4 in HOLLAND, # 5 in SWEDEN, # 6 in SWITZERLAND,# 7 in UK ( in August 13, 2021, BPI certified " Enless Love " GOLD single records, having sold over 400.000 copies), # 8 in NORWAY, # 9 in BELGIUM, # 9 in IRELAND and # 14 in ITALY. In JAPAN, sold about 106.000 and became PLATIMUN record
On February 14, 2024, ‘Billboard" magazine has named ‘Endless Love’ the greatest song duet of all time and, topped a new Valentine's Day ,themed poll to find the best love songs of all time.
The ballad, beat out Boyz II Men's "I'll Make Love to You" and "We Found Love" by Rihanna and Calvin Harris to claim the number one spot on Billboard magazine's Top 50 Love' Songs of All Time list in 13Feb 2024 .
‘Endless Love’ Producer Jon Peters and director Franco Zeffirelli asked Lionel Richie to compose an instrumental along the lines of the theme from Love Story for the movie Endless Love starring Brooke Shields. When Zeffirelli changed his mind and asked Richie if he would add lyrics, the Motown star agreed to write some.
Then Zeffirelli made one more request - to add a female singer, someone like Diana Ross.