Richard Marx, who scored with three #1 singles in the late '80s ("Hold On To the Nights," "Satisfied," and "Right Here Waiting"), has announced a new album, Songwriter, coming Sept.

30, 2022, via Shelter Records. The multi-genre release includes 20 songs and features collaborations with such fellow songwriters as Burt Bacharach, Keith Urban, and Darius Rucker.

Listen to several of the tracks below. The Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and producer said, in the July 15 announcement, "I've had such an amazing opportunity in my songwriting career to write all kinds of songs with, and for, all kinds of artists.

It finally occurred to me that there was no reason not to record an album of my own that touches on multiple genres I love." "Same Heartbreak Different Day," co-written with Lucas Marx (Katy Perry) and Michael Jade (Little Big Town) is the first single.

"I grew up loving all different kinds of music. I loved everyone from Elvis to the Eagles to Merle Haggard to Earth, Wind and Fire to Queen.

As a songwriter, I've had not only the great opportunity but pretty decent success writing songs in multiple genres.

I felt it was finally time to embrace the same opportunity not only as a writer but as a singer.

It's my voice that supplies the common thread of all the different types of songs I wrote for this album", says Richard.

Songwriter showcases four sides of Richard Marx with 20 brand new songs crossing four musical genres - Pop, Rock, Country and Ballads on red colored double vinyl.

Co-writers on the set include Keith Urban, Darius Rucker and Burt Bacharach. Marx, born Sept.

16, 1963, made history as the only male artist whose first seven singles reached the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100.

He has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, starting with his self-titled debut which went to #8 on the Billboard Top 200 chart and spawned four Top 5 hits, including "Hold on to the Nights" and "Don't Mean Nothing," which earned him a Grammy nomination for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance and #1 spot on the rock chart.

Marx's follow-up, 1989's Repeat Offender, furthered his early success, hitting #1 and going quadruple-platinum with two #1 singles, "Satisfied" and "Right Here Waiting."