All of them are the reason, and for people to put one of them as the sole reason for world wide acclaim is just ignorant and childish. It's Richie's actions as of late that have gotten him some criticism from fans and deservedly so, Richie from the 80's until 2005/6 is one thing, Richie from now is another. Plenty of people have caught on with that, but there are already a couple of threads discussing this.....