Lenny Kravitz discography

Lenny Kravitz discography

Kravitz in Brazil in 2005.
Studio albums 10
Compilation albums 2
Video albums 8
Music videos 41
EPs 2
Singles 49
Soundtrack albums 6

American singer Lenny Kravitz has released ten studio albums, one greatest hits compilation album, four box set compilation albums, two extended plays, forty-nine singles, and eight video albums, including three live albums. Kravitz has earned three gold albums, two platinum albums, two double platinum albums, and one triple platinum album. His début album Let Love Rule (1989) peaked at #61 in the U.S., and while receiving generally positive reviews, it became a huge success in Europe but took a long time to reach success in the U.S. Its followers, Mama Said (1991) and Are You Gonna Go My Way (1993) became instant hits, being considered some of the finest recordings of the decade and achieving platinum and multi-platinum status respectively, establishing Kravitz in the music industry and expanding his success in Europe and South America. However, despite only a two-year gap between albums, personal issues such as substance abuse problems, the aftermath of divorce and his mother Roxie Roker's illness lead to a decline in commercial sales with Circus (1995), in comparison to his preceding success, remaining his least successful album to date.

With 5 (1998), Kravitz embraced a fresh outlook towards his career and also experimented with electronic equipment such as pro-tools. Initially, the album received only mediocre reviews and it took a slow and steady process for it to achieve worldwide success after spinning off hits such as "I Belong to You" and "Fly Away" to ultimately become Kravitz's most successful studio album to date. It would be the album to establish his career at a higher level, with increasing worldwide popularity, especially in Europe, and would win him his first two Grammy Awards. Greatest Hits (2000) would prove to become Kravitz's most successful album to date, going on to sell over 10.5 million copies worldwide, earning him yet another Grammy. While Lenny (2001) would prove to be a very fast seller, although not quite comparing to 5 or Greatest Hits, it managed to win Kravitz his fourth consecutive Grammy. However, Baptism would prove to be somewhat of a commercial disappointment for the multi-platinum selling artist when compared to its predecessors. Most recently, his 2008 release It Is Time for a Love Revolution had Kravitz realising some of the best début positions and opening sales weeks worldwide in years, along with his best critical reviews since Lenny.

According to recent sales numbers, a number of his albums (Let Love Rule, Mama Said, 5 and Greatest Hits) have been confirmed to have achieved a sales status high enough to be certified at the next level within the sales threshold, but RIAA still has them certified at the sales level they are currently at, with no official word on whether/when the certifications may occur. In addition to writing and producing all of his own work, Kravitz has produced albums for other artists, some reaching great success. He personally has scored three Top 10 albums in the U.S., while having reached number one in both the UK and Australia. Kravitz has scored hits in virtually every continent: North America (USA and Canada), Central America (Bahamas), Europe (United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain and Scandinavia), South America (Brazil, Argentina and Colombia), Asia (Japan), Oceania (Australia and New Zealand), and Africa (Republic of South Africa). Considered one of the most successful and best-selling rock artists of his time, Kravitz has had sales of approximately 40 million albums alone worldwide (not including singles and video releases).

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[1]		 AUS
[2]		 AUT
[3]		 CAN
[1][4]		 FRA
[5]		 GER
[6]		 ITA
[7]		 NLD
[8]		 NOR
[9]		 SWI
[10]		 UK
[11]
Let Love Rule 61 45 — 35 — — — 23 12 12 56
Mama Said
  • Released: April 2, 1991
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download
 39 10 12 13 — — — 5 4 5 8
Are You Gonna Go My Way
  • Released: March 9, 1993
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download
 12 1 3 1 — 7 13 3 6 1 1
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[12]
  • ARIA: 2× Platinum[16]
  • BPI: Platinum[13]
  • BVMI: Gold[17]
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum[14]
  • MC: 4× Platinum[15]
Circus
  • Released: September 12, 1995
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download
 10 2 3 7 — 8 13 1 7 1 5
5
  • Released: May 12, 1998
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD, digital download
 28 17 1 22 9 6 5 8 7 3 18
Lenny
  • Released: October 30, 2001
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 12 44 1 3 17 5 6 7 14 3 55
Baptism
  • Released: May 17, 2004
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 14 42 4 — 8 2 5 3 17 3 74
It Is Time for a Love Revolution
  • Released: February 5, 2008
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 4 47 2 5 5 3 3 2 28 1 42
Black and White America 17 59 2 45 7 1 8 2 — 1 75
Strut 19 31 3 20 3 2 3 7 26 2 21
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilations

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[1]		 AUS
[2]		 AUT
[3]		 CAN
[1]		 FRA
[5]		 GER
[6]		 ITA
[7]		 NLD
[10]		 NOR
[10]		 SWI
[10]		 UK
[11]
Greatest Hits
  • Released: October 24, 2000
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, digital download, CD/DVD
 2 14 1 2 89 2 1 4 6 2 12
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum[12]
  • ARIA: 2× Platinum[20]
  • BPI: 3× Platinum[13]
  • BVMI: 2× Platinum[17]
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum[18]
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum[14]
  • MC: 4× Platinum[15]
  • SNEP: Platinum[19]

Box sets

Title Album details
Let Love Rule / Mama Said
  • Released: October 22, 2001
  • Format: CD box set
Let Love Rule / Mama Said / Are You Gonna Go My Way
  • Released: October 7, 2002
5 / Lenny
  • Released: September 15, 2003
  • Format: CD box set
Lenny / Baptism
  • Released: 2004
  • Formats: CD box set

EPs

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[22]		 US
Alt.
[23]		 US
Main.
[22]		 AUS
[2]		 AUT
[3]		 CAN
[24]
[22]
[25]		 FRA
[5]		 GER
[6]		 ITA
[7]		 NLD
[8]		 SWI
[10]		 UK
[11]
1989
"Let Love Rule" 89 5 23 36 — — — — — 26 59 39 Let Love Rule
1990
"I Build This Garden for Us" — 25 — 83 — — — — — 51 — 83
"Be" — — — — — — — — — — — —
"Mr. Cab Driver" — — — — — — — — — — — 58
"Does Anybody Out There Even Care" — — — — — — — — — 46 — —
1991 "Always on the Run" — 8 40 43 — 55 — — — 8 25 41 Mama Said
"It Ain't Over 'til It's Over" 2 — — 10 25 2 29 43 — 12 — 11
"Fields of Joy" — — — — — — — — — 33 — —
"Stand by My Woman" 76 — — 46 — — 36 66 — — — 55
"What the Fuck Are We Saying?" — — — — — — — — — 34 — —
"Stop Draggin' Around" — — — — — — — — — — — —
"What Goes Around Comes Around" — — — — — — — — — — — —
1993 "Are You Gonna Go My Way" — 2 1 1 24 5 4 25 — 8 12 4 Are You Gonna Go My Way
"Believe" 60 10 15 8 — 9 33 74 — 40 — 30
"Heaven Help" 80 — — 76 — 25 41 98 — — — 20
"Spinning Around Over You" — 37 — — — — — — — — — Reality Bites soundtrack
"Is There Any Love in Your Heart" — — 19 32 — 53 — — — — — 52 Are You Gonna Go My Way
1994 "Deuce" — — 15 — — 77 — — — — — — Kiss My Ass: Classic Kiss Regrooved
1995 "Rock and Roll Is Dead" 75 10 4 26 — 16 — — — 40 24 22 Circus
"Circus" — — — — — 85 — — — — — 54
1996 "Can't Get You Off My Mind" 62 — — — — 33 — — — — — 54
"The Resurrection" — — — — — — — — — — — —
1998 "I Belong to You" 71 — — — — — 24 81 — 42 — 75 5
"If You Can't Say No" — 39 — 55 35 — 97 — — 52 39 48
"Thinking of You" — — — — — — — — — — — —
1999 "Fly Away" 12 1 1 8 11 3 56 15 — 49 19 1
"Black Velveteen" — — — — — — — — — — 94 83
"American Woman" 49 7 3 14 — 26 88 78 — 59 35 177 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me soundtrack
2000 "Again" 4 23 — 30 6 — 57 19 19 9 25 — Greatest Hits
2001 "Dig In" 31 13 11 — 64 — — — 8 72 58 — Lenny
2002 "Stillness of Heart" 118 38 — — 51 22 83 38 16 84 31 44
"Believe in Me" — — — — 42 — — 14 10 10 29 —
"If I Could Fall in Love" — — — — — — — — — 98 85 —
"Yesterday Is Gone (My Dear Kay)" — — — — — — — — — — — —
2004 "Show Me Your Soul"
(with P. Diddy, Loon and Pharrell)		 — — — 45 — — — 61 — — 62 35 Bad Boys II soundtrack
"Where Are We Runnin'?" 69 40 30 52 27 — — 43 43 31 33 — Baptism
"California" — — — — 56 — — — — 64 57 62
"Storm"
(with Jay-Z)		 98 — — — — — — — — — — —
2005 "Calling All Angels" — — — — — — — 72 — 35 42 —
"Lady" 27 — — — — — — — — 99 — —
"Breathe" — — — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
2007 "Bring It On" — — 25 — — 52 — — — — — — It Is Time for a Love Revolution
"I'll Be Waiting" 73 — — — 6 45 27 6 4 5 4 104
2008 "Love Love Love" — — — — — — — 92 — — — —
"Dancin' Til Dawn" — — — — — — — — — 96 — —
2011 "Come On Get It" — — — — — — — — — — — — Black and White America
"Stand" — — — — 41 — — 44 — 100 42 —
"Rock Star City Life" — — — — 62 — — 98 — — — —
"Black and White America" — — — — — — 100 — — 92 — —
"Push" — — — — — — — — — — — —
2012 "Superlove" — — — — — — — — — 25 — 49
2014 "The Chamber" — — — — 16 — 11 17 12 62 9 — Strut
"Sex" — — — — — — 107 — — — — —
"New York City" — — — — — — — — — — — —
2015 "The Pleasure and the Pain" — — — — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Other appearances

Other notable works in Kravitz's repertoire are numerous charity albums and collaborations with artists of a wide range of genres. In 1990, he co-wrote and co-produced Madonna's "Justify My Love" single where he also appeared as background vocalist. Kravitz sang a duet titled "Main Squeeze" with Teena Maria on her album Passion Play (Sarai Label, 1994). Upon her death, he posted a heartfelt tribute to her saying that she had contributed so much to who he is.[30] He has participated in numerous soundtracks such as Reality Bites (1994), Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), and Bad Boys II (2003). He contributed tracks to Power of Soul: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix and Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino. The 2004 album The Unplugged Collection, Volume One features a live version of "Are You Gonna Go My Way".[31] In 2008, he wrote "Change" for the Change Is Now: Renewing America's Promise compilation album. Two of Kravitz's songs are featured separately on two different albums of the Big Shiny Tunes compilation series ("Fly Away" on Big Shiny Tunes 3 and "American Woman" on Big Shiny Tunes 4). He also appeared on Michael Jackson's posthumous track "(I Can't Make It) Another Day".

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Lenny Kravitz > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-05-27.
  2. 1 2 3 Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
    • Top 50 peaks: "Discography Lenny Kravitz". Retrieved 2011-05-27.
    • Top 100 peaks to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  3. 1 2 3 "Discographie Lenny Kravitz" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  4. ↑ "Lenny Kravitz Top Albums/CDs positions". RPM. Retrieved 2010-10-17.
  5. 1 2 3 "Discographie Lenny Kravitz" (in French). lescharts.com. Retrieved 2014-09-03.
  6. 1 2 3 Peak chart positions for Lenny Kravitz in Germany:
  7. 1 2 3 "Discography Lenny Kravitz". Retrieved 2011-05-27.
  8. 1 2 "Discografie Lenny Kravitz" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2011-05-27.
  9. ↑ "Discography Lenny Kravitz". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 "Discographie Lenny Kravitz" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  11. 1 2 3 UK chart peaks:
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "RIAA Certified Awards Search". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "BPI Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Lenny Kravitz". swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Gold Platinum Database: Lenny Kravitz". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  16. 1 2 3 4 Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Gold–/Platin-Datenbank (Lenny Kravitz)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "IFPI Austria - Verband der Österreichischen Musikwirtschaft" (in German). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 "Certifications Albums Lenny Kravitz" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  20. 1 2 "ARIA certificates". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  21. ↑ http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2002/06/08/zucchero-kravitz-co-tutto-in-una.html
  22. 1 2 3 "Lenny Kravitz > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-05-27.
  23. ↑ "Lenny Kravitz Album & Song Chart History: Alternative Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2011-05-27.
  24. ↑ "Lenny Kravitz Top Singles positions". RPM. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  25. ↑ "Lenny Kravitz Album & Song Chart History: Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  26. ↑ (French) Certifications Singles Argent – année 1994 at the Wayback Machine (archived February 11, 2009). SNEP. Disque en France. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
  27. 1 2 "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1999 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
  28. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2001 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
  29. ↑ "Italian single certifications – Lenny Kravitz – The Chamber" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved September 6, 2014. Select Online in the field Sezione. Enter Lenny Kravitz in the field Filtra. The certification will load automatically
  30. ↑ http://www.malextra.com/music/musicnews/Kravitz-88966.html
  31. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Unplugged Collection, Vol. 1 - Various Artists at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
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