Luther Vandross / discography

This discography is an overview of the most successful songs and albums by the American R&B singer Luther Vandross . According to sources and record awards, he has sold more than 30.6 million records in his career, including over 26.7 million in his home country alone. The most successful release by Vandross is the album The Best of Luther Vandross ... The Best of Love with over three million units sold.

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1981	Never Too Much	-	-	-	UK41 (30 weeks) UK	US19th × 2 Double platinum (36 weeks)US	only released in UK in 1987
1982	Forever, for Always, for Love	-	-	-	UK23 platinum (16 weeks)UK	US20th platinum (36 weeks)US	only released in UK in 1987
1983	Busy body	-	-	-	UK42 (12 weeks) UK	US32 platinum (41 weeks)US
1985	The Night I Fell in Love	-	-	-	UK19 (10 weeks) UK	US19th × 2 Double platinum (56 weeks)US
1986	Give me the reason	-	-	-	UK3 × 2 Double platinum (99 weeks)UK	US14th × 2 Double platinum (53 weeks)US
1988	Any love	-	-	-	UK3 gold (22 weeks)UK	US9 platinum (33 weeks)US
1989	The Best of Luther Vandross ... The Best of Love	-	-	-	UK14 (23 weeks) UK	US26th × 3 Triple platinum (51 weeks)US	Best of album
1991	Power of Love	-	AT34 (2 weeks) AT	-	UK9 silver (9 weeks)UK	US7th × 2 Double platinum (60 weeks)US
1993	Never Let Me Go	-	-	-	UK11 (5 weeks) UK	US6th platinum (28 weeks)US
1994	Songs	DE24 (13 weeks) DE	AT27 (6 weeks) AT	CH20 (8 weeks) CH	UK1 platinum (28 weeks)UK	US5 × 2 Double platinum (37 weeks)US
1995	Greatest Hits 1981-1995	DE82 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	UK12 gold (14 weeks)UK	-	Best of album
	This is Christmas	-	-	-	-	US28 platinum (8 weeks)US
1996	Your Secret Love	-	-	-	UK14th silver (4 weeks)UK	US9 platinum (28 weeks)US
1997	One Night with You - The Best of Love Volume 2	-	-	-	UK56 (2 weeks) UK	US44 gold (24 weeks)US	Best of album
1998	I know	-	-	-	UK42 (1 week) UK	US26th gold (15 weeks)US
2001	Luther Vandross	-	-	-	-	US6th platinum (41 weeks)US
2002	Greatest hits	-	-	-	-	US- platinum US	Best of album
	Dance with My Father	-	-	-	UK41 gold (15 weeks)UK	US1 × 2 Double platinum (61 weeks)US	Grammy (Best R&B Album)
2003	The Essential Luther Vandross	-	-	-	UK18th gold (8 weeks)UK	US154 platinum (1 week)US	Best of album
	Luther Vandross Live: Radio City Music Hall 2003	-	-	-	-	US22 (5 weeks) US	Live album
	Home for Christmas	-	-	-	-	-
2006	The Ultimate Luther Vandross	-	-	-	UK10 platinum (21 weeks)UK	-	Best of album
2009	Love songs	-	-	-	UK4th gold (9 weeks)UK	-	compilation
2012	Hidden Gems	-	-	-	-	-
2014	The Greatest Hits	-	-	-	UK21st gold (13 weeks)UK	-	Best of album

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1981	Never Too Much Never Too Much	-	-	-	UK44 platinum (6 weeks)UK	US33 (15 weeks) US	Remix: 1989
1982	Bad Boy / Having a Party Forever, for Always, for Love	-	-	-	-	US55 (12 weeks) US
1983	How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye Busy Body	-	-	-	-	US27 (13 weeks) US	with Dionne Warwick
1984	Superstar / Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) Busy Body	-	-	-	-	US87 (4 weeks) US
1985	'Til My Baby Comes Home The Night I Fell in love	-	-	-	-	US29 (16 weeks) US	with organ solo by Billy Preston
1986	Give Me the Reason Give Me the Reason	-	-	-	UK60 (5 weeks) UK	US57 (11 weeks) US	Movie: The Incredible Kidnapping of Mad Mrs. Stone
	Stop to Love Give Me the Reason	-	-	-	UK24 (7 weeks) UK	US15 (19 weeks) US	R&B No. 1
1987	There's Nothing Better Than Love Give Me the Reason	-	-	-	UK72 (1 week) UK	US50 (14 weeks) US	R&B # 1 with Gregory Hines
	See Me Give Me the Reason	-	-	-	UK60 (4 weeks) UK	-
	I Really Didn't Mean It Give Me the Reason	-	-	-	UK16 (10 weeks) UK	-
	So Amazing Give Me the Reason	-	-	-	UK33 (6 weeks) UK	-
1988	Give Me the Reason Give Me the Reason	-	-	-	UK26 (6 weeks) UK	-	Republication
	I Gave It Up (When I Fell in Love) Give Me the Reason	-	-	-	UK28 (5 weeks) UK	-
	Any Love Any Love	-	-	-	UK31 (4 weeks) UK	US44 (13 weeks) US	R&B No. 1
1989	She Won't Talk to Me Any Love	-	-	-	UK34 (4 weeks) UK	US30 (12 weeks) US
	Come Back Any Love	-	-	-	UK53 (3 weeks) UK	-
	Never Too Much The Best of Luther Vandross ... The Best of Love (Remix)	-	-	-	UK33 (7 weeks) UK	-	Original: 1981
	Here and Now The Best of Luther Vandross ... The Best of Love	-	-	-	UK43 (3 weeks) UK	US6th gold (27 weeks)US	Grammy (Best Male Vocal Performance - R&B); R&B No. 1
1991	Power of Love - Love Power Power of Love	-	-	-	UK46 (5 weeks) UK	US4 (18 weeks) US	2 Grammys (best male vocal performance - R&B / best R&B song), background singers ao Cissy Houston , Darlene Love , Lisa Fischer ; Remix: 1995, R&B No. 1
	Don't Want to Be a Fool Power of Love	-	-	-	-	US9 (20 weeks) US
1992	The Rush Power of Love	-	-	-	UK53 (3 weeks) UK	US73 (7 weeks) US
	The Best Things in Life Are Free	DE8 (22 weeks) DE	-	CH32 (7 weeks) CH	UK2 silver (13 weeks)UK	US10 (20 weeks) US	Film: Meh 'Geld ; R&B No. 1; Remix: 1995, with Janet Jackson , BBD & Ralph Tresvant
1993	Little Miracles (Happen Every Day) Never Let Me Go	-	-	-	UK28 (3 weeks) UK	US62 (10 weeks) US
	Heaven Knows Never Let Me Go	DE69 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	UK34 (3 weeks) UK	US94 (3 weeks) US
	Love Is on the Way (Real Love) Never Let Me Go	-	-	-	UK38 (2 weeks) UK	-
1994	Endless love songs	DE14 (18 weeks) DE	AT13 (12 weeks) AT	CH6 (15 weeks) CH	UK3 silver (16 weeks)UK	US2 gold (20 weeks)US	with Mariah Carey
	Always and Forever Songs	-	-	-	UK20 (5 weeks) UK	US58 (18 weeks) US
1995	Love the One You're With Songs	DE53 (12 weeks) DE	-	-	UK31 (4 weeks) UK	US95 (2 weeks) US
	Ain't No Stopping Us Now Songs	DE82 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	UK22 (3 weeks) UK	-
	Power of Love - Love Power (Remix)	-	-	-	UK31 (3 weeks) UK	-	Original: 1991
	The Best Things in Life Are Free (Remix)	-	-	-	UK7 (7 weeks) UK	-	Original: 1992
	Every Year, Every Christmas This Is Christmas	-	-	-	UK43 (2 weeks) UK	-
1996	Your Secret Love Your Secret Love	-	-	-	UK14 (5 weeks) UK	US52 (13 weeks) US	Grammy (Best Male Vocal Performance - R&B)
	I Can Make It Better Your Secret Love	-	-	-	UK44 (2 weeks) UK	US80 (10 weeks) US
2001	Take You Out Luther Vandross	-	-	-	UK59 (1 week) UK	US26 (17 weeks) US
2002	I'd Rather Luther Vandross	-	-	-	-	US83 (20 weeks) US
2003	Dance with My Father Dance with My Father	-	AT42 (2 weeks) AT	CH50 (1 week) CH	UK21st gold (7 weeks)UK	US38 gold (20 weeks)US	2 Grammys (Song of the Year / Best Male Vocal Performance - R&B), written by Richard Marx and Luther Vandross; Background vocals including Cissy Houston
2006	Shine The Ultimate Luther Vandross	-	-	-	UK50 (2 weeks) UK	-

Video albums

• 1989: Live At Wembley (US:platinum)
• 2000: Always And Forever - An Evening Of Songs (US:gold)
• 1992: Best of Luther Vandross (US:gold)
• 2004: From Luthe With Love: The Videos (US:gold)

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Canada 1991: for the album Power of Love 1997: for the album Your Secret Love 2004: for the album Dance with My Father

Platinum record  Canada 1997: for the album Songs

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Canada (MC)	-	3 × gold3	platinum1	250,000	musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA)	-	8 × gold8th	25 × platinum25th	26,750,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × silver4th	7 × gold7th	6 × platinum6th	3,670,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	4 × silver4th	18 × gold18th	32 × platinum32

literature

• British Hit Singles & Albums , 18th Edition, Guinness World Records Limited 2005, ISBN 9781904994008 .
• Top Pop Singles 1955-2006 by Joel Whitburn , Record Research 2007, ISBN 978-0-89820-172-7 .
• The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
• DE-Singles: Hitbilanz Deutsche Chart Singles ... 1991-1992, Günter Ehnert (Hrsg.), Taurus Press 1993, ISBN 3-922542-49-2 .; Hit balance German Chart Singles ... 1993-1994, Günter Ehnert (Ed.), Taurus Press 1995, ISBN 3-922542-55-7 .; Hit balance German Chart Singles ... 1995-1996, Günter Ehnert (Ed.), Taurus Press 1997, ISBN 3-922542-55-7 .
• DE albums: Hitbilanz LP 1991-1994, Günter Ehnert (Ed.), Taurus Press, ISBN 3-922542-57-3 .; Hit balance LP 1995-1998, Günter Ehnert (Ed.), Taurus Press, ISBN 3-922542-68-9 .

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH US
2. ↑ Luther Vandross - Discography in the Official UK Charts (English)