Luther Vandross discography

Cataloging of published recordings by Luther Vandross

Luther Vandross discography
Vandross performing with Diana Ross in New York in 2000
Studio albums13
Live albums1
Compilation albums17
Singles59

This is the discography documenting albums and singles released by American singer Luther Vandross. Vandross has sold approximately 40 million records worldwide.[1]

Albums

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[2]
US
R&B
[2]
AUS
[3]
AUT
[4]
CAN
[5]
GER
[6]
NED
[7]
NZ
[8]
UK
[9]
Never Too Much
  • Released: August 12, 1981
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP
19 1 41
Forever, for Always, for Love
  • Released: September 21, 1982
  • Label: Epic/Legacy
  • Format: CD, LP
20 1 23
Busy Body
  • Released: November 25, 1983
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP
32 1 42
The Night I Fell in Love
  • Released: March 8, 1985
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP
19 1 25 19
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[10]
Give Me the Reason
  • Released: September 19, 1986
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP
14 1 92 3
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[10]
  • BPI: 2× Platinum[11]
Any Love
  • Released: September 20, 1988
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP
9 1 103 35 3
Power of Love
  • Released: April 26, 1991
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP
7 1 110 34 19 9
Never Let Me Go
  • Released: May 26, 1993
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP
6 3 53 11
Songs
  • Released: September 20, 1994
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP
5 2 19 27 23 24 20 5 1
Your Secret Love
  • Released: October 1, 1996
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP
9 2 18 61 14
I Know
  • Released: August 11, 1998
  • Label: Virgin
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
26 9 42
Luther Vandross
  • Released: June 19, 2001
  • Label: J
  • Format: CD, digital download
6 2
Dance with My Father
  • Released: June 10, 2003
  • Label: J
  • Format: CD, digital download
1 1 60 41
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[2]
US
R&B
[2]
CAN
[5]
GER
[6]
NED
[7]
UK
[9]
The Best of Luther Vandross... The Best of Love
  • Released: October 4, 1989
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP
26 2 75 14
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum[10]
Greatest Hits 1981–1995
  • Released: October 1995
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP
82 90 12
One Night with You: The Best of Love, Volume 2
  • Released: September 1997
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP
44 17 56
Love Is on the Way
  • Released: May 1998
  • Label: Sony
  • Format: CD
Always & Forever: The Classics
  • Released: September 1998
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD
85
Greatest Hits
  • Released: November 1999
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD
Smooth Love
  • Released: November 2000
  • Label: Sony
  • Format: CD, digital download
The Ultimate Luther Vandross
  • Released: August 2001
  • Label: J
  • Format: CD, digital download
Stop to Love
  • Released: April 2002
  • Label: Sony
  • Format: CD, digital download
The Very Best of Love
  • Released: July 2002
  • Label: Madacy
  • Format: CD, digital download
The Essential Luther Vandross
  • Released: June 2003
  • Label: Epic/Legacy
  • Format: CD, digital download
154 49 18
Artist Collection: Luther Vandross
  • Released: October 2004
  • Label: BMG/J
  • Format: CD, digital download
The Ultimate Luther Vandross
  • Released: August 2006
  • Label: J/Epic/Legacy
  • Format: CD, digital download
9 3 10
Love, Luther
  • Released: November 2007
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, digital download
191 23
Lovesongs
  • Released: February 2009
  • Label: Sony
  • Format: CD, digital download
4
Playlist: The Very Best of Luther Vandross
  • Released: April 2009
  • Label: Epic/Legacy
  • Format: CD, digital download
72
S.O.U.L.
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: BMG/Sony
  • Format: CD, digital download
57
Hidden Gems
  • Released: April 2012
  • Label: Epic/Legacy
  • Format: CD, digital download
183 25
The Greatest Hits
  • Released: November 2014
  • Label: RCA
  • Format: CD, digital download
21
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Holiday albums

Title Details US chart peaks[2] Certifications
Billboard
200
Holiday
Albums
Pop
Catalog
R&B
HipHop
This Is Christmas
  • Released: October 1995
  • Label: Epic
28 4 4
Home for Christmas
  • Released: January 2002 (re-released November 4, 2003)
  • Label: Epic
This Is Christmas (Luther Vandross album)
  • Released: October 2012
  • Label: Epic
138 39 35 18
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title Details US chart peaks[2]
Billboard
200
R&B
HipHop
Live Radio City Music Hall 2003
  • Released: October 2003
  • Label: J
22 6

Singles

As lead artist

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[2]
US
AC
[2]
US
Club
[2]
US
Dance Sales
[2]
US
R&B/HH
[2]
CAN
[14]
GER
[15]
IRE
[16]
NZ
[17]
UK
[18]
1981 "Never Too Much" 33 4 35 1 18 47 13
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • BPI: Platinum[11]
Never Too Much
"Don't You Know That?" 107 10
1982 "Sugar and Spice (I Found Me a Girl)" 72
"If This World Were Mine" (with Cheryl Lynn) 101 4 Instant Love
"Bad Boy"/"Having a Party" (Medley) 55 3 Forever, for Always, for Love
1983 "Since I Lost My Baby" 17
"You're the Sweetest One"
"Promise Me" 72
"How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye"
(with Dionne Warwick)
27 4 7 99 Busy Body
"I'll Let You Slide" 102 9 100
1984 "Superstar"/"Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" (medley) 87 5
"Make Me a Believer" 48
"I Wanted Your Love" 88
1985 "Til My Baby Comes Home" 29 10 4 26 The Night I Fell in Love
"It's Over Now" 101 36 46 4
"Wait for Love" 11
1986 "If Only for One Night" 59
"Give Me the Reason" 57 3 26 Give Me the Reason
"Stop to Love" 15 7 27 15 1 91 24
1987 "There's Nothing Better Than Love"
(with Gregory Hines)
50 20 1 72
"I Really Didn't Mean It" 6 24 16
"So Amazing" 94 33
"See Me" 60
1988 "I Gave It Up (When I Fell in Love)" 28
"Any Love" 44 12 1 63 26 26 31 Any Love
"She Won't Talk to Me" 30 17 18 3 17 34
1989 "For You to Love" 3
"Come Back" 53
"Here and Now" 6 3 1 54 43 The Best of...
The Best of Love
1990 "Treat You Right" 5 92
1991 "Power of Love/Love Power" 4 3 11 1 8 45 46 Power of Love
"Don't Want to Be a Fool" 9 5 4 42
"The Rush" 73 44 6 53
1992 "Sometimes It's Only Love" 9 9
"The Best Things in Life Are Free"
(with Janet Jackson, BBD and Ralph Tresvant)
10 3 39 1 8 8 6 6 2 Mo' Money
(Mo' Money Soundtrack)
1993 "Little Miracles (Happen Every Day)" 62 30 10 28 Never Let Me Go
"Heaven Knows" 94 15 39 24 89 69 34
"Never Let Me Go" 31
"Love Is on the Way" 38
1994 "Endless Love"
(with Mariah Carey)
2 11 25 7 6 14 4 1 3 Songs
"Always and Forever" 58 25 16 74 20
1995 "Love the One You're With" 95 33 28 49 53 23 31
"Going in Circles"
"Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" 82 50 22
"Every Year, Every Christmas" 43 This Is Christmas
1996 "Your Secret Love" 52 5 14 Your Secret Love
"I Can Make It Better" 80 15 44
1997 "I Won't Let You Do That to Me" One Night with You: The Best of Love, Volume 2
1998 "When You Call on Me/
Baby That's When I Come Runnin'"
"Nights in Harlem"
(with Precise)
29 I Know
"I Know"
(with Stevie Wonder)
61
1999 "I'm Only Human"
(with Cassandra Wilson & Bob James)
57
"Are You Using Me?" 46
2001 "Take You Out" 26 7 59 Luther Vandross
"Can Heaven Wait" 3 63
2002 "I'd Rather" 83 17 40
2003 "Dance with My Father" 38 4 28 4 21 Dance with My Father
"Think About You" 103 29
2004 "Buy Me a Rose" 13
"The Closer I Get to You"
(with Beyoncé)
62
2006 "Shine" 116 10 31 50 The Ultimate Luther Vandross
"Got You Home" 53
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

As featured artist

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[22]
US
AC
[22]
CAN
[23]
1991 "Voices That Care"
(with Various Artists)
11 6 61 Single release only

Other appearances

Soundtracks

Year Title Album
1981 "Just When I Needed You" (w/ Roberta Flack) Bustin' Loose
1985 "She's So Good to Me" The Goonies
1986 "Give Me the Reason" Ruthless People
1987 "There's Only You" Made in Heaven
1992 "Heart of a Hero" Hero
"The Best Things in Life Are Free" Mo' Money
1995 "The Thrill I'm In" Money Train
1999 "When You're A Woman" 24 Hour Woman
2001 "If I Was the One" Dr. Dolittle 2

Others

Year Title Album
1975 "Young Americans" Young Americans
1992 "The Christmas Song" A Very Special Christmas 2
1994 "The Way She Loves Me" Paid Vacation (album)
1996 "If I Had a Hammer" For Our Children Too
2002 "What's Going On" 97th and Columbus
2014 "Finder of Lost Loves" (Duet with Dionne Warwick) Finder of Lost Loves (Expanded Edition)

Music videos

Year Title Director
1991 "Voices That Care" (Various) David S. Jackson

Other projects

  • Recordings of Luther, a group led by Luther Vandross.
  • Vandross also guested as lead vocalist for the U.S./Italian ensemble Change.

Luther

Studio albums

Title Details
Luther
This Close to You
  • Released: March 1977
  • Label: Atlantic/Cotillion

Singles

Year Title US chart peaks[2] Album
Club
Play
R&B
HipHop
1976 "It's Good for the Soul (Pt. 1)" 11 28 Luther
"Funky Music (Is a Part of Me)" 34
"The 2nd Time Around" 34
1977 "This Close to You" 93 This Close to You
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Change

Studio albums

Title Details US chart peaks[25] Certifications
Billboard
200
R&B
HipHop
The Glow of Love 29 10

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
US
Club
[25]
US
R&B/HH
[25]
IRE
[16]
UK
[27]
1980 "Searching" 1 23 22 11 The Glow of Love
"The Glow of Love" 49 14
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

References

  1. ^ Barker, Andrew (September 20, 2014). "Luther Vandross Receives Star on Walk of Fame". Variety. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "US Billboard Charts". AllMusic. Archived from the original on March 21, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  3. ^ "Australian Albums". australian-charts.com. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
    • Any Love and Power of Love: "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing July 8, 1991". bubblingdownunder.com. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
    • Dance with My Father: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 293.
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  9. ^ a b "UK Albums". officialcharts.com. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "RIAA Certification". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "British certifications – Luther Vandross". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved November 3, 2023. Type Luther Vandross in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  12. ^ a b c d "Canadian Certification". Music Canada. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
  13. ^ "New Zealand Chart Certification". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
  14. ^ "Canadian Singles". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  15. ^ "German Singles". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  16. ^ a b "Irish Singles". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  17. ^ "New Zealand Singles". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  18. ^ "UK Singles". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  19. ^ a b "RIAA Certification". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  20. ^ "RIAA Certification". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  21. ^ "New Zealand Chart Certification". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  22. ^ a b ""Voices That Care" US Billboard Charts". AllMusic. Archived from the original on July 17, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  23. ^ "Canadian Singles". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  24. ^ ""Voices That Care" RIAA Certification". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  25. ^ a b c "Change - US Billboard Charts". AllMusic. Archived from the original on November 6, 2013. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
  26. ^ ""The Glow of Love" RIAA Certification". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
  27. ^ ""Change" UK Singles". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 30, 2016.

External links

  • Luther Vandross discography at Discogs
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