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
19141
Forever, for Always, for Love
  • Released: September 21, 1982
  • Label: Epic/Legacy
  • Format: CD, LP
20123
Busy Body
  • Released: November 25, 1983
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP
32142
The Night I Fell in Love
  • Released: March 8, 1985
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP
1912519
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[10]
Give Me the Reason
  • Released: September 19, 1986
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP
141923
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[10]
  • BPI: 2× Platinum[11]
Any Love
  • Released: September 20, 1988
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP
91103353
Power of Love
  • Released: April 26, 1991
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP
7111034199
Never Let Me Go
  • Released: May 26, 1993
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP
635311
Songs
  • Released: September 20, 1994
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP
52192723242051
Your Secret Love
  • Released: October 1, 1996
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP
92186114
I Know
  • Released: August 11, 1998
  • Label: Virgin
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
26942
Luther Vandross
  • Released: June 19, 2001
  • Label: J
  • Format: CD, digital download
62
Dance with My Father
  • Released: June 10, 2003
  • Label: J
  • Format: CD, digital download
116041
"—" 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
2627514
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum[10]
Greatest Hits 1981–1995
  • Released: October 1995
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP
829012
One Night with You: The Best of Love, Volume 2
  • Released: September 1997
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP
441756
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
1544918
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
9310
Love, Luther
  • Released: November 2007
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, digital download
19123
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
18325
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
2844
Home for Christmas
  • Released: January 2002 (re-released November 4, 2003)
  • Label: Epic
The Classic Christmas Album
  • Released: October 2012
  • Label: Epic
138393518
"—" 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
226

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" 334351184713
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • BPI: Platinum[11]
Never Too Much
"Don't You Know That?" 10710
1982 "Sugar and Spice (I Found Me a Girl)" 72
"If This World Were Mine" (with Cheryl Lynn) 1014 Instant Love
"Bad Boy"/"Having a Party" (Medley) 553 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)
274799 Busy Body
"I'll Let You Slide" 1029100
1984 "Superstar"/"Until You Come Back to Me
(That's What I'm Gonna Do)
" (Medley)
875
"Make Me a Believer" 48
"I Wanted Your Love" 88
1985 "Til My Baby Comes Home" 2910426 The Night I Fell in Love
"It's Over Now" 10136464
"Wait for Love" 11
1986 "If Only for One Night" 59
"Give Me the Reason" 57326 Give Me the Reason
"Stop to Love" 157271519124
1987 "There's Nothing Better Than Love"
(with Gregory Hines)
5020172
"I Really Didn't Mean It" 62416
"So Amazing" 9433
"See Me" 60
1988 "I Gave It Up (When I Fell in Love)" 28
"Any Love" 44121262631 Any Love
"She Won't Talk to Me" 30171831734
1989 "For You to Love" 3
"Come Back" 53
"Here and Now" 6315443 The Best of...
The Best of Love
1990 "Treat You Right" 592
1991 "Power of Love/Love Power" 4311184546 Power of Love
"Don't Want to Be a Fool" 95442
"The Rush" 7344653
1992 "Sometimes It's Only Love" 99
"The Best Things in Life Are Free"
(with Janet Jackson, BBD and Ralph Tresvant)
10339188662 Mo' Money
(Mo' Money Soundtrack)
1993 "Little Miracles (Happen Every Day)" 62301028 Never Let Me Go
"Heaven Knows" 94153924896934
"Never Let Me Go" 31
"Love Is on the Way" 38
1994 "Endless Love"
(with Mariah Carey)
211257614413 Songs
"Always and Forever" 5825167420
1995 "Love the One You're With" 9533 2849532331
"Going in Circles"
"Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" 825022
"Every Year, Every Christmas" 43 This Is Christmas
1996 "Your Secret Love" 52514 Your Secret Love
"I Can Make It Better" 801544
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" 26759 Luther Vandross
"Can Heaven Wait" 363
2002 "I'd Rather" 831740
2003 "Dance with My Father" 38428421 Dance with My Father
"Think About You" 10329
2004 "Buy Me a Rose" 13
"The Closer I Get to You"
(with Beyoncé)
62
2006 "Shine" 116103150 The Ultimate
Luther Vandross
"Got You Home" 53
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[22]
US
AC

[22]
CAN
[23]
1991 "Voices That Care"
(with Various Artists)
11661 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
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)" 1128 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 2910

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
US
Club

[25]
US
R&B/HH

[25]
IRE
[16]
UK
[27]
1980 "Searching" 1232211 The Glow of Love
"The Glow of Love" 4914
"—" 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "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.
  4. "Austrian Albums". austriancharts.at. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Canadian Albums". RPM Albums. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  6. 1 2 "German Albums". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Dutch Albums". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  8. "New Zealand Albums". charts.nz. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  9. 1 2 "UK Albums". officialcharts.com. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "RIAA Certification". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "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. 1 2 3 4 "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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 ""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. 1 2 3 "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.
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