Let Love Rule (Lenny Kravitz album)

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Let Love Rule
Lenny Kravitz-Let Love Rule (album cover).jpg
Studio album by
Lenny Kravitz
ReleasedSeptember 6, 1989
Recorded1988–1989
Genre
Length55:27
Label Virgin
Producer Lenny Kravitz
Lenny Kravitz chronology
Let Love Rule
(1989)		 Mama Said
(1991)
Alternative cover
Letloverule digi cover.jpg
Digipak cover

Charts

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for Let Love Rule
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [24] Platinum100,000^
France (SNEP) [25] Gold100,000*
Netherlands (NVPI) [26] Gold50,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [27] Gold25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [28] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [29] Gold760,000 [30]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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