Luther Vandross discography

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Luther Vandross discography
Luther Vandross 1985.jpg
Vandross in 1985.
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]

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positions Certifications
US
[2]
US
R&B

[2]
AUS
[3] [4]
AUT
[5]
CAN
[6]
GER
[7]
NED
[8]
NZ
[9]
UK
[10]
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
  • RIAA: Platinum [11]
The Night I Fell in Love
  • Released: March 8, 1985
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP
1912519
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum [11]
Give Me the Reason
  • Released: September 19, 1986
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP
141923
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum [11]
  • BPI: 2× Platinum [12]
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
631075311
  • RIAA: Platinum [11]
Songs
  • Released: September 20, 1994
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP
52192723242051
Your Secret Love
  • Released: October 1, 1996
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP
92145186114
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
  • RIAA: Platinum [11]
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

TitleDetailsPeak chart positions Certifications
US
[2]
US
R&B

[2]
AUS
[4]
CAN
[6]
GER
[7]
NED
[8]
UK
[10]
The Best of Luther Vandross... The Best of Love
  • Released: October 4, 1989
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP
2627514
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum [11]
Greatest Hits 1981–1995
  • Released: October 1995
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP
119829012
One Night with You: The Best of Love, Volume 2
  • Released: September 1997
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP
441718656
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
  • RIAA: Platinum [11]
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
Never Too Much: Greatest Hits
  • Released: December 13, 2024
  • Label: Sony Legacy
  • Format: CD, digital download, LP
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Holiday albums

TitleDetailsUS chart peaks [2] Certifications
Billboard
200
Holiday
Albums
Pop
Catalog
R&B
HipHop
This Is Christmas
  • Released: October 1995
  • Label: Epic
2844
  • RIAA: Platinum [11]
Home for Christmas
  • Released: January 2002 (re-released November 4, 2003)
  • Label: Epic
This Is Christmas (Luther Vandross album)
  • Released: October 2012
  • Label: Epic
138393518
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleDetailsUS chart peaks [2]
Billboard
200
R&B
HipHop
Live Radio City Music Hall 2003
  • Released: October 2003
  • Label: J
226

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[2]
US
AC

[2]
US
Club

[2]
US
Dance Sales

[2]
US
R&B/HH

[2]
CAN
[15]
GER
[16]
IRE
[17]
NZ
[18]
UK
[19]
"Never Too Much"1981334351184713
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • BPI: Platinum [12]
Never Too Much
"Don't You Know That?"10710
"Sugar and Spice (I Found Me a Girl)"198272
"If This World Were Mine" (with Cheryl Lynn)1014 Instant Love
"Bad Boy"/"Having a Party" (Medley)553 Forever, for Always, for Love
"Since I Lost My Baby"198317
"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
"Superstar"/"Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" (medley)1984875
"Make Me a Believer"48
"I Wanted Your Love"88
"Til My Baby Comes Home"19852910426 The Night I Fell in Love
"It's Over Now"10136464
"Wait for Love"11
"If Only for One Night"198659
"Give Me the Reason"57326 Give Me the Reason
"Stop to Love"157271519124
"There's Nothing Better Than Love"
(with Gregory Hines)
19875020172
"I Really Didn't Mean It"62416
"So Amazing"9433
"See Me"60
"I Gave It Up (When I Fell in Love)"198828
"Any Love"4412163262631 Any Love
"She Won't Talk to Me"30171831734
"For You to Love"19893
"Come Back"53
"Here and Now"6315443
  • RIAA: Platinum [20]
The Best of...
The Best of Love
"Treat You Right"1990592
"Power of Love/Love Power"19914311184546 Power of Love
"Don't Want to Be a Fool"9544284
"The Rush"7344653
"Sometimes It's Only Love"199299
"The Best Things in Life Are Free"
(with Janet Jackson, BBD and Ralph Tresvant)
10339188662 Mo' Money
(Mo' Money Soundtrack)
"Little Miracles (Happen Every Day)"199362301028 Never Let Me Go
"Heaven Knows"94153924896934
"Never Let Me Go"31
"Love Is on the Way"38
"Endless Love"
(with Mariah Carey)
1994211257614413 Songs
"Always and Forever"5825167420
"Love the One You're With"199595332849532331
"Going in Circles"
"Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now"825022
"Every Year, Every Christmas"43 This Is Christmas
"Your Secret Love"199652514 Your Secret Love
"I Can Make It Better"801544
"I Won't Let You Do That to Me"1997 One Night with You: The Best of Love, Volume 2
"When You Call on Me/
Baby That's When I Come Runnin'"
1998
"Nights in Harlem"
(with Precise)
29 I Know
"I Know"
(with Stevie Wonder)
61
"I'm Only Human"
(with Cassandra Wilson & Bob James)
199957
"Are You Using Me?"46
"Take You Out"200126759 Luther Vandross
"Can Heaven Wait"363
"I'd Rather"2002831740
"Dance with My Father"200338428421 Dance with My Father
"Think About You"10329
"Buy Me a Rose"200413
"The Closer I Get to You"
(with Beyoncé)
62
"Shine"2006116103150 The Ultimate Luther Vandross
"Got You Home"53
"Michelle" [23] 2024Never Too Much: Greatest Hits
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released
TitleYearPeak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[24]
US
AC

[24]
CAN
[25]
"Voices That Care"
(with Various Artists)
199111661Non-album single

Other appearances

Soundtracks

YearTitleAlbum
1981"Just When I Needed You" (w/ Roberta Flack) Bustin' Loose: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
1985"She's So Good to Me" The Goonies: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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

YearTitleAlbum
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

YearTitleDirector
1991"Voices That Care" (Various)David S. Jackson

Other projects

Luther

Studio albums

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

Singles

YearTitle 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

TitleDetailsUS chart peaks [27] Certifications
Billboard
200
R&B
HipHop
The Glow of Love 2910

Singles

YearTitlePeak chart positionsAlbum
US
Club

[27]
US
R&B/HH

[27]
IRE
[17]
UK
[29]
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.

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