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Luther Vandross discography

{{Short description|Cataloging of published recordings by Luther Vandross}}

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{{Infobox artist discography

| Artist = Luther Vandross

| Image = Luther Vandross 1985.jpg

| Caption = Vandross in 1985.

| Alt =

| Studio = 13

| Live = 1

| Compilation = 17

| Video =

| Music dates =

| EP =

| Singles = 59

| B-sides =

| Soundtrack =

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This is the discography documenting albums and singles released by American singer Luther Vandross. Vandross has sold approximately 40 million records worldwide.{{cite news|last1=Barker|first1=Andrew|title=Luther Vandross Receives Star on Walk of Fame|url=https://variety.com/2014/music/news/luther-vandross-receives-star-on-walk-of-fame-1201208466/|access-date=April 21, 2021|work=Variety|date=September 20, 2014}}

Albums

=Studio albums=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Details

! scope="col" colspan="9"| Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| US
{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/luther-vandross-mn0000208076/awards|title=US Billboard Charts|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=2016-05-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130321132552/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/luther-vandross-mn0000208076/awards|archive-date=March 21, 2013}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| US
R&B

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| AUS
{{cite web|url=http://www.australian-charts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=luther+vandross |title=Australian Albums |publisher=australian-charts.com |accessdate=2016-05-28}}

  • Any Love and Power of Love: {{cite web|url=https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2022/07/week-commencing-8-july-1991.html | title=Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing July 8, 1991|website=bubblingdownunder.com|access-date=July 9, 2022}}
  • Dance with My Father: {{cite Ryan|page=293}}{{cite web|url= https://imgur.com/a/HP4uzxy | title=Luther Vandross ARIA Chart History complete to 2024|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date= July 26, 2024}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| AUT
{{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/search.asp?cat=a&search=luther+vandross |title=Austrian Albums |publisher=austriancharts.at |accessdate=2016-05-28}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| CAN
{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?OCRText=luther+vandross&ChartEn=Top+Albums%2fCDs& |title=Canadian Albums |date=July 17, 2013 |publisher=RPM Albums |accessdate=2016-05-28}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| GER
{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche |title=German Albums |publisher=offiziellecharts.de |accessdate=2016-05-28}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| NED
{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?cat=a&cat2=s&search=luther+vandross |title=Dutch Albums |publisher=dutchcharts.nl |accessdate=2016-05-28}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| NZ
{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/search.asp?cat=a&search=luther+vandross |title=New Zealand Albums |publisher=charts.nz |accessdate=2016-05-28}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK
{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/20111/luther-vandross/ |title=UK Albums |publisher=officialcharts.com |accessdate=2016-05-28}}

scope="row"| Never Too Much

|

  • Released: August 12, 1981
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP

| 19 || 1 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 41

|

  • RIAA: 2× Platinum{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=LuthEr+vandross&ti=&lab=&genre=&format=Album&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH&col=certification_date&ord=desc#search_section |title=RIAA Certification |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|accessdate=2016-05-30}}
scope="row"| Forever, for Always, for Love

|

  • Released: September 21, 1982
  • Label: Epic/Legacy
  • Format: CD, LP

| 20 || 1 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 23

|

  • RIAA: Platinum
  • BPI: Platinum{{cite certification|region=United Kingdom|artist=Luther Vandross|access-date=November 3, 2023}}
scope="row"| Busy Body

|

  • Released: November 25, 1983
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP

| 32 || 1 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 42

|

  • RIAA: Platinum
scope="row"| The Night I Fell in Love

|

  • Released: March 8, 1985
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP

| 19 || 1 || — || — || — || — || — || 25 || 19

|

  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
scope="row"| Give Me the Reason

|

  • Released: September 19, 1986
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP

| 14 || 1 || — || — || 92 || — || — || — || 3

|

  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • BPI: 2× Platinum
scope="row"| Any Love

|

  • Released: September 20, 1988
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP

| 9 || 1 || 103 || — || — || — || — || 35 || 3

|

  • RIAA: Platinum
  • BPI: Gold
scope="row"| Power of Love

|

  • Released: April 26, 1991
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP

| 7 || 1 || 110 || 34 || 19 || — || — || — || 9

|

  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • MC: Gold{{cite web|url=https://musiccanada.com/gold-platinum/?fwp_gp_search=luther%20vandross |title=Canadian Certification |work=Music Canada |publisher=Music Canada|accessdate=2016-05-30}}
  • BPI: Silver
scope="row"| Never Let Me Go

|

  • Released: May 26, 1993
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP

| 6 || 3 || 107 || — || — || — || 53 || — || 11

|

  • RIAA: Platinum
scope="row"| Songs

|

  • Released: September 20, 1994
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP

| 5 || 2 || 19 || 27 || 23 || 24 || 20 || 5 || 1

|

  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • MC: Platinum
  • RIANZ: Gold{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/albums/1994-12-09 |title=New Zealand Chart Certification |publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=2016-05-30}}
  • BPI: Platinum
scope="row"| Your Secret Love

|

  • Released: October 1, 1996
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP

| 9 || 2 || 145 || — || 18 || — || 61 || — || 14

|

  • RIAA: Platinum
  • MC: Gold
  • BPI: Silver
scope="row"| I Know

|

  • Released: August 11, 1998
  • Label: Virgin
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download

| 26 || 9 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 42

|

  • RIAA: Gold
scope="row"| Luther Vandross

|

  • Released: June 19, 2001
  • Label: J
  • Format: CD, digital download

| 6 || 2 || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|

  • RIAA: Platinum
scope="row"| Dance with My Father

|

  • Released: June 10, 2003
  • Label: J
  • Format: CD, digital download

| 1 || 1 || 60 || — || — || — || — || — || 41

|

  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • MC: Gold
  • BPI: Platinum
align="center" colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

=Compilation albums=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Details

! scope="col" colspan="7"| Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| US

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| US
R&B

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| AUS

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| CAN

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| GER

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| NED

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK

scope="row"| 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
scope="row"| Greatest Hits 1981–1995

|

  • Released: October 1995
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP

| — || — || 119 || — || 82 || 90 || 12

|

  • BPI: Gold
scope="row"| One Night with You: The Best of Love, Volume 2

|

  • Released: September 1997
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, LP

| 44 || 17 || 186 || — || — || — || 56

|

  • RIAA: Gold
scope="row"| Love Is on the Way

|

  • Released: May 1998
  • Label: Sony
  • Format: CD

| — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|

  • RIAA: Gold
scope="row"| Always & Forever: The Classics

|

  • Released: September 1998
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD

| — || 85 || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| Greatest Hits

|

  • Released: November 1999
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD

| — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|

  • RIAA: Platinum
scope="row"| Smooth Love

|

  • Released: November 2000
  • Label: Sony
  • Format: CD, digital download

| — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| The Ultimate Luther Vandross

|

  • Released: August 2001
  • Label: J
  • Format: CD, digital download

| — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| Stop to Love

|

  • Released: April 2002
  • Label: Sony
  • Format: CD, digital download

| — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| The Very Best of Love

|

  • Released: July 2002
  • Label: Madacy
  • Format: CD, digital download

| — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| The Essential Luther Vandross

|

  • Released: June 2003
  • Label: Epic/Legacy
  • Format: CD, digital download

| 154 || 49 || — || — || — || — || 18

|

  • RIAA: Platinum
  • BPI: Gold
scope="row"| Artist Collection: Luther Vandross

|

  • Released: October 2004
  • Label: BMG/J
  • Format: CD, digital download

| — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| The Ultimate Luther Vandross

|

  • Released: August 2006
  • Label: J/Epic/Legacy
  • Format: CD, digital download

| 9 || 3 || — || — || — || — || 10

|

  • RIAA: Gold
  • BPI: Platinum
scope="row"| Love, Luther

|

  • Released: November 2007
  • Label: Epic
  • Format: CD, digital download

| 191 || 23 || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| Lovesongs

|

  • Released: February 2009
  • Label: Sony
  • Format: CD, digital download

| — || — || — || — || — || — || 4

|

  • BPI: Gold
scope="row"| Playlist: The Very Best of Luther Vandross

|

  • Released: April 2009
  • Label: Epic/Legacy
  • Format: CD, digital download

| — || 72 || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| S.O.U.L.

|

  • Released: 2011
  • Label: BMG/Sony
  • Format: CD, digital download

| — || 57 || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| Hidden Gems

|

  • Released: April 2012
  • Label: Epic/Legacy
  • Format: CD, digital download

| 183 || 25 || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| The Greatest Hits

|

  • Released: November 2014
  • Label: RCA
  • Format: CD, digital download

| — || — || — || — || — || — || 21

|

  • BPI: Gold
scope="row"| Never Too Much: Greatest Hits

|

  • Released: December 13, 2024
  • Label: Sony Legacy
  • Format: CD, digital download, LP

| — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|

align="center" colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

=Holiday albums=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:19em;"| Details

! scope="col" colspan="4"| US chart peaks

! rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Certifications

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| Billboard
200

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| Holiday
Albums

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| Pop
Catalog

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| R&B
HipHop

scope="row"| This Is Christmas

|

  • Released: October 1995
  • Label: Epic

| 28 || 4 || — || 4

|

  • RIAA: Platinum
scope="row"| Home for Christmas

|

  • Released: January 2002 (re-released November 4, 2003)
  • Label: Epic

| — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| The Classic Christmas Album

|

  • Released: October 2012
  • Label: Epic

| 138 || 39 || 35 || 18

|

align="center" colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

=Live albums=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Details

! scope="col" colspan="2"| US chart peaks

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| Billboard
200

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| R&B
HipHop

scope="row"| Live Radio City Music Hall 2003

|

  • Released: October 2003
  • Label: J

| 22 || 6

Singles

=As lead artist=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;" border="1"

|+ List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"| Year

! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| US

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| US
AC

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| US
Club

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| US
Dance Sales

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| US
R&B/HH

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| CAN
{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?OCRText=luther+vandross&ChartEn=Top+Singles& |title=Canadian Singles |website=Library and Archives Canada |date=July 17, 2013 |accessdate=2016-05-22}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| GER
{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche |title=German Singles |publisher=offiziellecharts.de |accessdate=2016-05-22}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| IRE
{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie |title=Irish Singles |publisher=irishcharts.ie |accessdate=2016-05-22}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| NZ
{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/search.asp?search=luther+vandross&cat=s |title=New Zealand Singles |publisher=dutchcharts.nl |accessdate=2016-05-22}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK
{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/20111/luther-vandross/ |title=UK Singles |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=2016-05-22}}

scope="row"| "Never Too Much"

| rowspan="2"| 1981

| 33 || — || 4 || 35 || 1 || — || — || 18 || 47 || 13

|

  • RIAA: Platinum
  • BPI: Platinum

| rowspan="3"| Never Too Much

scope="row"| "Don't You Know That?"

| 107 || — || — || — || 10 || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "Sugar and Spice (I Found Me a Girl)"

| rowspan="3"| 1982

| — || — || — || — || 72 || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "If This World Were Mine" (with Cheryl Lynn)

| 101 || — || — || — || 4 || — || — || — || — || —

|

| Instant Love

scope="row"| "Bad Boy"/"Having a Party" (Medley)

| 55 || — || — || — || 3 || — || — || — || — || —

|

| rowspan="4"| Forever, for Always, for Love

scope="row"| "Since I Lost My Baby"

| rowspan="5"| 1983

| — || — || — || — || 17 || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "You're the Sweetest One"

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "Promise Me"

| — || — || — || — || 72 || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye"
(with Dionne Warwick)

| 27 || 4 || — || — || 7 || — || — || — || — || 99

|

| rowspan="5"| Busy Body

scope="row"| "I'll Let You Slide"

| 102 || — || — || — || 9 || — || — || — || — || 100

|

scope="row"| "Superstar"/"Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" (medley)

| rowspan="3"| 1984

| 87 || — || — || — || 5 || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "Make Me a Believer"

| — || — || — || — || 48 || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "I Wanted Your Love"

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 88

|

scope="row"| "Til My Baby Comes Home"

| rowspan="3"| 1985

| 29 || — || — || 10 || 4 || — || — || — || 26 || —

|

| rowspan="4"| The Night I Fell in Love

scope="row"| "It's Over Now"

| 101 || — || 36 || 46 || 4 || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "Wait for Love"

| — || — || — || — || 11 || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "If Only for One Night"

| rowspan="3"| 1986

| — || — || — || — || 59 || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "Give Me the Reason"

| 57 || — || — || — || 3 || — || — || — || — || 26

|

| rowspan="7"| Give Me the Reason

scope="row"| "Stop to Love"

| 15 || 7 || 27 || 15 || 1 || 91 || — || — || — || 24

|

scope="row"| "There's Nothing Better Than Love"
(with Gregory Hines)

| rowspan="4"| 1987

| 50 || 20 || — || — || 1 || — || — || — || — || 72

|

scope="row"| "I Really Didn't Mean It"

| — || — || — || — || 6 || — || — || 24 || — || 16

|

scope="row"| "So Amazing"

| — || — || — || — || 94 || — || — || — || — || 33

|

scope="row"| "See Me"

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 60

|

scope="row"| "I Gave It Up (When I Fell in Love)"

| rowspan="3"| 1988

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 28

|

scope="row"| "Any Love"

| 44 || 12 || — || — || 1 || 63 || — || 26 || 26 || 31

|

| rowspan="4"| Any Love

scope="row"| "She Won't Talk to Me"

| 30 || 17 || 18 || — || 3 || — || — || — || 17 || 34

|

scope="row"| "For You to Love"

| rowspan="3"| 1989

| — || — || — || — || 3 || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "Come Back"

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 53

|

scope="row"| "Here and Now"

| 6 || 3 || — || — || 1 || 54 || — || — || — || 43

|

  • RIAA: Platinum{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=LuthEr+vandross&ti=&lab=&genre=&format=Single&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section |title=RIAA Certification |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|accessdate=2016-05-22}}

| rowspan="2"| The Best of...
The Best of Love

scope="row"| "Treat You Right"

| 1990

| — || — || — || — || 5 || — || — || — || — || 92

|

scope="row"| "Power of Love/Love Power"

| rowspan="3"| 1991

| 4 || 3 || — || 11 || 1 || 8 || — || — || 45 || 46

|

| rowspan="4"| Power of Love

scope="row"| "Don't Want to Be a Fool"

| 9 || 5 || — || — || 4 || 42 || — || — || — || 84

|

scope="row"| "The Rush"

| 73 || — || — || 44 || 6 || — || — || — || — || 53

|

scope="row"| "Sometimes It's Only Love"

| rowspan="2"| 1992

| — || 9 || — || — || 9 || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "The Best Things in Life Are Free"
(with Janet Jackson, BBD and Ralph Tresvant)

| 10 || — || 3 || 39 || 1 || 8 || 8 || 6 || 6 || 2

|

  • BPI: Silver

| Mo' Money
(Mo' Money Soundtrack)

scope="row"| "Little Miracles (Happen Every Day)"

| rowspan="4"| 1993

| 62 || 30 || — || — || 10 || — || — || — || — || 28

|

| rowspan="4"| Never Let Me Go

scope="row"| "Heaven Knows"

| 94 || — || 15 || 39 || 24 || 89 || 69 || — || — || 34

|

scope="row"| "Never Let Me Go"

| — || — || — || — || 31 || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "Love Is on the Way"

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 38

|

scope="row"| "Endless Love"
(with Mariah Carey)

| rowspan="2"| 1994

| 2 || 11 || — || 25 || 7 || 6 || 14 || 4 || 1 || 3

|

  • RIAA: Gold{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Endless+Love#search_section |title=RIAA Certification |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|accessdate=2016-05-22}}
  • RIANZ: Platinum{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/singles/1995-02-03 |title=New Zealand Chart Certification |publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=2016-05-22}}
  • BPI: Gold

| rowspan="5"| Songs

scope="row"| "Always and Forever"

| 58 || 25 || — || — || 16 || 74 || — || — || — || 20

|

scope="row"| "Love the One You're With"

| rowspan="4"| 1995

| rowspan="2"| 95 || 33 || — || —

| rowspan="2"| 28 || 49 || 53 || — || 23 || 31

|

scope="row"| "Going in Circles"

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now"

| — || — || — || — || — || — || 82 || — || 50 || 22

|

scope="row"| "Every Year, Every Christmas"

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 43

|

| This Is Christmas

scope="row"| "Your Secret Love"

| rowspan="2"| 1996

| 52 || — || — || — || 5 || — || — || — || — || 14

|

| rowspan="2"| Your Secret Love

scope="row"| "I Can Make It Better"

| 80 || — || — || — || 15 || — || — || — || — || 44

|

scope="row"| "I Won't Let You Do That to Me"

| 1997

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|

| rowspan="2"| One Night with You: The Best of Love, Volume 2

scope="row"| "When You Call on Me/
Baby That's When I Come Runnin'"

| rowspan="3"| 1998

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "Nights in Harlem"
(with Precise)

| — || — || — || — || 29 || — || — || — || — || —

|

| rowspan="4"| I Know

scope="row"| "I Know"
(with Stevie Wonder)

| — || — || — || — || 61 || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "I'm Only Human"
(with Cassandra Wilson & Bob James)

| rowspan="2"| 1999

| — || — || — || — || 57 || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "Are You Using Me?"

| — || — || 46 || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "Take You Out"

| rowspan="2"| 2001

| 26 || — || — || — || 7 || — || — || — || — || 59

|

| rowspan="3"| Luther Vandross

scope="row"| "Can Heaven Wait"

| — || — || 3 || — || 63 || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "I'd Rather"

| 2002

| 83 || 17 || — || — || 40 || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "Dance with My Father"

| rowspan="2"| 2003

| 38 || 4 || — || — || 28 || — || — || 4 || — || 21

|

  • RIAA: Platinum
  • BPI: Gold

| rowspan="4"| Dance with My Father

scope="row"| "Think About You"

| 103 || — || — || — || 29 || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "Buy Me a Rose"

| rowspan="2"| 2004

| — || 13 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "The Closer I Get to You"
(with Beyoncé)

| — || — || — || — || 62 || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "Shine"

| rowspan="2"| 2006

| 116 || — || 10 || — || 31 || — || — || — || — || 50

|

| rowspan="2"| The Ultimate Luther Vandross

scope="row"| "Got You Home"

| — || — || — || — || 53 || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "Michelle"{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/album/3ObUafM7Ad7nBMMITsr3m9|title=Michelle – Single|website=Spotify|accessdate=November 25, 2024}}

| 2024

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|

| Never Too Much: Greatest Hits

align="center" colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

=As featured artist=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;" border="1"

|+ List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released

scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"| Year

! scope="col" colspan="3"| Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| US
{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/david-foster-mn0000861757/awards|title="Voices That Care" US Billboard Charts|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=2016-05-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130717055650/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/david-foster-mn0000861757/awards|archive-date=July 17, 2013}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| US
AC

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| CAN
{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?OCRText=voices+that+care&ChartEn=Top+Singles& |title=Canadian Singles |website=Library and Archives Canada |date=July 17, 2013 |accessdate=2016-05-22}}

scope="row"| "Voices That Care"
(with Various Artists)

| 1991

| 11 || 6 || 61

|

  • RIAA: Gold{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=voices+that+care#search_section |title="Voices That Care" RIAA Certification |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|accessdate=2016-05-28}}

| {{Non-album single}}

Other appearances

=Soundtracks=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year

! scope="col" style="width:20em;"| Title

! scope="col"| Album

1981

! scope="row"| "Just When I Needed You" (w/ Roberta Flack)

| Bustin' Loose: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

1985

! scope="row"| "She's So Good to Me"

| The Goonies: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

1986

! scope="row"| "Give Me the Reason"

| Ruthless People

1987

! scope="row"| "There's Only You"

| Made in Heaven

rowspan="2"| 1992

! scope="row"| "Heart of a Hero"

| Hero

scope="row"| "The Best Things in Life Are Free"

| Mo' Money: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

1995

! scope="row"| "The Thrill I'm In"

| Money Train

1999

! scope="row"| "When You're A Woman"

| 24 Hour Woman

2001

! scope="row"| "If I Was the One"

| Dr. Dolittle 2

=Others=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year

! scope="col" style="width:20em;"| Title

! scope="col"| Album

1975

! scope="row"| "Young Americans"

| Young Americans

1992

! scope="row"| "The Christmas Song"

| A Very Special Christmas 2

1994

! scope="row"| "The Way She Loves Me"

| Paid Vacation (album)

1996

! scope="row"| "If I Had a Hammer"

| For Our Children Too

2002

! scope="row"| "What's Going On"

| 97th and Columbus

2014

! scope="row"| "Finder of Lost Loves" (Duet with Dionne Warwick)

| Finder of Lost Loves (Expanded Edition)

Music videos

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year

! scope="col" style="width:20em;"| Title

! scope="col"| Director

1991

! scope="row"| "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

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+

! scope="col" style="width:15em;"| Title

! scope="col" style="width:20em;"| Details

scope="row"| Luther

|

scope="row"| This Close to You

|

  • Released: March 1977
  • Label: Atlantic/Cotillion

Singles

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"| Year

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Title

! scope="col" colspan="2"| US chart peaks

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| Club
Play

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| R&B
HipHop

rowspan="3"| 1976

! scope="row"| "It's Good for the Soul (Pt. 1)"

| 11

28

| rowspan="3"| Luther

scope="row"| "Funky Music (Is a Part of Me)"

| — || 34

scope="row"| "The 2nd Time Around"

| — || 34

1977

! scope="row"| "This Close to You"

| —

93

| This Close to You

align="center" colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

=Change=

Studio albums

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:19em;"| Details

! scope="col" colspan="2"| US chart peaks{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/change-mn0000165624/awards|title=Change - US Billboard Charts|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=2016-05-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106080145/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/change-mn0000165624/awards|archive-date=November 6, 2013}}

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| Billboard
200

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| R&B
HipHop

scope="row"| The Glow of Love

|

| 29 || 10

|

  • US: Gold{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=the+glow+of+love#search_section |title="The Glow of Love" RIAA Certification |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|accessdate=2016-05-30}}

Singles

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"| Year

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Title

! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| US
Club

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| US
R&B/HH

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| IRE

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK
{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/18568/change/ |title="Change" UK Singles |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=2016-05-30}}

rowspan="2"| 1980

! scope="row"| "Searching"

| rowspan="2"| 1

232211

| rowspan="2"| The Glow of Love

scope="row"| "The Glow of Love"

| 49 || — || 14

align="center" colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

References

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External links

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