  Luther Vandross was born on
April 20, 1951 in New York City and raised
with gospel and R&B music within his
family. His first big break came in the
mid-70s with providing vocals on David Bowie's Young
Americans LP and touring with
Bowie eventually becoming the tour's opening
act. Luther also provided background vocals
for artists such as Barbra
Streisand, Chaka
Khan, and Donna Summer. Luther also led the
group Change before becoming
a successful solo act.
 # 141
Singles Artist of the Year
 Luther released his debut LP Never
Too Much described by Amazon.com as
ushering a "...new, lush and shamelessly
romantic era of male R&B..."
Luther hit the Top 40 with
"Never Too Much."
Never
Too Much was certified platinum.
Luther was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best New Artist and Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male (Never
Too Much).
 Luther released Forever,
For Always, For Love.
Forever,
For Always, For Love was certified gold.
 # 168
Singles Artist of the Year
 Luther released Busy
Body.
Luther was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
("Forever, For Always, For Love").
Forever,
For Always, For Love was certified
platinum.
Luther hit the Top 40 with Dionne Warwick with
"How Many Times Can We
Say Goodbye" from the LP How
Many Times Can We Say Goodbye.
 # 167
Singles Artist of the Year
Busy
Body was certified gold.
 # 127
Singles Artist of the Year
Busy
Body was certified platinum.
 Luther released The
Night I Fell In Love.
Luther hit the Top 40 with
"'Til My Baby Comes Home."
The
Night I Fell In Love was certified
platinum.
 # 199
Singles Artist of the Year
Luther was nominated for 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist
and Favorite Soul/R&B
Album
(The
Night I Fell In Love).
Luther was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male (The
Night I Fell In Love).
 Luther released Give
Me The Reason.
Give
Me The Reason was certified platinum.
 # 86
Singles Artist of the Year
Luther was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
and Best R&B Song (songwriter)
("Give Me The Reason" with Nat
Adderley, Jr.).
 # 190
Singles Artist of the Year
Luther won an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist
and was nominated for Favorite Soul/R&B Album (Give
Me The Reason).
 Luther released Any
Love.
Any
Love was certified platinum.
 # 152
Singles Artist of the Year
Luther was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Male R&B Vocal
Performance (Any
Love) and Best R&B Song (awarded to
songwriter) ("Any Love").
Luther hit the Top 40 with
"She Won't Talk To Me."
 The
Best Of Luther Vandross - The Best Of Love was released.
The
Best Of Luther Vandross - The Best Of Love was certified gold.
 # 56
Singles Artist of the Year
Luther won an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist.
Luther hit the Top 40 with
"Here And Now."
Luther was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
("She Won't Talk To Me").
The
Night I Fell In Love was certified 2x
platinum.
Luther hit the Top 10 with "Here And Now."
The
Best Of Luther Vandross - The Best Of Love was certified
platinum.
Give
Me The Reason was certified 2x platinum.
 # 24
Singles Artist of the Year
Luther won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
("Here And Now").
 Luther released Power
Of Love.
Luther hit the Top 40 with
"Power Of Love / Love
Power."
Luther hit the Top 10 with "Power Of Love / Love
Power."
Power
Of Love was certified platinum.
 Luther hit the Top 40 with
"Don't Want To Be A Fool."
Luther hit the Top 10 with "Don't Want To Be A Fool."
 # 74
Singles Artist of the Year
Luther won 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist
and Favorite Soul/R&B
Album
(Power
Of Love).
Luther won 2 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male (Power
Of Love) and Best R&B Song (songwriter)
("Power Of Love/Love Power" with
Marcus Miller and Teddy Vann), and was
nominated for Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("Doctor's
Orders" with Aretha Franklin).
 Luther hit the Top 40 with the
huge dance duet with Janet
Jackson, "The Best Things In Life
Are Free" from the Mo'
Money soundtrack.
Luther hit the Top 10 with Janet
Jackson with "The Best Things In Life
Are Free."
Luther topped the Billboard
R&B Singles chart for 1 week with Janet
Jackson with "The Best Things In Life
Are Free."
The
Best Of Luther Vandross - The Best Of Love was certified 2x
platinum.
 # 158
Singles Artist of the Year
Luther was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("The Best Things In Life
Are Free" with Janet
Jackson).
Power
Of Love was certified 2x platinum.
 Luther released Never
Let Me Go.
Never
Let Me Go was certified gold.
Never
Let Me Go was certified platinum.
Luther teamed up with Mariah
Carey on the remake
of "Endless Love" - the single hit
the Top 10 after 2 weeks on the
chart.
Luther hit #1 for a week with Mariah
Carey with "Endless Love."
 # 73
Singles Artist of the Year
Luther won an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist.
 Luther was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
("How Deep Is Your Love").
Luther released Songs.
 Luther hit #1 for a week with Mariah
Carey with "Endless Love."
Songs was certified
platinum.
Luther hit the Top 40 with his
cover of "Always And Forever."
 # 106
Singles Artist of the Year
Luther was nominated for 4 Grammy Awards for Best Pop Vocal Performance -
Male
("Love The One You're With"), Best Pop Collaboration with
Vocals
("Endless Love" with Mariah
Carey), Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
("Always And Forever"), and Best R&B Album (Songs).
Luther
released the holiday LP This
Is Christmas.
This
Is Christmas was certified gold.
 # 197
Singles Artist of the Year
Luther won an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist.
Songs was certified 2x
platinum.
 Luther released Your
Secret Love,
Your
Secret Love was certified platinum.
Never
Too Much was certified 2x platinum and The
Best Of Luther Vandross - The Best Of Love was certified 3x
platinum.
Luther won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
("Your Secret Love") and was
nominated for Best R&B Song (songwriter)
("Your Secret Love" with Reed
Vertelney).
Luther was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
("When You Call On Me / Baby That's When
I Come Runnin'").
 Luther released I
Know.
I
Know was certified gold.
Luther appeared on the
soundtrack for Down
In The Delta with the track,
"I'm Only Human."
 Luther was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Vocal Performance -
Male
("I Know") and Best Traditional R&B Vocal
Performance (I
Know).
Greatest
Hits was released.
Smooth
Love was released.
 # 170
Singles Artist of the Year
 Luther released Luther
Vandross.
Luther
Vandross was certified gold.
Luther
Vandross was certified platinum.
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