Leonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is a popular American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and arranger whose "retro" style incorporates elements of rock, soul, funk, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, folk and ballads.
In addition to singing lead and backing vocals, Kravitz often plays all the guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, and percussion himself when recording. He is known for his elaborate stage performances and music videos. Kravitz has had multiple number 1 hits on the US Top Singles Charts and many more worldwide. He won the Grammy Award for "Best Male Rock Vocal Performance" four years in a row from 1999 to 2002, breaking the record for most wins in that category and most consecutive wins in one category. He has been nominated many more times and has also won many other prestigious awards, namely American Music Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, Radio Music Awards, BRIT Awards and Blockbuster Entertainment Awards. He is regarded as one of the most successful and best-selling rock artists of his time, having sold an estimated 38 million albums worldwide.
Albums
* 1989 - Let Love Rule
* 1991 - Mama Said
* 1993 - Are You Gonna Go My Way
* 1995 - Circus
* 1998 - 5
* 2000 - Greatest Hits
* 2001 - Lenny
* 2004 - Baptism
* 2008 - It Is Time for a Love Revolution
Filmography
* 1998 - The Rugrats Movie
* 2001 - Being Mick
* 2001 - Zoolander
* 2009 - Precious
Awards
* MTV Video Music Awards
o 1993 - Best Male Video ("Are You Gonna Go My Way?")
* Brit Awards
o 1994 - International male
* VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards
o 1998 - Most Fashionable Artist, Male Award
* Grammy Awards
o 1998 - Best Male Rock Vocal Performance ("Fly Away")
o 1999 - Best Male Rock Vocal Performance ("American Woman")
o 2000 - Best Male Rock Vocal Performance ("Again")
o 2001 - Best Male Rock Vocal Performance ("Dig In")
* Radio Music Awards
o 2001 - Artist of the Year/Pop Alternative Radio
* My VH1 Awards
o 2001 - Favorite Male Artist
* Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
o 2001 - Favorite Male Artist - Rock
* American Music Awards
o 2002 - Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist
* Microsoft Windows Media Innovation Awards
o 2002 - Microsoft Windows Media Innovation Award
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