Lenny Kravitz

Leonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitz (New York City), May 26, 1964) is an American guitarist , singerand actor who became famous with hits like Are You Gonna Go My Way,Always On The Run, Let Love Rule, It Ain't Over 'till it's Over and I'll Be Waiting.



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[hide] *1 Biography  ==Biography[ Edit] == Lenny Kravitz was born in New York, the son of a Ukrainian-Jewish father and a West Indian-American mother. He is a journalist, she is actress.
 * 2 discography
 * 2.1 Albums
 * 2.2 Singles
 * 2.3 Radio 2 Top 2000
 * 2.4 Dvd
 * 3 Grammy Awards
 * 4 external link

Kravitz has been developing at a young age a love for the 70 's and 60, and especially for the music of that time. Jimi Hendrix is one of his idols and soul and funk are Kravitz ' favorite genres. He gets in 1988 a contract offered by Virgin . A year later, his first album, Let Love Rule, out.

The quirky Kravitz appeals to many people, for example, MTV Europe, and also to. Madonna is also apparent fan of Kravitz because he writes in 1990 "Justify my love" for her.

The success also shows him to play tricks. His second album Mama Said, in particular about the now broken relationship with actress Lisa Bonet. On this album he works together with Slash, at the time still lead guitarist at Guns N'Roses. Also Sean Ono Lennon, son of one of his great examples, makes its appearance on the song "All I ever wanted '. Kravitz also often appears on albums by other artists. Acts that have already worked with him include p. Diddy, Pharrell Williams, Sheryl Crow, Eric Clapton, B.b. King, Mick Jagger, Iggy Pop, Guns N ' Roses, Prince, Erykah Badu, Jay Z, Bruce Springsteen and Neneh Cherry. After the death of Michael Jackson, Lenny Kravitz on his Facebook account made known that he also worked with the singer had made a song just died, that was not yet released.

After the highly successful album 5 appears the Greatest Hits in 2000.

Kravitz also retrieves the media often with popular actions. In 1991 he puts together with the son of the John Lennon - Give Peace A Chanceand take project in 2003 along with the Iraqi singer Kazem Al Sahir "We want peace" on. In 1992 produces the English-language debut album by Kravitz writes & singer/actress Vanessa Paradis.The two have a brief relationship.

After the less successful album Lenny from 2001 back in 2004 with the hit returns Lenny "Where Are We Runnin'?" from the album Baptism, which he musically more reminiscent of the earlier albums. Also "Lady" from this album is a hit in the United States.

In February 2008, Kravitz ' new album it's Time For A Love Revolution come true. This is possible after a world tour followed by an album that should come to be calledFunk for almost ten years, although he claims to be busy with such an album. Later, Kravitz announced that the album is called Black And White America . It is a double-cd with rock and Funk parts of his long awaited album. On the site of Kravitz says that the album will be released in the summer of 2011. The first single Come On Get It is 20th February 2011 uitgebrachtt.

In addition to singer is Kravitz also actor. He played in the film Precious (2009), which won two Oscars. He also plays in the first and second part of The Hunger Games (2012, 2013), he plays the role of Cinna, the stylist of Katniss. He also has a role as a Butler in the White House and friend of Cecile Gaines in the film The Butler (2013).

Kravitz from 1987 to 1993 was married to actress Lisa Bonet. They have a daughter, Zoë Kravitz, who is also an actress.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">On 24 april 2014 announced Kravitz his new album that will be called to come Strut . The release date was on 23 september 2014. ==Discography<span class="mw-editsection" len="331" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Albums<span class="mw-editsection" len="326" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Singles<span class="mw-editsection" len="327" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Radio 2 Top 2000<span class="mw-editsection" len="336" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Dvd<span class="mw-editsection" len="323" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ==Grammy Awards<span class="mw-editsection" len="333" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * 1998 Best Male Rock Vocal Performance (Fly Away)
 * 1999 Best Male Rock Vocal Performance (American Woman)
 * 2000 Best Male Rock Vocal Performance (Again)
 * 2001 Best Male Rock Vocal Performance (Dig In)