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Lenny Kravitz

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Lenny Kravitz

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Also known as Leonard Albert Kravitz, Leonard Kravitz, Leonard A. Kravitz, Romeo Blue

American rock musician

OverviewAI-generated

Lenny Kravitz is an American singer, singer-songwriter, composer, and actor born in New York City in 1964. He is the son of Roxie Roker and the father of Zoë Kravitz. His musical career began in 1988, and he performs as a tenor. Kravitz plays the bass guitar, harmonica, guitar, and piano. His work spans genres including rock music, hard rock, funk rock, and reggae.

He has released music through Virgin Records and Atlantic Records. Notable works include the albums *Destiny*, *Let Love Rule*, *It Is Time for a Love Revolution*, *Que Rule el Amor*, and *Flash*. Kravitz has received the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Amadeus Austrian Music Awards, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was married to Lisa Bonet.

Synthesized by Vinony from 38 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
17

Top works

  • Destiny
  • Lenny Kravitz - It Is Time for a Love Revolution
  • Que Rule el Amor
  • Flash
  • Let Love Rule

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Film & TV

Acting · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Leonard Albert Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor. Kravitz released his debut album Let Love Rule in 1989. This marked the beginning of a music career characterized by a blend of rock, funk, reggae, hard rock, soul, and R&B. Kravitz has had hit singles, including "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over" (1991) and "Again" (2000), each of…

Known for

  • Opus — Moretti Superfan #1 (uncredited)2025
  • The Trainer — Lenny Kravitz2024
  • Blink Twice — Man at the Gym (uncredited)2024
  • Norman's Rare Guitars Documentary — Self2024
  • American Symphony — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2023
  • Sidney — Self2022
  • 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self - Presenter2022
  • Shotgun Wedding — Sean Hawkins2022
  • Sherri — Self - Guest2022
  • 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self2021

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
United States
Active from
1964

Discography

Member of

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
3,058,222
Total plays
55,079,820

Tags

rockfunkalternativealternative rockpop

Leonard Albert Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an American singer, musician, songwriter, record producer, and actor. His debut album, "Let Love Rule" (1989), established a musical style that incorporates elements of rock, funk, reggae, hard rock, soul, and R&B, which continued to characterize his subsequent releases. Kravitz has achieved commercial success with several singles. "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over" (1991) and "Again" (2000) both reached the top ten of the US Billboard Hot 100. <a href=

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. The Sequence of the Human Genome

    · 2001 · cited 10,201x

  2. The Genome Sequence of <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i>

    · 2000 · cited 4,817x

  3. Visual Genome: Connecting Language and Vision Using Crowdsourced Dense Image Annotations

    · 2017 · cited 3,630x

  4. Cancer-associated IDH1 mutations produce 2-hydroxyglutarate

    · 2009 · cited 3,473x

  5. Glycemic Durability of Rosiglitazone, Metformin, or Glyburide Monotherapy

    · 2006 · cited 2,461x

via Crossref · CC0

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Encyclopedic overview

Leonard Albert Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an American singer, musician, songwriter, record producer, and actor. His debut album Let Love Rule (1989) was characterized by a blend of rock, funk, reggae, hard rock, soul, and R&B, along with his subsequent releases.

Kravitz has had hit singles, including "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over" (1991) and "Again" (2000), both of which peaked within the Billboard Hot 100's top ten. His other hits include "Let Love Rule" (1989), "Always on the Run" (1991), "Are You Gonna Go My Way" (1993), "Fly Away" (1998), and "American Woman" (1999), all of which peaked within the top ten of the Alternative Airplay chart. Kravitz has won several awards, including the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, which he received four years in a row from 1999 to 2002, breaking the record for most wins in that category, and setting the record for most consecutive wins in one category by a male performer. Kravitz has sold over 40 million albums worldwide and was ranked 93 on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock".

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