His 1989 debut album Let Love Rule was a moderate success, reaching #61 on the US Billboard album charts. But he gained greater recognition when Madonna reached number one with a cover version of his song, "Justify My Love" on her 1990 Immaculate Collection album.
The following year, his second album, Mama Said reached the top 40 of the Billboard album charts and songs on the album were influenced by his divorce from Bonet. It contained the hit single "It Ain't Over Til It's Over", which reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #10 on the Billboard R&B charts. "Always On The Run" featured Slash of Guns N' Roses and reached #8 on the modern rock charts and #40 on the mainstream rock charts. "Stand By My Woman" would scrape the lower reaches of the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #76, while "What Goes Around Comes Around" reached the top 40 of the Billboard R&B chart.
In 1993, Are You Gonna Go My Way was released, reaching #12 on the Billboard 200 and Kravitz earned a Brit Award for best international male artist in 1994. The title track won a MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video. During the presentation of the MTV Video Music Awards, he performed the song with John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin on bass.
He released the album Circus in 1995, which reached number 10 on the Billboard chart on the back of his past achievement.
With 5 (1999), Lenny introduced his music to an even wider audience, particularly in Europe, thanks to the hit single "Fly Away" being featured prominently in both car manufacturer and airline commercials. 5 would reach #28 on the Billboard 200, with "Fly Away" reaching #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1998 and #1 on the modern and mainstream charts. He would win the first of his four consecutive Grammy for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance at the Grammy Awards of 1999. Other hits from the album were "If You Can't Say No" and "I Belong to You".
His cover version of The Guess Who's hit "American Woman" won him another Grammy for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance at the Grammy Awards of 2000. The song originally came from the soundtrack of Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me and was added to the 5 album as a bonus track in 1999.
Lenny released a Greatest Hits compilation in 2000. The single "Again" earn him his third consecutive Grammy for the Best Male Rock Vocal in the Grammy Awards of 2001.
Lenny released his sixth album Lenny in October 2001. He won his fourth consecutive Grammy for Best Male Rock Vocal at the Grammy Awards of 2002. The singles included were "Stillness of Heart", "Believe in Me" and "If I Could Fall In Love".
In early 2003, Lenny released the track "We Want Peace" as a download-only track as a protest against the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The track reached #1 on the world internet download charts and MP3.com download chart. Lenny also appeared on Unity, the official album of the 2004 Athens Olympics.
Also in 2003, Lenny worked with Michael Jackson on a song titled "Another Day".
Lenny's seventh album Baptism was released in May 2004. On his website, he says that he chose the title because "I've made my first record all over again. That's how it feels, as pure as the beginning."
Lenny's latest project is a charity single for Hurricane Katrina victims. The single titled "From The Bottom Of My Heart" is a song written and composed by Michael Jackson. Lenny traveled to London, along with other recording artists, to record the song. The single was anticipated to be released towards the end of 2005 but has been delayed to 2006.
On January 2006 Lenny participated in absoluttracks a project of the vodka brand Absolut. He was given total freedom to realize a track that reflected his vision of the product, the result was the track "Breathe". Later on this song was re-mixed by other ten musical producers from the eight most important markets of the vodka brand, the traks were only available via internet, in the sites www.absolutkravitz.com and www.absoluttracks.com, where also were wallpapers and videos relating to the subject.
Lately Lenny has co-founded an interior design firm named Kravitz Design. He designed a chandelier for the Swarovsky Crystal Palace Collection named "Casino Royale".
On July 7, 2007, Kravitz performed at the Brazilian leg of Live Earth in Rio de Janeiro, making him the only major international rock star to perform two huge free concerts at the world-famous Copacabana Beach.
Also in 2007, Kravitz released a version of "Cold Turkey" by John Lennon on the charity CD Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur. Kravitz also spent time recording his forthcoming album, It Is Time for a Love Revolution, to be released February 5, 2008. Another album, Funk, will also be released in 2008. This is believed to be a project that Kravitz has been working on since 1997. Some of the original tracks for Funk were recorded while he was in New Orleans at Allen Toussaint's studio while taking a break for several months from recording in New York City.
The video for "I'll Be Waiting" was shot in Central Park in New York City.
Source: Wikipedia