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Lenny Kravitz Scores
Highest Studio Album Chart Debut Of His
Career
First studio
album in four years from Lenny Kravitz - It Is Time
For A Love Revoution - debuts at number 4 on Billboard
album chart
February
13, 2008 — New York, NY — It
Is Time For a Love Revolution, the latest
studio album from legendary artist,
Lenny Kravitz, debuted at No. 4 on Billboard’s Top 200
Album chart, selling 73,000 copies in the U.S. The
album debut represents a career highlight for
Kravitz as it is the highest charting studio
album of his career. Internationally,
the album debuted at No. 1 in Japan, Argentina,
and Switzerland, Top 5 in Canada, Germany, France,
Austria, UAE, Holland, and Italy, and Top 10
in Belgium, Spain, and Hong Kong. These
charts represent another career milestone for
the star with many countries debuts surpassing
his career bests.
The success of It Is Time For A Love Revolution,
Kravitz’s eighth studio album and first
since 2004, has undoubtedly been fueled by fan
anticipation for what Rolling Stone called “the
best album Lenny Kravitz has ever made — a
visceral, expertly tailored blend of late-’60s
and early-’70s classic rock…”.
Featuring 14 new songs, It Is Time For A
Love Revolution once again finds the multi-instrumentalist
writing, producing, arranging, and playing all
the tracks on the album, as he has on every release
throughout his career. The first single I’ll
Be Waiting, has already garnered substantial
radio airplay in the US is currently residing
at #7 on Billboard’s European airplay chart. The
video (co-directed by Philip Andelman and Lenny)
has been a staple of VH1 in the US and key video
outlets worldwide.
The four time Grammy winner recently completed
the Get On the Bus with the Love Revolution
Tour, where contest winners got the opportunity
to travel on a Kravitz-designed custom Love Revolution
tour bus and become part of his entourage on
the road, with full backstage access to the live
concerts. Lenny launched his album campaign with
a performance on the American Music Awards in
late 2007 and appeared on Good Morning America,
Live With Regis And Kelly and The Late Show With
David Letterman the week of release.
In March, Kravitz will kick off a two-year worldwide
tour behind It Is Time For A Love Revolution.
Though illness forced the postponement of several
European shows, Kravitz will return to Europe
in late February to fulfill these commitments,
including a show in Berlin on February 28th.
The previously announced European tour dates
that begin in May will happen as scheduled.
For more on Lenny Kravitz, please visit www.lennykravitz.com.
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