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TIL during his career, Luther Vandross achieved seven #1 songs on the Billboard R&B singles chart. He also secured eight #1 albums on the R&B albums chart. Despite this, he never achieved a #1 hit on the Hot 100 singles chart & his first #1 album on the Hot 200 albums chart was achieved posthumously

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