Album: Midnight Love by Marvin Gaye (1982)
Genre: Soul | Style: Urban/R&B | Mood: Happy
Record Label: Motown Records
Format: Album

Description: Midnight Love is the debut Columbia Records album of Marvin Gaye. He signed on with the label in March 1982 following his exit from Motown. The final album to be released before his death, it ultimately became the most successful album of Marvin's entire career. The disc was certified Triple Platinum in United States, selling well over six million copies worldwide. It was nominated for a 1983 Grammy for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, spawning the two-time Grammy Award-winning smash, "Sexual Healing". It was ranked number 37 on the Rolling Stone list of the best albums of the 1980s decade and the NME named the album as its Album of the Year in 1983.

Artist Background: Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. (April 2, 1939 - April 1, 1984), better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye (he added the 'e' as a young man), was an acclaimed American singer-songwriter and musician who achieved major success in the 1960s and 1970s as an artist for the Motown label. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Gaye was the son of a storefront minister of a local Pentecostal church and grew up singing in his father's church, later learning to play piano and drums. As a teenager, he discovered ... Part of the Washington, D.C., USA music scene. Emerged in the 1960s era. Associated with Soul movement. Known for Urban/R&B style.

Related Artists: Stevie Wonder, Al Green, The Isley Brothers, Curtis Mayfield

Music Scene: Part of the Washington, D.C., USA music scene. Emerged in the 1960s era. Associated with Soul movement. Known for Urban/R&B style.

Tags: Soul, Urban/R&B, Happy, 1980s, Album, Motown Records

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Midnight Love is the debut Columbia Records album of Marvin Gaye. He signed on with the label in March 1982 following his exit from Motown. The final album to be released before his death, it ultimately became the most successful album of Marvin's entire career. The disc was certified Triple Platinum in United States, selling well over six million copies worldwide. It was nominated for a 1983 Grammy for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, spawning the two-time Grammy Award-winning smash, "Sexual Healing". It was ranked number 37 on the Rolling Stone list of the best albums of the 1980s decade and the NME named the album as its Album of the Year in 1983.

Midnight Love

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