So Marvin Gaye only had one multi platinum album?????

[Standing on business]

I Always though he had more


Midnight love was his only album that went double. besides that he only had one other platinum album.

I always thought he was a huge star but I guess he was more of a Eric Benet or a Kenny lattimore

 

[JodyHiighroller]

One albums?

 

[Mʀ2ᴋDᴇᴇᴢ]

I always figured for most of the older artists/industry itself(back in the day) that it was more an emphasis on quality of the music itself rather than the sells

 

[Larry Lambo]

Not surprising. I never viewed Marvin as having mainstream popularity in terms of charting songs/albums.

 

[smokeurobinson]

Midnight love was his only album that went double. besides that he only had one other platinum album.

Released on May 21, 1971, What's Going On became Gaye's first album to reach the Billboard Top LPs top ten, peaking at number six, and staying on the chart for nearly a year, selling over two million copies, by the end of 1972

 

[Standing on business]

Released on May 21, 1971, What's Going On became Gaye's first album to reach the Billboard Top LPs top ten, peaking at number six, and staying on the chart for nearly a year, selling over two million copies, by the end of 1972

1971 What's Going On 6 1 56*

• UK: Platinum
• US: Gold

 

[JahBuhLun]

OP is really sitting down typing out that Marvin Gaye and Eric Benet occupy the same space, musically. Think about that for a second.

 

[paperbag]

Saw the thread title, said to myself "i know this nikka is NOT going to try it".. op was smart enough to not say what he is trying to infer. Dont do it op

 

[Take It In Blood]

and Van Gogh only sold one painting


financial success/Numbers doesn't = talent/great art


Blade Runner 2049 recently bombed in theaters yet everyone who has seen it feels it's a critical masterpiece.

 

[TheDarkCloud]

He was also a pedophile but nobody liked to talk about that.

 

[Standing on business]

He was also a pedophile but nobody liked to talk about that.

Speak on it

 

[King Poetic]

Bob Marley And The Wailers have only 1 platinum album

Does it mean Bob wasn't great.

That era was about music only

This era is about sales not quality

 

[Ironman]

Like I'm about to take this thread seriously disrespecting one of the GOATs of this music shyt

 

[Take It In Blood]

He was also a pedophile but nobody liked to talk about that.

16 is the legal age of consent in pretty much the majority of the states

and he met his wife at 16

personally that's too young for my taste but it's legal. and the techinical term for someone attracted to 16 yr olds isn't pedophile. (that word is assigned to people who like actual kids who look like kids)

There's a different more accurate term used to describe it but I'm too lazy to google it.

Majority of the words people use nowadays, they have no idea what they actually mean and tend to just throw them around because they heard others do the same

 

[Hacksaw Jim Thuggin]

I always figured for most of the older artists/industry itself(back in the day) that it was more an emphasis on quality of the music itself rather than the sells

now look at what we have today

what baffles me.....is that cats clown dudes for not selling....but they themselves dont buy music

not buying music is like a badge of honor these days....especially with hiphop

so how is your favorite rapper supposed to do numbers....when his fans by and large dont buy music?