In 1982, after 21 years with Motown, Gaye signed with Columbia Records and issued Midnight Love, which included his most successful single to date, " Sexual Healing". His 1973 single, " Let's Get It On", topped the charts while its subsequent album reached number two on the charts becoming his most successful Motown album to date. Gaye's landmark album, 1971's What's Going On became the first album by a solo artist to launch three top ten singles, including the title track. Gaye topped the charts in 1968 with his rendition of " I Heard It Through the Grapevine", while his 1969 album, M.P.G., became his first number one R&B album.
Gaye recorded more than thirty hit singles for Motown throughout the 1960s, becoming established as "the Prince of Motown". His 1965 album, Moods of Marvin Gaye, became his first album to reach the top ten of the R&B album charts and spawned four hit singles. Gaye's first album to chart was a duet album with Mary Wells titled Together, peaking at number forty-two on the Billboard pop album chart. The first release under the label was The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye. In 1961 Gaye signed a recording contract with Tamla Records, owned by Motown. American music artist Marvin Gaye released 25 studio albums, four live albums, one soundtrack album, 24 compilation albums, and 83 singles.
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