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 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. false 2023-01-16 09:47:48 7 2002 2002-05-14 2002-05-14 40 Contemporary R&B Disco Electronic Funk Pop Soul R&B Smooth Soul Soul Quiet Storm 111456 2112604 ebfe4917-b770-48d6-bbbe-b8989133290f afdb7919-059d-43c1-b668-ba1d265e7e42 0ffad470-d1e3-3988-8e3b-1a644495b964 /media/data/media5/Music/Marvin Gaye/Midnight Love (1982)/folder.jpg Marvin Gaye AlbumArtist /config/metadata/People/M/Marvin Gaye/folder.jpg Marvin Gaye Artist /config/metadata/People/M/Marvin Gaye/folder.jpg Marvin Gaye Marvin Gaye 1 05:17 2 04:00 3 06:03 4 04:59 5 05:09 6 04:35 7 04:23 8 05:08 Marvin Pentz Gaye Jr. (né Gay; April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and musician. He helped shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo artist with a string of successes, which earned him the nicknames "Prince of Motown" and "Prince of Soul". Gaye's Motown songs include "Ain't That Peculiar", "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)", and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine". He also recorded duets with Mary Wells, Kim Weston, Tammi Terrell, and Diana Ross. During the 1970s, Gaye recorded the albums What's Going On (1971) and Let's Get It On (1973) and became one of the first artists in Motown to break away from the reins of a production company. His later recordings influenced several R&B subgenres, such as quiet storm and neo soul. "Sexual Healing", released in 1982 on the album Midnight Love, won him his first two Grammy Awards. Gaye's last televised appearances were at the 1983 NBA All-Star Game, where he sang "The Star-Spangled Banner"; and on Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever; and Soul Train. On April 1, 1984, on the day before his 45th birthday, Gaye was shot and killed by his father, Marvin Gay Sr., at their house in Western Heights, Los Angeles, after an argument. Gay Sr. later pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter, and received a six-year suspended sentence and five years of probation. Many institutions have posthumously bestowed Gaye with awards and other honors including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and inductions into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Columbia