Marvin Gaye United States

The best album credited to Marvin Gaye is What's Going On which is ranked number 49 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 18,952.

Marvin Gaye is ranked number 85 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 23,755.

Product Details
Availability

eBay
eBay
MARVIN GAYE LIVE 1974 Vinyl LP
Condition: Used


eBay
eBay
Marvin Gaye What’s Going On Vinyl Great Condition.
Condition: Used


eBay
eBay
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (50th Anniversary) [New Vinyl LP] Anniversary Ed
Condition: New


  My favourite store:  

Upcoming concerts

Feb
06
Fri
20:00
Jose James with Lizz Wright: Marvin Gaye???s I Want You
Orchestra Hall - IL, Chicago, United States. United States
Tickets from Ticketmaster Get tickets
 
Feb
12
Thu
19:30
Trouble Man: A Tribute to Marvin Gaye
Cerritos Center for the Performing , Cerritos, United States. United States
Tickets from Ticketmaster Get tickets
 
Feb
14
Sat
19:30
Trouble Man - A Tribute to Marvin Gaye
ASU Kerr, Scottsdale, United States. United States
Tickets from Ticketmaster Get tickets
 
Discover more upcoming concerts

Listen to Marvin Gaye on YouTube

Loading content from YouTube...

Marvin Gaye best albums

The following albums by Marvin Gaye are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:

This chart is currently filtered to only show albums from the 1960s. (Remove this filter)
Sort by
Buy album United States
  • Amazon
  • eBay
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • #Sponsored
Year of Release:
1968
Appears in:
Rank Score:
180
Rank in 1968:
Rank in 1960s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album United States
  • Amazon
  • eBay
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • #Sponsored
Year of Release:
1966
Appears in:
Rank Score:
108
Rank in 1966:
Rank in 1960s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album United States
  • Amazon
  • eBay
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • #Sponsored
Year of Release:
1965
Appears in:
Rank Score:
103
Rank in 1965:
Rank in 1960s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album United States
  • Amazon
  • eBay
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • #Sponsored
Year of Release:
1969
Appears in:
Rank Score:
68
Rank in 1969:
Rank in 1960s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album United States
  • Amazon
  • eBay
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • #Sponsored
Year of Release:
1961
Appears in:
Rank Score:
38
Rank in 1961:
Rank in 1960s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album United States
  • Amazon
  • eBay
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • #Sponsored
Year of Release:
1969
Appears in:
Rank Score:
34
Rank in 1969:
Rank in 1960s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album United States
  • Amazon
  • eBay
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • #Sponsored
Year of Release:
1963
Appears in:
Rank Score:
27
Rank in 1963:
Rank in 1960s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album United States
  • Amazon
  • eBay
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • #Sponsored
Year of Release:
1964
Appears in:
Rank Score:
5
Rank in 1964:
Rank in 1960s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
9.
Marvin Gaye 
Compilation
Buy album United States
  • Amazon
  • eBay
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • #Sponsored
Year of Release:
1964
Appears in:
Rank Score:
3
Rank in 1964:
Rank in 1960s:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album United States
  • Amazon
  • eBay
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • #Sponsored
Year of Release:
1965
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2
Rank in 1965:
Rank in 1960s:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Overall artist rank:
Total albums: 13. Page 1 of 2
This may not be a complete discography for Marvin Gaye.This listing only shows those albums by this artist that appear in at least one chart on this site. If an album is 'missing' that you think deserves to be here, you can include it in your own chart from the My Charts page!

Marvin Gaye bestography composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 0 0%
1960s 13 0%
1970s 10 0%
1980s 8 0%
1990s 5 0%
2000s 2 0%
2010s 4 0%
2020s 0 0%
Compilation? Albums %
No 25 60%
Yes 17 40%
Live? Albums %
No 35 83%
Yes 7 17%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 41 98%
Yes 1 2%

Marvin Gaye best tracks

Include tracks from compilations & live albums | Exclude tracks from compilations & live albums Help The same track can appear on multiple albums, so excluding tracks from compilations and live albums helps to remove duplicates from this list.

#
Track
Rating/Comments
1.
Average Rating: 92 (559 votes)Comments: View 9
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
2.
Average Rating: 90 (408 votes)Comments: View 7
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
3.
Average Rating: 90 (182 votes)Comments: View 2
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
4.
Average Rating: 90 (87 votes)Comments: View 2
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
6.
Average Rating: 87 (87 votes)Comments: View 1
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
7.
Average Rating: 86 (334 votes)Comments: View 2
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
8.
Average Rating: 86 (51 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
9.
Trouble Man
(from the album Trouble Man)
Average Rating: 84 (26 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
10.
Right On
(from the album What's Going On)
Average Rating: 84 (301 votes)Comments: View 2
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
11.
Average Rating: 84 (93 votes)Comments: View 1
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
12.
Average Rating: 84 (93 votes)Comments: View 1
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
13.
Average Rating: 83 (91 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
14.
Average Rating: 83 (297 votes)Comments: View 3
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
15.
Average Rating: 83 (306 votes)Comments: View 4
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
16.
Average Rating: 83 (14 votes)Comments: View 1
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
17.
Average Rating: 82 (87 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
18.
Average Rating: 82 (85 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
20.
Average Rating: 82 (301 votes)Comments: View 4
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
N.B. Tracks must have received at least 3 ratings to appear in the above list.

Marvin Gaye ratings

Average Rating: 
82/100 (from 145 votes)
  Help Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV
where:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.

Showing latest 5 ratings for this artist. | Show all 145 ratings for this artist.

Sort by
RatingDate updatedMemberArtist ratingsAvg. artist rating
 
60/100
 !
06/18/2025 09:32 Invader666   33771/100
 
95/100
 !
05/26/2025 05:08 JR   34581/100
 
60/100
 !
03/23/2025 18:41 zwiebel   73156/100
 
65/100
 !
02/05/2024 11:33 bonnequestion   38971/100
 
100/100
 !
11/03/2023 17:39 Tamthebam   86773/100

Rating metrics: Help Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some artists can have several thousand ratings)

This artist is rated in the top 2% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 81.7/100, a mean average of 81.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.1/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 13.9.

Please log in or register if you want to be able to leave a rating

Marvin Gaye comments

Showing all 4 comments |
Most Helpful First | Newest First | Maximum Rated First | Longest Comments First
(Only showing comments with -2 votes or higher. You can alter this threshold from your profile page. Manage Profile)

From 07/12/2020 19:58 | #255486
I could listen to Distant Lover on repeat all night...and have done!
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
95/100
From 09/17/2016 04:14 | #175158
One of the great interpreters of song. His "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" may be my favorite rendition of any piece of popular music.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
100/100
From 07/18/2013 21:47 | #81914
A wonderful soulful guy who's life was too short. The albums he made for Motown in the 70's are almost equal to those of Stevie Wonder. If you don't know his back catalogue listen to What's Going On, Let's Get it On, Here My Dear and I Want You. He also made some great solo singles in the 60's and with Tammi Terrell made some brilliant duets.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
85/100
From 07/01/2012 03:11 | #45700
Marvin Gaye evolved like nobody else. From Motown popstar, to socially aware, to sexy r&b star, to coke-addled mess, to tragically short comeback. He redefined black music and showed that an artist could control his career. Greatest black artist ever.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Please log in or register if you want to be able to add a comment

Your feedback for Marvin Gaye

Anonymous
Let us know what you think of this artist by adding a comment or assigning a rating below!
Log in or register to assign a rating or leave a comment for this artist.
Best Ever Artists
1. The Beatles
2. Radiohead
3. Pink Floyd
4. David Bowie
5. Bob Dylan
6. Led Zeppelin
7. The Rolling Stones
8. Arcade Fire
9. Nirvana
10. The Velvet Underground
11. Neil Young
12. Kendrick Lamar
13. Miles Davis
14. The Smiths
15. The Beach Boys
16. R.E.M.
17. Kanye West
18. Pixies
19. Bruce Springsteen
20. Jimi Hendrix
Back to Top