Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (50th Anniversary Edition)

Released 5th August 2022.

Motowns Prince Of Soul, Marvin Gaye, was already a hit artist for nearly a decade when, in 1971, he reached new heights with his album What's Going On. An immediate landmark recording, it was the first of Gaye's albums to break the top ten of Billboards Top LPs, and quickly became Motown's best-selling record. To this day, What's Going On is hailed as one of the greatest albums of all time, earning the number one spot on Rolling Stone magazines 2020 list of The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time.

On January 15th, in celebration of this groundbreaking album while also marking the 50th anniversary of the title songs release as a single, UMe will be issuing collections that honor the depth of Gaye's album.

First, Motown/UMe has consolidated several Whats Going On-related releases into one new digital collection, Whats Going On: Deluxe Edition/50th Anniversary This includes the original album, plus 12 bo