Marvin Gaye won an Emmy for an album.
Gaye was ranked number 20 on Rolling Stone's "The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time" published in January 2023
In 1971, Gaye signed a new deal with Motown worth $1 million (US$6,691,044 in 2021 dollars), making it the most lucrative deal by a black recording artist at the time

