MARVIN GAYE albums and sales

Updated: May 2, 2025

MARVIN GAYE sold over 11.8 million albums. The best-selling album by MARVIN GAYE is MIDNIGHT LOVE, which sold over 3.2 million copies. According to the BSA Ranking, MARVIN GAYE is the 404th best-selling album artist of all time.

The video releases of MARVIN GAYE have sold over 178,029 units, led by LIVE AT MONTREUX with over 100,000 units sold.

MARVIN GAYE albums ranked by sales

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Rank by Sales ▼ Rank by Year △

№	Album	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1	MIDNIGHT LOVE MARVIN GAYE 1982	1982	3,203,440	Rank in 1982 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 18 235 1,301
2	LET'S GET IT ON MARVIN GAYE 1973	1973	1,720,000	Rank in 1973 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 31 341 3,078
3	EVERY GREAT MOTOWN HIT MARVIN GAYE 1983	1983	1,060,000	Rank in 1983 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 90 900 5,099
4	THE VERY BEST OF MARVIN GAYE MARVIN GAYE 1994	1994	1,007,500	Rank in 1994 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 194 1,765 5,592
5	MARVIN GAYE'S GREATEST HITS MARVIN GAYE 1976	1976	1,000,000	Rank in 1976 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 85 697 6,727
6	WHAT'S GOING ON MARVIN GAYE 1971	1971	800,000	Rank in 1971 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 57 812 7,490
7	THE VERY BEST OF MARVIN GAYE (2001) MARVIN GAYE 2001	2001	600,000	Rank in 2001 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 283 2,125 8,727
8	MARVIN GAYE LIVE MARVIN GAYE 1974	1974	502,780	Rank in 1974 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 99 1,151 10,114
9	20TH CENTURY MASTERS - THE BEST OF MARVIN GAYE MARVIN GAYE 2000	2000	500,000	Rank in 2000 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 356 3,023 11,233
10	United MARVIN GAYE & Tammi Terrell 1967	1967	500,000	Rank in 1967 Rank in 1960s Overall rank 84 381 13,383
11	DIANA AND MARVIN DIANA ROSS & MARVIN GAYE 1973	1973	170,420	Rank in 1973 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 182 2,043 21,222
12	LOVE MARVIN - THE GREATEST LOVE SONGS OF MARVIN GAYE 2010	2010	100,000	Rank in 2010 Rank in 2010s Overall rank 427 4,521 25,621
13	THE LOVE SONGS MARVIN GAYE 2000	2000	100,000	Rank in 2000 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 952 8,986 28,398
14	I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE MARVIN GAYE 1997	1997	100,000	Rank in 1997 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 932 7,576 29,322
15	SOUL COLLECTION MARVIN GAYE 1990	1990	100,000	Rank in 1990 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 656 9,203 30,949
16	LOVE SONGS MARVIN GAYE & SMOKEY ROBINSON 1988	1988	100,000	Rank in 1988 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 530 3,867 31,265
17	GREATEST HITS (1983) MARVIN GAYE 1983	1983	100,000	Rank in 1983 Rank in 1980s Overall rank 336 4,401 31,799
18	GREATEST HITS LIVE MARVIN GAYE 2004	2004	60,000	Rank in 2004 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 1,266 10,924 37,409
19	THE MASTER 1961-1984 MARVIN GAYE 1995	1995	60,000	Rank in 1995 Rank in 1990s Overall rank 1,063 10,244 38,444
20	I WANT YOU MARVIN GAYE 1976	1976	18,630	Rank in 1976 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 464 3,754 54,617
21	LIVE AT TM LONDON PALLADIUM MARVIN GAYE 1977	1977	N/A	Rank in 1977 Rank in 1970s Overall rank 540 4,244 74,158

MARVIN GAYE videos ranked by sales

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Rank by Sales ▼ Rank by Year △

№		Video	Year	Total Sales	BSA Ranking
1		LIVE AT MONTREUX MARVIN GAYE 2003	2003	100,000	Rank in 2003 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 80 523 1,046
2		THE REAL THING: IN PERFORMANCE 1964-1981 MARVIN GAYE 2006	2006	78,029	Rank in 2006 Rank in 2000s Overall rank 63 652 1,370

MARVIN GAYE sales by country

MARVIN GAYE album sales by country

The largest markets for albums by MARVIN GAYE are the United States (9.12 million), the United Kingdom (1.98 million) and France (300,000).

№	Country ▲	Sales △	Albums △
1	France	300,000	3
2	Japan	95,270	4
3	New Zealand	7,500	1
4	United Kingdom	1,980,000	14
5	United States	9,120,000	9

MARVIN GAYE video sales by country