Im just guessing, in order:
Stevie
Commodores
Lionel
Supremes
Diana
Temptations
Marvin
Other thoughts?
Im just guessing, in order:
Stevie
Commodores
Lionel
Supremes
Diana
Temptations
Marvin
Other thoughts?
Didn't we discuss this before in a thread presented by Jobeterob? At the rate Hip O is reissuing Smokey Robinson's solo albums, he must factor in there somewhere./p>
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Boys2Men
Rick James
I'm guessing too, but I seem to remember reading that somewhere.
I am not sure but I am guessing The Jackson 5 have got to be in there somewhere.
I knew I forgot somebody big!
For singles............Endless Love, I'll Make Love To You, The End of the Road, Grapevine by Marvin, Where Did Our Love Go maybe, I Just Called To Say I Love You, Upside Down.
Pretty hard to say.
..the biggest selling Motown singles were Marvins Grapevine which was topped by Three Times A Lady which was then topped by Endless Love..dont know if anything beat that in the 80s then Boyz 2 Men came along and took the mantel..
I'm not sure what the basis of biggest is within this thread but I'd love to know the top 10 selling Motown songs on a global basis.
Eamonn
I had read somewhere that for a long time, the Jackson 5's "I'll Be There" was Motown biggest selling single.... throughout all of the 70's.
I Just Called to Say I Love You would have to be in there because it was #1 everywhere all over the world.
I also think Stoned Love might be in there; it didn't chart all that highly but it's sales were very strong, at least in the USA.
Chart numbers can be suspect because I know there are stories around from Motown's Sales Manager at the time saying that while TCB got the higher chart numbers, Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations got the bigger sales numbers.
There is a book around showing the best selling albums of the 60's and the only Motown album in it was TCB.
Theres no way Stoned Love sold anywhere near the category of Someday Well Be Together or I'll Be There..it was just a moderate hit compared to the heavy weights ...
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