Editing Marvin Gaye (section)

==Awards and honors==
{{See also|List of awards and nominations received by Marvin Gaye}}

The [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] inducted him in 1987, declaring that Gaye "made a huge contribution to soul music in general and the Motown Sound in particular". The page stated that Gaye "possessed a classic [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] voice that was edged with grit yet tempered with sweetness". The page further states that Gaye "projected an air of soulful authority driven by fervid conviction and heartbroken vulnerability".<ref name="Marvin Gaye Biography"/> A year after his death, then-mayor of D.C., [[Marion Barry]] declared April 2 as "Marvin Gaye Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund Day" in the city.{{sfn|Jet|1985a|p=56}} Since then, a non-profit organization has helped to organize annual Marvin Gaye Day Celebrations in the city of Washington.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marvingayeday.com|title=Home Page|access-date=September 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613210713/http://marvingayeday.com/|archive-date=June 13, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

A year later, Gaye's mother founded the Marvin P. Gaye Jr. Memorial Foundation in dedication to her son to help those suffering from [[drug abuse]] and alcoholism; however she died a day before the memorial was set to open in 1987.{{sfn|Jet|1987|p=57}} Gaye's sister Jeanne once served as the foundation's chairperson.{{sfn|Brooks-Bertram|2009|p=40}} In 1988, a year after his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, Gaye was inducted posthumously to the [[NAACP Image Award - Hall of Fame Award|NAACP Hall of Fame]]. In 1990, Gaye received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].{{sfn|Jet|1990a|p=17}}{{sfn|Jet|1990b|pp=37}} In 1996, Gaye posthumously received the [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]]. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame listed three Gaye recordings, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", "What's Going On" and "Sexual Healing", among its list of the ''500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rockhall.com/exhibits/one-hit-wonders-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll/ |title=Experience the Music: One-Hit Wonders and the Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll |work=The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & Museum |access-date=July 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215161041/http://rockhall.com/exhibits/one-hit-wonders-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll/ |archive-date=December 15, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> American music magazine ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked Gaye No. 18 on their [[Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time|list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time"]],<ref name="immortals">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty/|title=Rolling Stone: The Immortals, The first 50|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=December 23, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229032405/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-artists-of-all-time-19691231|archive-date=February 29, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> sixth on their list of "100 Greatest Singers of All Time"<ref name="singers">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/24161972/page/6|title=Rolling Stone: 100 Greatest Singers Of All Time|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|page=6|access-date=December 23, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429075451/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/24161972/page/6|archive-date=April 29, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> and number 82 on their list of [[Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time|the "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time"]].<ref name="songwriters">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/interactive/lists-100-greatest-songwriters/#marvin-gaye |title=The 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=October 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014091735/https://www.rollingstone.com/interactive/lists-100-greatest-songwriters/#marvin-gaye |archive-date=October 14, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' magazine ranked Gaye sixth on their list of the "100 Greatest Singers".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlistspage3.htm|title=Rocklist.net...Q Magazine Lists..|access-date=March 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313132941/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlistspage3.htm|archive-date=March 13, 2012|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

Three of Gaye's albums – ''[[What's Going On (Marvin Gaye album)|What's Going On]]'' (1971), ''[[Let's Get It On]]'' (1973), and ''[[Here, My Dear]]'' (1978) – were ranked by ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' on their list of the [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]. ''What's Going On'' remains his largest-ranked album, reaching No. 6 on the ''Rolling Stone'' list and topped the ''[[NME]]'' list of the ''Top 100 Albums of All Time'' in 1985<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nme_writers.htm#100_85|title=NME Writers Top 100 Albums of All Time|access-date=March 10, 2013|magazine=[[NME]]|date=November 30, 1985|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006212012/http://rocklistmusic.co.uk/nme_writers.htm#100_85|archive-date=October 6, 2012|url-status=usurped}}</ref> and was later chosen in 2003 for inclusion by the [[Library of Congress]] to its [[National Recording Registry]].<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.loc.gov/rr/record/nrpb/registry/nrpb-2003reg.html|title=The National Recording Registry 2003: National Recording Preservation Board (Library of Congress)|publisher=[[Library of Congress]]|access-date=March 10, 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141104172116/http://www.loc.gov/rr/record/nrpb/registry/nrpb-2003reg.html|archive-date=November 4, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In a revised 2020 ''Rolling Stone'' list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, ''What's Going On'' was listed as the greatest album of all time. In addition, four of his songs – "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", "What's Going On", "Let's Get It On" and "Sexual Healing" – made it on the ''Rolling Stone'' list of the ''[[500 Greatest Songs of All Time]]''.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} In 2005, Gaye was voted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.michiganrockandrolllegends.com/mrrl-hall-of-fame/84-marvin-gaye |publisher= Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame |title= Marvin Gaye| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161115091220/http://www.michiganrockandrolllegends.com/mrrl-hall-of-fame/84-marvin-gaye |archive-date= November 15, 2016}}</ref>
[[File:Marvin Gaye post office dedication.jpg|thumb|[[Karen Bass]] and Gaye's family at the dedication of the Marvin Gaye Post Office in Los Angeles in 2019]]
In 2006, Watts Branch Park, a park in Washington that Gaye frequented as a teenager, was renamed Marvin Gaye Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonparks.net/marvin_gaye_park |title=Washington Parks and People: Marvin Gaye Park |access-date= September 13, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120717045640/http://washingtonparks.net/marvin_gaye_park |archive-date=July 17, 2012 }}</ref> Three years later, the 5200 block of Foote Street NE in [[Deanwood]], Washington, D.C., was renamed Marvin Gaye Way.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.washingtonparks.net/marvin_gaye_park |title="Marvin Gaye Way" Coming to Deanwood – Housing Complex |date=April 1, 2009 |access-date=September 13, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120717045640/http://washingtonparks.net/marvin_gaye_park |archive-date=July 17, 2012 }}</ref> In August 2014, Gaye was inducted to the official [[Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame]] in its second class.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/08/rb_hall_of_fame_sets_big_weeke.html|title=R&B Music Hall of Fame sets big weekend to induct sophomore class featuring Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Marvin Gaye, Norm N. Nite and more|date=August 19, 2014|work=The Plain Dealer|access-date=September 4, 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140910215727/http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/08/rb_hall_of_fame_sets_big_weeke.html|archive-date=September 10, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In October 2015, the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]] announced Gaye as a nominee for induction to the Hall's 2016 class after posthumous nominations were included.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2015/10/05/george-harrison-madonna-among-those-nominated-for-songwriters-hall-of-fame.html |title=George Harrison, Madonna among those nominated for Songwriters Hall of Fame |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=October 5, 2015 |access-date=October 6, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151006151822/http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2015/10/05/george-harrison-madonna-among-those-nominated-for-songwriters-hall-of-fame.html |archive-date=October 6, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://songhall.org/news/entry/songwriters_hall_of_fame_2016_nominees_for_induction_announced |title=Songwriters Hall of Fame 2016 Nominees For Induction Announced |publisher=[[Songwriters Hall of Fame]] |date=October 5, 2015 |access-date=October 6, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151009010458/http://www.songhall.org/news/entry/songwriters_hall_of_fame_2016_nominees_for_induction_announced |archive-date=October 9, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> Gaye was named as a posthumous inductee to that hall on March 2, 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6897278/songwriters-hall-of-fame-2016-tom-petty-marvin-gaye-elvis-costello |title=Songwriters Hall of Fame to Induct Tom Petty, Marvin Gaye, Elvis Costello |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=March 2, 2016 |access-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303092734/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6897278/songwriters-hall-of-fame-2016-tom-petty-marvin-gaye-elvis-costello |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/03/02/songwriters-hall-of-fame-marvin-gaye-elvis-costello-tom-petty/ |title=Songwriters Hall of Fame to Honor Marvin Gaye, Elvis Costello and Tom Petty |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 2, 2016 |access-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073638/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/03/02/songwriters-hall-of-fame-marvin-gaye-elvis-costello-tom-petty/ |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> Gaye was subsequently inducted to the Songwriters Hall on June 9, 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/costello-gaye-petty-inducted-songwriters-hall-fame-39745529 |title=Costello, Gaye, Petty Inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame |publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=June 10, 2016 |access-date=June 10, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160611012728/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/costello-gaye-petty-inducted-songwriters-hall-fame-39745529 |archive-date=June 11, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> In July 2018, a bill by California politician [[Karen Bass]] to rename a post office in [[South Los Angeles]] after Gaye was signed into law by President [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.lawattstimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5064:bill-to-name-post-office-for-marvin-gaye-signed-into-law&catid=27:arts-culture&Itemid=117 |title=Bill to Name Post Office for Marvin Gaye Signed Into Law |work=L.A. Watts Times |date=July 26, 2018 |access-date=July 27, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180727181213/http://www.lawattstimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5064:bill-to-name-post-office-for-marvin-gaye-signed-into-law&catid=27:arts-culture&Itemid=117 |archive-date=July 27, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Gaye was ranked number 20 on ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s "The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time" published in January 2023.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=January 1, 2023 |title=The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/ |access-date=January 5, 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref>