Marvin Gaye – $5 million
Greatest Hits: I Heard it Through the Grapevine, How Sweet It Is, Ain’t That Peculiar
The “Prince of Soul”, also known as Marvin Gaye, was also known as the “Prince of Motown”, was regarded as royalty thanks to his essential contributions to the genre during the 1960s. Prior to the start of her solo career, Gaye established himself as the initial in-house session musician. Motown was pioneered by him and other greats like Stevie Wonder. They successfully made their way away from the mainstream record business and individually commended producing their own records. Gaye was a major inspiration for neo-soul, too.

Marvin Gaye
