Looking at five of the greatest albums released by Berry Gordy's Motown Records, including seminal records by Stevie Wonder, ...

Berry Gordy's Motown Records defined American pop and soul music during the 1960s, but the label still exists to this day, now owned by Universial Music.

On January 12, 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. started Tamla Records with the help of an $800 loan from his family, starting a journey that would forever change the music industry. The following year, it merged ...

Smokey Robinson and Halle Bailey — bridging Motown's old and new school — are lending their voices during a holiday special to honor the groundbreaking record label that changed music forever.

Motown Records turned 66 on January 12. The nursery for soul giants like Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, The ...

In the 1960s, Motown founder Berry Gordy reached out to Martin Luther King Jr. to see if the record label could help the civil rights leader in his cause for equality. “I saw Motown much like ...

In 2024, the label celebrated its 60th anniversary. Now, the question of whether this treasure trove of Latin culture is being curated properly has become more pertinent than ever.

The following year, it merged into Motown Record Corporation. For Gordy, starting his own label was the product of a longtime love of music. When he returned from Army service in 1953, he opened a ...