Jun 29, 2004 • 1 min read

Marvin Gaye tops New Nation best album poll

A New Nation survey of 100 artists, DJs and industry figures puts Marvin Gaye's 'What's Going On' top of its best album of all time list.

Music survey of the day comes from New Nation, Britain's best-selling African-Caribbean newspaper, who have surveyed 100 artists, DJs, journalists and music industry types - especially from the black and urban music sectors - as to the best album of all time.

Marvin Gaye's classic 'What's Going On' tops the survey - while Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and Bob Marley all score three albums a piece in the final chart. Miles Davis' 1949 album 'Birth of Cool' is the oldest picked out in the survey, Beres Hammond 2001 album 'Music Is Life' is the newest.

Lauryn Hill gets a position in the top ten making her the highest rating women in the survey. The highest rated UK album is Soul II Soul's 'Club Classics Vol 1' at 22.

Commenting on his survey New Nation's Entertainment Editor Justin Onyeka told CMU: "The final list is fascinating not only because of the quality of the albums from different genres but also the fact that it also features an incredible amount of positive and inspiring music. We're sure the list will spark many heated debates. That's inevitable when youþre dealing with such a personal and passionate thing as music."

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