Editing Let's Get It On (section)

== Marketing and sales ==
[[File:Marvin Gaye (1973).png|thumb|Gaye in a trade ad, {{circa}} 1973]]

Released on August 28, 1973, ''Let's Get It On'' surpassed Gaye's previous studio effort, ''What's Going On'', as the best-selling record of his tenure with Motown.<ref name="Ankeny">Ankeny, Jason. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000474663|pure_url=yes}} Review: ''Let's Get It On'']. [[Allmusic]].</ref> The album peaked at number two on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' Top LPs]] chart, behind [[The Rolling Stones]]'s ''[[Goats Head Soup]]'' (1973),<ref>[http://freespace.virgin.net/sharon.persky/US%20number%20two%20albums.html US number two albums] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223084047/http://freespace.virgin.net/sharon.persky/US%20number%20two%20albums.html |date=2009-02-23 }}. Sharon Persky. Retrieved on 2009-03-28.</ref> while it also managed to reach number one in ''[[Cash Box]]'' for one week, as well as two weeks at the top of ''[[Record World]]''{{'}}s music charts.<ref>[http://msdb.hp.infoseek.co.jp/cb&bb/album%20no1/1973.htm Billboard, CASHBOX & Record World №1 ALBUMS(1973年)]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215202206/http://msdb.hp.infoseek.co.jp/cb%26bb/album%20no1/1973.htm |date=February 15, 2008 }}. MS-Database. Retrieved on 2009-03-28.</ref> ''Let's Get It On'' charted for 61 weeks on the ''Billboard'' charts,<ref name=seventies>[http://www.superseventies.com/spgayemarvin.html Super Seventies: Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On]. Super Seventies RockSite!. Retrieved on 2008-08-26.</ref> and remained at the top of the [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|''Billboard'' Soul Albums]] for 11 weeks, becoming the best-selling soul album of 1973.<ref name=edm14>Edmonds (2001), p. 14.</ref>

Two of the album's singles reached the top 40 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, including "Let's Get It On", which became Gaye's second number-one US single, and the top-30 hit "Come Get to This", which peaked at number 23 on the chart.<ref name="bbsingles"/> The album's third single, "[[You Sure Love to Ball]]", charted at number 50 on the Hot 100 and at number 13 on the Soul Singles chart.<ref name="bbsingles">[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r8081|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic  Let's Get It On - Charts & Awards ]. Retrieved on 2008-08-17.</ref>

Along with the album's music and sexual content, ''Let's Get It On''{{'}}s commercial success and promotion helped establish Marvin Gaye as a sex icon, while helping further expand his artistic control during his tenure at Motown.<ref name=bio/> This commercial success also led to a much publicized tour for Gaye to promote ''Let's Get It On'' and expand on his repertoire as a live performer.<ref name=edm14/> Successful concert performances of the album's material helped Gaye gain an increasing popularity and fan base in the pop market, while earning him a reputation as one of the top live performers of the time.<ref name=edm14/> His performance at the [[Oakland Coliseum]] during the 1973-1974 tour was released on the 1974 LP ''Live!'', which would serve as Gaye's only release during his [[sabbatical]] period in the mid-1970s.<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r8048|pure_url=yes}} allmusic: Live!]. All Media Guide, LLC. Retrieved on 2008-10-26.</ref>