Detroit

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The home of MOTOWN!

 * Motown Records**, also known as **Tamla-Motown** outside of the United States, is a record label originally based out of [|Detroit], Michigan(//"Motor City"//), where it achieved widespread international success. Motown played an important role in the [|racial integration] of popular music as the first record label owned by an African American and primarily featuring African American artists to regularly achieve crossover success and have a widespread, lasting effect on the music industry.

The Times
Follow this link to watch a photostory created by eighth grade students from Michigan. http://www.irvingisd.net/dezavala/tip_projects.htm

MOTOWN ARTISTS
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 * The Temptations:** Known for its recognizable choreography, distinct harmonies, and onstage suits, has been said to be as influential to soul as the Beatles are to rock. Having sold an estimated **22 million albums by 1982**, The Temptations are one of the most successful groups in music history and were the definitive male vocal group of the 1960s.

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 * The Supremes** were a Motwon all-female singing group. One of Motown's signature acts, The Supremes were the most successful African American musical act of the 1960s, recording twelve American number-one hits between 1964 and 1969.

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 * STEVIE WONDER:** Blind from infancy, Wonder signed with Motown Records as an adolescent, and continues to perform and record for the label to this day. He has become one of the most successful and well-known artists in the world, with nine U.S. number-one hits to his name and album sales totaling more than 100 million units.

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 * The Jackson Five:** Signed to the Motown label from 1968 to 1975, and to Epic/CBS Records (as "The Jacksons") from 1975 until their disbanding in 1990, the Jackson 5 were one of the most popular groups of the era and became the first recording act to have their first four major label singles ("I Want You Back", "ABC, "The Love You Save", and "I'll Be There") reach the top of the American charts.