Opening Comments

The Temptations, often referred to as American music royalty, are world-renowned superstars of entertainment, revered for their phenomenal catalog of music and prolific career. The genesis and magnitude of their greatness is one of the most extraordinary stories of the 20th and 21st Centuries. Billboard magazine ranked the Temptations #1 in their most recent list of the Greatest R&B/Hip-Hop Artists of All Time, and in November of 2019 named them one of the 125 Greatest of All Time Artists. Rolling Stone magazine named them among the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, and in September of 2020, the editors of Rolling Stone commented that the Temptations are “indisputably the greatest black vocal group of the Modern Era…,” and listed the group’s Anthology album among their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

The Temptations are deeply honored and grateful for the continued outpouring of adulation from fans everywhere. Beginning in June of this year through June of 2022, the group will celebrate their 60th Anniversary, a significant milestone in their iconic career.