What record was the first Motown Records million dollar seller?

The first Motown Records million-dollar seller was 'Shop Around' by the music group, The Miracles. The success of The Miracles and many other groups made Motown Records an icon in the music industry. Motown is a company with a history where it played an important role in the racial integration of popular music as an African American-owned label that achieved crossover success.

The Miracles’ first version of 'Shop Around' was released in the Detroit area (as 'Tamla 53034') in September 1960. Motown Records founder Berry Gordy became worried (the song wasn’t good enough; "it was too slow - not enough life”). In the middle of the night, Gordy called Smokey Robinson, the author of the song 'Shop Around'. Gordy had Smokey bring all The Miracles to the music studio. They created a new, faster take of the song. Gordy played the piano, with Benny Benjamin (drums) and Ron Wakefield (sax) among the musicians.

When the makeover was released in October 1960, 'Shop Around' rapidly became Motown’s first major hit. It was No. 1 on the Billboard R&B charts for a remarkable eight weeks and No. 2 on the Hot 100. In February 1961 at the Michigan State Fairgrounds, Berry Gordy presented The Miracles with a gold disc for sales of one million copies of 'Shop Around'.