#i've heard the quality of the stuff they sold on tour was bad and the lettering and graphics were coming off but this.....this is smth else

[gfwooyo]

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[thekiddisnotmyson]

He's the standard so they gotta compare and try to break his achievements.

I'm only talking abt MJ I'm not very familiar with the Beatles. But regardless I'm still sure they were bigger than her atleast.

Anyways.

The 1984 Grammy Awards. Where Michael was the first artist to win 8 grammys for one night. For his album Thriller. ( A record he still holds as a solo artist for the most Grammy wins at one night). Is still to this day the most watched Grammy show with 51.67M views. 16.9M people watched the Grammys this year. If Taylor Swift is that famous why couldn't she pull more views?

Then in 1993 Michael performed at the Superbowl Halftime show. They begged him to perform there. He only agreed if they put an ad for his Heal LA foundation or something. And if could perform Heal the World. ( He also did other songs). Anyways. It's the most watched Superbowl Half-time show to this day. With 133.4M views in the US. And from this on it literally changed how people perform at the Half time show. Just Google It.

The viewership of this year's just the Superbowl ( also the game not Usher singing) were 123.4M. So MJ is basically bigger than this game. Go figure.

Mind you in 1993 there were 260.3M people in the US. Which means that over 50% watched his halftime performance. The current population in the US is at 341M. Which means abt 36% watched it.

The most watched televised interview. Was in 1993. Where Snak... I mean Oprah Interviewed Michael.

When his Black or White Music Video premiered on Television it was watched by 500 Million people Live. It's the largest audience for a Music Video premiere.

Like everyone knows Michael Jackson got famous without the internet or social media. They showed a bunch of stuff from the Western world to the Amazon Tribe. They didn't know what snow was, what 911 was. They didn't know about the moon landing. But most of them heard of Michael Jackson.

Minute: 3:26

He was crowned Prince in 1992 in Sanwi. They held a funeral after he died.

This was at March 2009 just months before he died. Mind you his last album was in 2001. His last tour was over a DECADE ago.

This was him waving at a crowd in a hotel.

Here he talks about his fame.

When you are that famous. It's not fun. It's torture. There is a reason why he wore sunglasses like almost constantly. If you are that famous you crave some privacy and you need to keep something to yourself and that is that people wouldn't be able to look you in the eyes.

His History Tour pulled an attendance of 4.5M people without even touring in the US. He did one show in Hawaii. The rest was overseas.

His Bad album sold 7 Million copies the first wek. And is still the highest selling first week album.

Speaking of high selling album. Thriller is to this day the best selling album. An album that outsolds many other artists whole discographies. He has 5 albums that sold over 20M Off the wall, Thriller, Bad, Dangerous and History.

He had a Top ten Hit in the Billboard Hot 100 for 5 consecutive Decades. 1970-2010. If you include the Jackson 5 it would be 6.

This is before the biopic even came out:

Also Michael was a Quality Artist. He didn't need to put out 3 albums every year to stay on top. Or make easter eggs or make fans speculate about what ex he was talking about. His art was good enough that he didn't need to pull these antics to get attention. His album Thriller didn't even had a tour. ( He had to tour with his brothers) and during that time he barely gave interviews. From what I've heard he believed that you shouldn't let people to much know and let them miss you. What Taylor Swift honestly doesn't do.

He is truly a celebrity among Celebrities. Many celebrities have spoken about being inspired by him. Usher, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Beyonce, The Weeknd, Bruno Mars, Jung Kook, Jason Derulo, Celine Dion etc... He also heavily inspired KPOP artists.

In 2001 there was a Concert Celebration that celebrated 30 years of his solo career. Where they had artists like Usher, Whitney Houston, Marc Anthony, Destiny's ChiLd, Ray Charles sing his songs. And he performed at the end. A full on show that was just celebrating him. For being well him.

Beside that Michael was a black man who had to deal with racism. Got horrible press and jealous people trying to erase him with lies . While Taylor is a white woman getting hyped up by the media.

Beside that MTV wouldn't been able to exist without Michael. As the almost went bankrupt and he saved them with his music videos. Inspiring other artists in the future. He was the first black artist with heavy rotation on MTV. Which broke down racial barriers.

For some reason she has an award named after her like MJ does or did. Apparently racist MTV decided to remove it after that bs mockumentary. Anyways. Nobody outside her fanbase gives a f#ck about the award named after her. Let's be honest. Second Michael doesn't need MTV.

Anyways I think some of them are joking and setting her up on purpose. What is annoying that the media tried to gaslight the public that she is as big as him now.

@thekiddisnotmyson help swifties are comparing taylor to michael jackson again