Maybe Ye or B.

I don’t think it’ll happen in my lifetime tbh

Came here to say this. It’s crazy man

My entire school had a 5 minute moment of silence for his death when I was a kid

Unfortunately, I have to strongly disagree.

Drake is widely popular in Africa, the Caribbean and Europe. And obviously cemented in North America.

I guess you could say his popularity pales in comparison in Latin America and Asia but that’s the case for most hip-hop artists.

The only slight you could really make is that Drake doesn’t tour as much outside of the U.S compared to some of the people mentioned in this thread but when he decides to their always sold out shows.

Fun fact: Drake shares the record for the most consecutive weeks at number one on the UK singles chart for ‘One Dance’ with 15 weeks.

I mean...he has success for sure but I'd argue there's many people that come before Drake in terms of that level of popularity.

Eminem and Rihanna alone I'd argue have had more global impact musically than Drake.

I agree.

Eminem and Rihanna have the edge on him globally. But it’s not like it’s a considerable gap.

In Drake’s case he had to work his way into gaining that global recognition, whereas Em and Rihanna were fortunate to experience that early in their careers.

Despite his vast amount of hits from 2009-2015, Drake was primarily viewed as a domestic artist.

Hotline bling was the turning point and then Views was the slam dunk. He hasn’t looked back since.

I'd argue 2016-2020 was the peak of Drake's global appeal and he's been on decline ever since.

I don't think CLB, Her Loss, or FATD have half the global appeal that Views and Scorpion did. And Toosie Slide is the last Drake song that truly took the world by storm albeit it was helped by Tik Tok and having a dry week due to the pandemic.

The Weeknd, by contrast, still churns out globally impactful hits to this very day that are bigger than Drake's 2016-2020 hits, never mind his current ones.

I agree.

His albums still perform well but the global reach of his singles as of recently have reduced.

It would be ludicrous to say Life is Good, Wait for u, Knife Talk, Jimmy cooks, Rich Flex are on the same level of a blinding lights, save your tears or die for you. But the songs did well enough for him to still remain relevant which is the most important thing.

The Weeknd comparison is definitely interesting because while I would agree his singles have performed better than Drakes. Drake trumps him in terms of overall impact on music, discography, and branding/business.

speed causing mayhem

current day maybe speed and trump

2012 justin bieber up there and 2014 ronaldo

Imagine MJ in the internet era

Any kpop top group

People even attempting to mention Kanye is wild lol. Ye straight up has a huge cult following, MJ fame wasn't divisive.

Mj was for everyone. Taylor swift is Michael Jackson for women.

Even that run is hard to replicate. I wish I was old enough to have been outside and witnessed what a big moment Scream was for history.

Mike, Prince, Janet, Whitney and Madonna reached heights we probably won't ever see again.

Adele a contender but not close

she's just not that much of a "star" but in terms of sheer popularity she was there for a while.

Butthole Surfers

Nah You have to consider demographics too. MJ was loved by people in damn near every country & of literally all ages. Mfer had world leaders stanning him

Early 2000s eminem

Wtf is this even supposed to show lmao