People usually think of folks like Pac, Pop Smoke, and Juice as artists who were bigger in death, but this probably applies to MJ as well.
The largest recording contract in history was MJ's and it was signed after he died. $250m
EDIT: ok this was a bad title. I am just a little surprised that he was basically near bankruptcy and then he signed the biggest record deal of his career after he died. he could have saved his finances with his comeback tours and memorabilia sales if he'd lived, but it's a little surprising that his biggest record deal was when he died
EDIT 2: ok MJ was not bigger in death. every artists's work just becomes more valuable in death, especially if they die unexpectedly, and that's why MJ's biggest record deal came after he died
MJ was the biggest artist ever
I think his popularity kinda stagnated after death and I think somewhat declined when the Neverland doc came out.
Weird phrasing in the title OP
I guess "bigger" in death not more successful
nah
all three of those artists were big in LIFE and very much because of their talent and effort were on their way to bigger things f*** off op
let alone MJ leave him alone
no s*** if you literally DIE as the biggest artist of all time your estate is going to get a massive eclipsing deal afterwards what the f*** are you on about op
People usually think of folks like Pac, Pop Smoke, and Juice as artists who were bigger in death, but this probably applies to MJ as well.
The largest recording contract in history was MJ's and it was signed after he died. $250m
EDIT: ok this was a bad title. I am just a little surprised that he was basically near bankruptcy and then he signed the biggest record deal of his career after he died. he could have saved his finances with his comeback tours and memorabilia sales if he'd lived, but it's a little surprising that his biggest record deal was when he died
EDIT 2: ok MJ was not bigger in death. every artists's work just becomes more valuable in death, especially if they die unexpectedly, and that's why MJ's biggest record deal came after he died
Hell nah
I can remember back to the Dangerous era in 91/92 which was about a decade past his peak. Even at that point he was by far the biggest star in the world.
I cant imagine what the Thriller era must've been like (I was born in 85)
No
but his public perception is definitely a lot more favorable now compared to the last few years of his life
weird thread @op
People usually think of folks like Pac, Pop Smoke, and Juice as artists who were bigger in death, but this probably applies to MJ as well.
The largest recording contract in history was MJ's and it was signed after he died. $250m
EDIT: ok this was a bad title. I am just a little surprised that he was basically near bankruptcy and then he signed the biggest record deal of his career after he died. he could have saved his finances with his comeback tours and memorabilia sales if he'd lived, but it's a little surprising that his biggest record deal was when he died
EDIT 2: ok MJ was not bigger in death. every artists's work just becomes more valuable in death, especially if they die unexpectedly, and that's why MJ's biggest record deal came after he died
😒 bro, i likely (as you do ) have family members who were screaming at jackson before he went solo.
do you even understand how big jackson 5 were?
they had a cartoon show on syndicated major network television - black family band cartoon show that featured their music. they probably had their own cereal. 😳
so even if michael didn’t become a solo superstar, it’s worth noting the level of worldwide acclaim this group had as a talent.
magazine cover to magazine cover - even if white america did roll their eyes, jackson 5 could not be denied their astronomical value as a group.
i’m guessing that motown made waaaaaay more than the figures indicate what they generated off j5.
literally was a child star
biggest artist on earth dead or alive and i’m not even a mj stan like that
i’m just goin to leave this here, i found this going down the rabbit hole. this is 4 minutes of cereal commercials with jacksons
kids were buying this cereal just because michael appeared on their tv screen.