OP there's still to delete this before @KingOfPop sees the thread

I think there are more known people but Aight.

the only real answer itt

comparing MJ to Pop Smoke is blasphemous though

MJ stayed at the top for decades, Pop was just starting. Could argue the same for Pac, his music career didn’t last much.

Not only that, MJ had multiple platinum/diamonds plaques before he died.

Nah he was big like real big i was in London that summer he was supposed to do that tour he was BIG

If anything, it's the opposite.

MJ in the 80's/early 90's, was probably the most famous human being alive and he was a huge supernova who had different songs that appealed to wide audiences.

Post death, he's still extremely famous and his songs are known but the allegations somewhat hurt his mystique and untouchable image that he used to have.

Is op dumber in life than he will be in death?

He saw it @KingOfPop getting that calm but deadly ether ready

Thanks I think lol. People can have opinions about the music - fine, not everyone will like it. That’s understandable.

I just draw the line with false allegations & general untruths.

Bro just shut up you clearly have no idea what you’re talking about

..selling out a 50 concert residency (1 million tickets) in record timing?

How bad!

OP you cannot be serious with this question

lol that's not it at all. MJ is one of the greatest artists of all time, probably the greatest. I'm just surprised that in death, he got the biggest record deal of his career. but I guess death always makes someone's work more valuable

yeah I am conflating finances & record deal size with actual fame, that's fair

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. RIP to the goat

This is just false

He was definitely bigger while he was alive. Especially during the Thriller era. No one alive right now even touches the level he was at so it can be hard to comprehend.

I would definitely say he is not as big since he died

Even if you’re in your late teens/early 20s, you know that Michael Jackson was the biggest arrest of all time summer of 09 you could NOT escape MJs music

This how you know OP was born in 2008

What was the original title?

Also it don’t seem like it. This usually applies to artists who were on the rise and hadn’t peaked yet before they died. That wasn’t the case with MJ

I think "more successful" instead of "bigger"

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