MJ was also a fantastic vocalist tho

bruno mars

I swear some of y'all forgot how important Janet was before the media and the whole JT situation f***ed up her career

And I'm not that big of Janet fan

That's not true. I've been seeing this conversation brought up for a long time, since the 2000s. Her sells have been brought up in the conversation. They may not be being brought up now because she's not selling as well but they were in the 2000s. People used to have convos about who is closer to MJ, beypnce or britney and of course sells and star power were brought up.

Beyoncé is only that big in America, there are much bigger American acts in Europe and Asia, she prob ain’t even top 10 in that regard let alone MJ status

Adele and Ed are actually very close when you consider the global sales for their last two commercial releases.

show me the numbers

Lmao this guy was standing still for 5 minutes and people out there fainting. He really GOAT

This the most disrespectful post ever, as a MJ and an Usher fan my g.

Janet is the only person who I have ever thought could compare/compete with Mj tbh.

Rhythm nation era she might of had the slight edge as a dancer too.

Bruno has better technical dancing skill.. (same could be said about Normani/Tinashe), but he isn’t half the vocalist she is and his dancing doesn’t supplant the charisma/stage presence she has. If you notice Beyonce’s actual ‘moves’ aren’t complex, but it’s a combination of her execution, her energy and charisma that makes whatever she’s doing more captivating to watch. add on top of that that she’s effortlessly belting these impossible notes on command.. s*** hots different. I didn’t notice this until i went to the FWT with my lil cousins (who stan her).

I was wrong about Ed although his numbers are getting there. Adele sold 22 million copies of 25 and 30 million of 21.

If we’re being honest, just looking at Beychella, Bey’s live performances are far more difficult and physically demanding than MJ’s. MJ’s Magic was in his dancing being effective as hell for eyecandy, but actually not requiring that much energy to execute which is perfect for a performer. Leg kick, crotch grab, shimmy, moonwalk, spin into toestand etc are way less demanding than what Bey be doing while belting out stronger vocals.

Word, watching Janet's videos remind me alot of MJ, so she studied him a lot but yet again she was around him all the time.

I didn’t know she was a woman

so she sold around half as much as thriller

drake is this generations mj not b

Think about how long thriller has been out, also Ed is already at 22 million for divide and it's still selling well. These are albums that aren't going anywhere.

MJ & it’s definitely not comparable

Beyoncé is good at putting on entire shows: choreographed performances with lots of background dancers & props...which is cool for the moment

but MJ will light up a stadium by himself, you won’t pay attention to anyone else but him

The Eagles outsold thriller

Nah.. looking at the numbers, Beyonce has NEVER been the top seller in any year that she’s been active.. not in the early 00s when she was competing with Usher, Brit, Christina A, Eminem, 50 cent, not in the late 00s when she competed with Rihanna, Katy, Gaga.. not early 10s with Adele, Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Drake etc.. they’ve all outsold her, yet the one constant that ppl always associated with her compared to all these ppl was that she was the goat entertainer and generally seen as more talented/ambitious. The way that all the ppl I named speaks of her like she’s a Goddess despite them outselling her is a testament of the pedestal that she’s placed on.. it never was about commercial power with Beyonce.

Provably false

if they’re still talking about B in 30 years she can be compared to MJ

til then hush the comparison

This can not be stressed enough, f*** CBS.