+26 Prince was more talented than Michael Jackson and he should have gotten a higher level of fame than Michael, amirite?

by Anonymous 4 hours ago

Part of Michael's appeal was the visual spectacle he created. People really like that kind of stuff.

by Anonymous 4 hours ago

Prince had that too, had a distinct style, owned the color purple, had good videos and a movie even. Michael had better dance coreographies

by damion39 4 hours ago

Prince owns a freaking color!

by Anonymous 3 hours ago

Michael had more catchy pop songs on the radio, so that's what happened.

by Anonymous 3 hours ago

Whomever made more interesting music to a greater percentage of the population became more famous. Michael Jackson was therefore the better musician since he interested more people more consistently. I, for one, haven't really liked any prince songs, and never quite understood why people were obsessed with him.

by Anonymous 2 hours ago

Then you have never listened to any full album from Prince. Even MJ got caught more than a few times at a Prince concert. A huge part as to why MJ was everywhere was Sony's doing. Prince shelved himself and refused large tours ECT to annoy Sony.

by Anonymous 2 hours ago

Michael Jackson is arguably the most famous musician of all time. I think you'd be very hard pressed to find anyone with more staying power than him. I'm a much bigger Prince fan but the mania around michael Jackson is undeniable.

by Dull_Courage 2 hours ago

Prince didn't have Quincy Jones

by Ebertbillie 1 hour ago

Or Toto

by Amalianitzsche 1 hour ago

You mean Tito or are you saying Mike was a Dorothy?

by Anonymous 1 hour ago

The band Toto played as studio musicians on lots of MJ's records.

by Amalianitzsche 55 minutes ago

They were all over the Thriller album and countless other albums. Steely Dan, the Eagles, Pink Floyd, EWF. Those dudes were monsters in the studio.

by Amalianitzsche 36 minutes ago

Man, now you talkin! Michael Jackson + Quincy Jones? God tier.

by Icy_Examination_4893 20 minutes ago

Or Eddie Van Halen

by Anonymous 5 minutes ago