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Who's the closest or next Michael Jackson?

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They said that about Elvis and the Beetles and so many more greats.

There will be more.

Hm. Outside of Michael himself, who are these other Elvis' you speak of? And another Beatles? I have no idea who you might have in mind there either.

I was going to say: there probably won't even be another Nirvana, let alone another Michael, Elvis or Beatles. It's simply a different era now. The internet changed everything. Kayne, GaGa & Beiber is probably as big as it's gonna get from now on.
 
MJ literally stood still for 2 minutes during his superbowl performance and people ate it up. No one can EVER reach that level of charisma and swagger.
 
He sang Billie Jean live during his tours.
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I dont think MJ did on his tours either until after the 80s, but I could be wrong.

i didn't mean that he lip synched entire concerts, but he did lip sync quite a lot of songs.

some of his choices were really puzzling, too. take a song like "stranger in moscow" (one of my favourites), for example. it's slow and his dance routine didn't seem to be that demanding yet he always lip synched it, which was very disappointing.
 
Janelle Monae, in spirit. She's certainly got the talent.

Lady Gaga, in terms of creating a worldwide phenomenon centered on her persona. Who knows if Artpop will vault her to the same heights as The Fame Monster, though. She's faded from the spotlight of late. I'm sure she'll bang out some catchy songs and wild outfits in any case. What more can you ask, really?

Beyonce. Better music, better dancer.
I don't understand.
 
Katy Perry in terms of success, performance ability, sex appeal, and relatability.

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Katy Perry in terms of success, performance ability, sex appeal, and relatability.

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Katy Perry has a soulless beauty queen look that I find really disconcerting. I know all pop artists are fake and blah blah, but her entire presence creeps me out.
 
Katy Perry has a soulless beauty queen look that I find really disconcerting. I know all pop artists are fake and blah blah, but her entire presence creeps me out.

No lies. Out of all of them she is the very definition of sell out. Soul less succubus. She also has no heart
 
your fave has a better claim to that throne than perra.




Prince still won.
Katy Pariah her 6 #1 singles and 8 singles from a single era being certified multi platinum begs to differ. Once she hits her stride with touring she will be this generation's Madonna and Michael. When her next era begins, everyone will be perched on iTunes to purchase the new digital Q.U.E.E.N.'s lead single.

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No lies. Out of all of them she is the very definition of sell out. Soul less succubus. She also has no heart
Katy simply expanded her sound with her sophomore album. She's had the same, SIGNATURE sound ever since One of the Boys.

Not surprised that a Droidney stan is reducting shade to use against Pariah.
 
Beyonce can't even out dance Janet, please.


There will never be another MJ.

Beyonce is a great PERFORMER but a DANCER she is not. She gets the choreography on point but her Pussy Popping is not dancing in that type of technical level. Ciara is still the best and only dancer in the game besides CB.

Also XBeyOne always recycles her routines.
 
Beyonce is a great PERFORMER but a DANCER she is not. She gets the choreography on point but her Pussy Popping is not dancing in that type of technical level. Ciara is still the best and only dancer in the game besides CB.

Also XBeyOne always recycles her routines.
NOT too much on Bernard.

Her weave whipping being passed off as choreography is a joke itself.

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Michael Jackson broke down racial borders and was trained from infancy to be star material. There are artists with parallels today, but I don't believe being the "next Michael Jackson" is even possible.
 
No one. You know why? Celebrities are way too overexposed now. Internet, television, papers, paparazzi...they're everywhere.

It wasn't like that in the 80's. Plus, Michael was more reclusive so there was an air of mystery to him. No way a talent agent today would allow that.
 
The thing with Michael Jackson, even though he was a pop singer, he appealed to a vast audience beyond that.


You don't have that happen often. Like I said, Elvis and Frank Sinatra are about the only other ones I can think of.

Beyone, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry are decent enough pop stars, but they are still just that.
 
Prince is a nostalgia act. I don't think people even cared about his new music after Purple Rain.

This is the worst post I've read on GAF. Truly spoken like someone who has no clue about music. What about Sign O the Times? The Gold Experience? Emancipation? Diamonds and Pearls? The Rainbow Children?

The only way in which Prince is not "the next MJ" is that he is way better and more talented than MJ.
 
This is the worst post I've read on GAF. Truly spoken like someone who has no clue about music. What about Sign O the Times? The Gold Experience? Emancipation? Diamonds and Pearls? The Rainbow Children?

The only way in which Prince is not "the next MJ" is that he is way better and more talented than MJ.

This is the worst post I've read on GAF. One way in which Prince was not "the next MJ" is that he was popular around the same time period.
 
Even though I still think MJ's a tad overrated (he only released three good to great albums IMO), there will probably never be a pop artist that can reach quite the same height of popularity. Nor would anyone want to, considering what happened to MJ's sanity.

Will.i.am is as good, if not better than Michael Jackson.
Unless you think very lowly of Michael Jackson, I have no idea how someone can even say something like this with a straight face.
 
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