Re: The Official New Album Thread - Discussion Only - ALL DISCUSSION HERE PLEASE
Really? Cause i've yet to actually listen to a beatles song here in the UAE, I've heard multiple MJ songs though. But whatever, we all know Beatles was being pushed like it's a freaking religion during their active years but that doesn't mean MJ outsold them in anyway. (It also doesn't mean Beatles outsold him either, i'm saying the end result is what's important in this discussion, sadly the scale tipped in the Beatle's favor.)
Besides, MJ_Jordan got it right. Who cares if MJ is the best selling artist or not. He's our #1 and that's all that matters!
it's actually debatable whether or not it tipped in th beatles favor. it really is.
and besides..Michael's seven hundred fifty million sales figure as a solo artist, is big enough to warrant whatever started this debate between you and me. it makes who outsold who, irrelevant.. that's how big it is.
these who outsold who debates really should be reserved for people who didn't sell well.
besides the fact that the numbers are changing everyday, with the passing of days, and new people being born, the gist of this whole subject is that Michael's massive sales prove the importance of quality in music. that really is all i have to say. except that selling against adversity of the type that MJ experienced DOES count for something. no other act experienced THAT kind of adversity, ever. especially to that degree. and the purpose of THAT kind of adversity is to STOP the artist's music from selling. so it DOES count for something that MJ outsold all others in that sense. why do you think fans in this board are so worried about promotion of this new album?
it says something for the quality of your music, when the media tries to convince your fans that you can never be known for the quality of your music, anymore, yet the fans still buy your music.
and there will always be other factors, whether we want to admit it or not. media bias, for one. that can very well determine who is giving you the estimates.. and the countries involved, and how many countries, etc.
the fact is, we didn't hear about the Guiness records, until Michael was mentioned, first. after that, what people might have done, out of envy, is anybody's guess. after all, mtv took away an award they once named after Michael Jackson. and mtv is supposed to be legitimate.
and then there's the fact that MJ got the eight grammys. it became precedent. so, politically speaking, many artists, after that got at least nominated for eight grammys. so..it's very possible that politics plays a big role, after Michael was the first to be mentioned in setting world sales records, and other types of records.
we cannot and must not deny the media politics that followed MJ's slew of breaking records. there are too many incidences and too many 'coincidences' of it. but if some wish to deny that the media might play a part in bias, the way they did, when they started calling MJ names, and such, when he stated that he surpassed the beatles in sales, then, i guess they will deny it. nothing i can do about that.
