Datsymay
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Michael's actually sold more then Elvis.
Elvis Prestley is not the biggestselling artist in the world. Micheal Jackson is.Tons of Elvis' sales are posthumous releases. I mean, I can see Michael Jackson selling a crapload more before and after his time on this earth passes. Number Ones sold around the 10 million mark, right? An album of material that most people already own and only one new song sold 10 million copies... that's pretty astounding.
When you take The Jackson 5, The Jacksons, his younger solo work, Off The Wall on through Invincible and then Number Ones, Ultimate Collection and Thriller 25.... I can easily see the sales of all those things outdoing Elvis or, at the very least, easily eclipsing Elvis one day.
His star power is such that he could release an album of just about anything and have it go multi-platinum in a matter of weeks, so the only thing stopping him from beating Elvis if he hasn't already is his relatively slow output of new material and the fact that he's still alive and well.
On topic, I'd say The Jacksons are the best musical family ever. If their legacy stopped after The Jackson 5 material, they would be legends. But then they put out stuff as The Jacksons, then Jermaine had decent success, Janet went huge (often referred to alongside many of the biggest female pop-stars ever like Whitney, Madonna, Mariah, Streisand and Celine Dion) and well, there isn't much that needs to be said for Michael Jackson.
The 1 billion mark is a myth that Elvis fans like to quote, but it's not real. Elvis has sold about 300 million albums with over 100 album releases, while Michael has sold about 350 million albums with only like 12 solo album releases I think. He's only behind the Beatles, but proportionatly he's outsold all of them, as the Beatles have something like 40 album releases.
The Beatles don't have 40 albums, unless you count compilations (and a lot of the earlier ones were done without the group's permission like the ones called "Love Songs" & "Rock n Roll"). They only recorded for about 7 years as a group.
it is subjective except for one main factor, no other family act had a Lead singer with Michael Jackson's charisma, persona and that "IT" Factor. that alone is what makes the Jacksons the Number 1 choice. if you take Michael out of the mix then they barely make the top 10 overall because MJ carried that kind of weight as a Leader.Saying the Jacksons are the best family act ever is subjective. It's not a fact. Are they the most successful family act ever though? Yes, I believe so.
it is subjective except for one main factor, no other family act had a Lead singer with Michael Jackson's charisma, persona and that "IT" Factor. that alone is what makes the Jacksons the Number 1 choice. if you take Michael out of the mix then they barely make the top 10 overall because MJ carried that kind of weight as a Leader.
Elvis Prestley is not the biggestselling artist in the world. Micheal Jackson is.
Elvis started and ended his career when albums and records were not sold in large numbers.
Michael became the biggest solo artist when he dropped Off The Wall, not thriller. The media like to say biggest, black artist, but that is not true. He was the biggest selling artist ever.
The bulk of Elvis's sales happened after his death, with over 150 albums
He has NO BEST SELLING ALBUMS. Elvis's fanbase averages 2 million, if you average out his sales figure which is 300 million sales.
Michael Jackson got that covered with 7 albums and 350 albums, not counting his Motown career..
Michael Jackson IS the biggest selling act in history, Not Elvis.
Yes, I would say that the Jackson family have contributed more than any other family acts to music.
I never really said Jackson didn't sell more than Elvis. I was just saying that either he already has or easily will one day.
I make a whole post praising the guy and you act like I was defending Elvis...
Anyways, Jackson fans are often accused of inflating his sales as well. Really, it's a touchy subject because records often differ from country to country and tallying worldwide sales is a bit of a task. If you say Jackson is currently the record holder (which again, I never really disputed) then that's great.
My point was more or less to show that Elvis sold most of his albums in death, whereas Jackson has ginormous sales just by coming out with a new album. No need to get so defensive when I'm essentially agreeing with you.
I guess that depends on whether you count The Jacksons as a family group act or if you just take the entire family's contribution to music. Sure, it's debatable whether The Jackson brothers or The Isley Bros. or Bee Gees are better, but when you take The Jackson 5, The Jacksons (after they moved away from Motown), Jermaine, Janet, Michael and even Rebbie's hits, then it becomes a bit hard to really name a family that has had as much success.
As someone else mentioned though, "Best" will always be subjective.