No idea where to post this thing, plus it's insanely long, posting a selection of paragraphs only. I did not read all of it, lol.
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"We took a completely new angle to reveal the most global music artists ever!15 years after his passing, Michael Jackson leads the way with a monster lead over anyone else Enjoy the full list below"
15 years after his death, Michael Jackson remains the biggest pop star on Earth. Check out this listing of the 60 most global artists ever
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"In an era where
Taylor Swift reigns supreme over the music industry,
Michael Jackson continues to be, by some distance, the most global artist in the world. Not only is he the most global music artist, he also tops every leader, politician, monarch, scientist, intellectual, entrepreneur or artist to have ever lived.
For most people, the most global music artists in the world, are often deemed to be
best selling ones. In the minds of many, a global artist, is an artist who is widely popular all around the world, with songs known to many. This does not necessarily mean an artist who benefits from being a huge success in the largest markets.
Looking at this decade,
Bad Bunny‘s
Un Verano Sin Ti, is the biggest album since 2020. By far the most successful Latin release of all-time, the album and the artist are not what we tend to think of or call
global. While the album did chart in countries where Spanish is not the mother tongue, it was nowhere near as successful and popular as it was in Latin America and also performed relatively poorly, compared to the very biggest international artists.
So, how do we measure the global reach of an artist, then?
Well, using
our own tools, we can count the number of distinct countries that are represented in an
artist’s top 50 cities from monthly listeners on Spotify. While this is a great tool and information, it is limited. No matter how global an artist is, less countries will be represented if they are very successful in a large market, like the US or India.
On top of this, we are only looking at countries, which isn’t the perfect measurement for comparing an artists global reach. Most big artists are relatively well known in places like the US, Russia, India, Brazil, Japan etc, but this won’t necessarily mean they are equally well known. Almost every country that has over 20 million inhabitants, has local ethnic groups, with their own language. So how can we deduce how many people they have reached, which people they have reached? In reality, in a country like India, it could be 5 million people, maybe 50 million or perhaps even 500 million. Inevitably then, we need a more exact measurement than countries.
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The number speaks for itself – 260 languages. It is so big that it is almost ridiculous. The King of Pop
Michael Jackson tops
Julius Caesar (210),
Aristotle (215),
William Shakespeare (218),
Nelson Mandela (220),
Albert Einstein (224),
Isaac Newton (227),
Leonardo da Vinci (234),
Adolf Hitler (237),
Donald Trump (238),
Barack Obama (246) and
Ronald Reagan (251).
The truly insane part is that most of these people can be found in history books. They are household names in the academic world, which is Wikipedia’s DNA. It feels natural to create a page about an American President or the most influential scientists of all-time in an encyclopaedia. Yet,
Michael Jackson tops them all.
Of course, you are now wondering, who or what is ahead of him!? Well, as far as I was able to uncover, only
Jesus (266) and
The Bible (261) are higher than him. As absurd as it seems,
Jackson almost verified
Lennon‘s claim.
He does so with a gigantic lead. He claims 30 international languages while nobody else is over 22. In Europe, he beats
The Beatles 104-99. The highest score in the Middle East was 12,
Jackson has 15. In Africa, he destroys the record of 17 with 30. And in Asia, the previous best of 47 is overshadowed with 64.
Ever heard of Sranantongo? This is an English creole language spoken in Suriname by about half a million people. Inuktitut? An Inuit language from Eastern Canada spoken by 80,000 persons. Adyghe? A Northwest Caucasian language spoken by 300,000 people, mainly in Russia around Krasnodar. Bamanankan? A language from Mali, spoken by 14 million people. Vahcuengh? Another regional dialect, this one from Southern China. ChiShona? Farefare? Gungbe? Ikinyarwanda? Oromo? SiSwati? Tyap?
The list goes on and on. These are languages that include a page about
Jackson but none of the remaining artists from the top 10. It goes as deep as Norfuk, a language from Norfolk Island spoken by 2,000 persons and Iñupiaq, another Inuit language with 1,250 speakers.
Michael Jackson, who passed away 15 years ago, remains in a league of his own, as the biggest pop star on Earth. His global reach is unmatched, with a reach which defies gravity."
