Some people can't bear to move on and will stubbornly live in the past forever.?One group of people who can't escape the past are those loveable creatures that we call Michael Jackson fans.
How we chortle at their antics as they listen to their battered tape copies of his albums and trip over when they attempt to emulate his legendary moon walk. Heed our warning mind; anger these beasts and they?ll lash out violently.
Since the king of pop’s sudden death, nobody has officially taken his title. Lady Gaga has all sorts of gimmicks like Jackson had, such as that infamous meat dress. And to her advantage, they're all planned, unlike that Pepsi commercial. You can do all sorts in terms of marketing a product, but overall, that counts for nothing if you’re yesterday’s news as it is revealed that Adele is now officially better than Michael Jackson.
Fans of The Beatles can sympathise with the fanatical Michael Jackson fans, and this time it isn't about the royalty rights issues. The Beatles are now considered old toss since Glee outranked them in terms of chart positions. Any Fab Four LP?s you own dropped in value overnight. After all, who would want to listen to a band that has a measly 71 chart entries? Glee have 75 plus and are still going strong! We won't stop believing in them.
With ?sexy? Dr. Conrad Murray being convicted of killing-one-off over Michael Jackson, it weirdly did MJ some good. People stopped calling Michael a two timing paedophile and most importantly for Joe Jackson, the album revenues started rolling in! Hooray for easy money! Yup, it was like the Californian gold rush all over again. People flocked from miles around to buy the same records they already owned, but with an additional demo track that was recorded when Michael was suffering from musical diarrohea.
Anyway, Jackson has relied on these post death extra-sales, but the fact remains is that he’s still absolutely dead. And what with Adele still being alive, there’s a?tortoise and the hare style race.
Basically, in the space of a year, Adele has already outsold ‘Bad’ and is a whisker away from outselling ‘Thriller’. Have a look at the best?selling album sales, ever:
- Queen – Greatest Hits (5,863,000)
- The Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (5,044,000)
- Abba – Gold: Greatest Hits (4,989,000)
- Oasis – What’s the Story Morning Glory (4,517,000)
- Michael Jackson – Thriller (4,248,000)
- Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms (4,152,000)
- Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon (4,114,000)
- Adele – 21 (4,020,000)
- Michael Jackson – Bad (3,959,000)
- Queen – Greatest Hits II (3,887,000)
Michael Jackson fans will probably be frothing through their noses as they angrily point out that there are two Michael Jackson albums in there… but they’re missing the point. See, Adele is on the cusp of outdoing Michael Jackson with considerably less work under her ample belt.
Basically, Adele is much, much better AND hasn’t been accused of touching children on the bum.
trudy says
To clarify: Adele is NOT better than Michael Jackson. She only outsold him in the UK when compared to his UK sales of Bad. She sold 4 million copies for the UK. Big deal. Michael Jackson sold 8 million in the US alone of Bad and sold 30 million copies of Bad worldwide. I will not even bring up his Thriller sales of 110 million or his Dangerous sales or his sales of History,etc.
Adele is not bigger than Michael Jackson,period, in terms of sales.
Michael Jackson was a star from the age of 10 with the Jackson Five and is a two time member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and has the best selling album EVER along with several other albums in the worldwide best seller list. His touring was massive and legendary: the History tour set the record for all time concert tour attendance worldwide.
So lets be real: Adele is an average to good singer(I can take you to any number of Black Baptist churches in the US South and let you hear some women who can outsing Adele any Sunday) with a well promoted album at a time when actual singing is rare on a record and so she has good sales. Only time will tell if she becomes a legend in her own right but please spare us the lame comparisons with the one and only KING OF POP.
RIP MJ!
chez says
At least Adele doesn’t sit in the parking lot of a chuck-e-cheese watching through the windows. Puts her ahead in my book.
BGKTX says
Wow after so many years MJ is still twice in the top ten of the highest grossing tours in UK. Well that should shut up the producer of Madonna saying MJ is not as relevant as before when they still can
Cookie Monster says
So, ah, your’re really proving the theory? I don’t believe it. I am exhausted and a bit drunk in an airport bar, yet I managed to absorb more of the post than you.
I don’t pride myself on reading comprehension; you will not ever read this, so there is no punchline.
Idiot.
Carmen says
Adele ain’t better than Michael. She didn’t sell more than Thriller did! And for her to reach that… is a long way to go!
So… what’s with all this “NEWS”? :)
By the way… her first album “19” SOLD LESS than BAD! come on everybody… it’s silly… stupid… dumb…. and the list can go on…
Lester says
Cookie Monster: Are you describing yourself as an idiot? LOL. You do sound drunk. ROFL.
BIGKTX: Well, almost every singer made MJ as an inspiration. That includes Madonna. LOL.
LeFarts says
Go Fucking Choke On A Jizz Filled Used Condom !!!
chez says
Well, I’m sure I can find lots of those laying around neverland ranch.
Stating The Obvious says
The post is obviously being sarcastic, i.e. saying that the Glee cast is better than the Beatles. Shame some of you more rabid MJ fans are so delusional you can’t see that.