[garbanzo]

You can’t ignore that he’s sold more records than anyone else. That’s an objective fact. You may be a snob who holds himself above the public taste but I think that says more about you than about MJ’s music. I think his music rates highly. Only time can tell but I generally think that people will still listen to Jackson’s music for a long time to come because they are good songs that people can relate to.

[driftless2]

Name some of his songs that people, other than you, will listen to for a long time.

[Huck]

You can’t ignore that he’s sold more records than anyone else.

That's incorrect. Both Elvis and the Beatles sold more. Actually, I think Bing Crosby may have sold more too.

MJ's Thriller was the biggest selling album of all time though. It can be found at any garage sale or thrift store nowadays.

I wonder how many mp3s he's sold. Be interesting to see if anyone actually STILL listens to Thriller. That time period was a time of awful plastic garbage music, and MJ was the king of the heap.

[unique]

You can’t ignore that he’s sold more records than anyone else. That’s an objective fact. You may be a snob who holds himself above the public taste but I think that says more about you than about MJ’s music. I think his music rates highly. Only time can tell but I generally think that people will still listen to Jackson’s music for a long time to come because they are good songs that people can relate to.

He did?

Top Selling Artists according to Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)

Artist Certified Units in Millions
BEATLES, THE 170
BROOKS, GARTH 128
PRESLEY, ELVIS 119
LED ZEPPELIN 111.5
EAGLES 100
JOEL, BILLY 79.5
PINK FLOYD 74.5
STREISAND, BARBRA 71
AC/DC 71
JOHN, ELTON 70
STRAIT, GEORGE 68
AEROSMITH 66.5
ROLLING STONES, THE 66
SPRINGSTEEN, BRUCE 64
MADONNA 63.5
CAREY, MARIAH 62.5
JACKSON, MICHAEL 61.5

[Mr. Mojo]

You can’t ignore that he’s sold more records than anyone else. That’s an objective fact.

lol...where'd you get that "objective fact," from Al Sharpton?

Here are the facts, Jack. The Beatles and Elvis have sold the most records worldwide (over 1 billion each). Michael Jackson comes in 3rd at 750 million. And in the U.S. Whacko Jacko comes in 17th at 62 million sales, over 100 million records behind the 1st place Beatles.

List of best-selling music artists (world)

List of best-selling music artists (U.S.)