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Sam Knight
Nov 15, 2014
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-attended_concerts#Single-night_engagements


You will notice that Michael Jackson is way below others in the table. MJ is one of the few people about whom you ask anywhere in the world and 99% of people will recognise. Most of the other people who are above MJ in the table, 95% of people would not even recognise them outside of their native countries.


The difference between MJ and most of others in the table is that MJ was a star, most of the others were/ are not. Stardom/ Star- Power creates hype and excitement. This is why the crowd during MJ’s concerts was hot from start to finish. Meanwhile the crowd during the concerts of other musicians like Vasco Rossi, Roger Waters, Robbie Williams would have been dead 90% of the times even if they sold more tickets than MJ. This is also true about Taylor Swift’s Eras tour, I have watched some of the videos of the Eras tour on Youtube and the crowd was dead 95% of the time during the concerts.


This is why I put MJ above others. MJ with his stardom aspect/ star- power, through his extraordinary dance skills created a level of excitement and hype surrounding his live performances other musicians could not/ cannot even if there are a lot of musicians who were bigger draws than MJ at the box office. A lot of people do not realise that there is a big difference between Stardom/ Star- Power and Box Office gross/ Ticket sales.

Sam Knight fucked around with this message at 22:33 on Oct 14, 2025

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Diamond Dallas Page
Nov 17, 2017

og brogi
Are you talking about the world famous dead pedophile or the basketball man

irish lald
Oct 1, 2025
:wrong:

AcidCat
Feb 10, 2005

I thought he was referring to Spider man's girlfriend there

redshirt
Aug 11, 2007

*Steeples fingers

Explain The Rock

Funky See Funky Do
Aug 20, 2013
STILL TRYING HARD

I suspected this for a long time myself. It's extremely gratifying to finally have the data to back this up.

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

Just like Mama used to make it!
*a small child begins to slowly sing the lyrics to "Beat It" accompanied by a toy piano*

*screen fades to black*

*large bass sound*

i glued my balls t
Apr 22, 2003


Wow

Stay Alright
Sep 18, 2024

Q was very popular.

covidstomper58
Nov 8, 2020

I think MJ is probably less relevant than Shaq.

Both had their own video games, both were acclaimed basketball stars with all the right moves.

However Shaq is a multi talented artist, still working and thriving today.

If MJ and Shaq fought regardless of the year Shaq would have been able to make a sweater out of the skin of MJ.

redshirt
Aug 11, 2007

It's like the difference between the Avatar movies and Anchorman.

Buce
Dec 23, 2005

lmao some weird croation fascist is the top of pile?

Outpost22
Oct 11, 2012

RIP Screamy You were too good for this world.
Who is Michael Jackson? :confused:

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sausage.

Smellrose
So what, OP?

Bad Purchase
Jun 17, 2019




michael jackson is dead op, he died

Brother Tadger
Feb 15, 2012

I'm accidentally a suicide bomber!

Outpost22 posted:

Who is Michael Jackson? :confused:

For twelve year olds you’ve been asking…

Brother Tadger fucked around with this message at 03:13 on Oct 15, 2025

kntfkr
Feb 11, 2019
Probation
Can't post for 10 days!

redshirt posted:

*Steeples fingers

Explain The Rock

he loving sucks and is a paragon of greed

Grey Cat
Jun 3, 2023

:catdrugs:


Star Power is a mario 64 thing.

Arn Anderson
Sep 4, 2008

Familiarity doesn't always breed contempt. Sometimes familiarity is just cool.

redshirt posted:

*Steeples fingers

Explain The Rock



Ro-cky Sucks

Ro-cky Sucks

20 Blunts
Jan 21, 2017
i think i know what you mean OP

Defiance Industries
Jul 22, 2010

Hey buddy, wanna buy some robots?

covidstomper58 posted:

I think MJ is probably less relevant than Shaq.

Both had their own video games, both were acclaimed basketball stars with all the right moves.

However Shaq is a multi talented artist, still working and thriving today.

If MJ and Shaq fought regardless of the year Shaq would have been able to make a sweater out of the skin of MJ.

That's not true, Michael Jordan was on all kinds of steroids that made him super-strong and unpredictable. And we all know steroids make you automatically stronger than any mortal man.

The Bible
May 8, 2010

ok.

Lil Swamp Booger Baby
Aug 1, 1981

Defiance Industries posted:

That's not true, Michael Jordan was on all kinds of steroids that made him super-strong and unpredictable. And we all know steroids make you automatically stronger than any mortal man.

Jordan never did that moooove. What the heeeeelll ohmygawd noooo wayyeeeyayayaay

Escape From Noise
Jul 27, 2004
Probation
Can't post for 3 hours!
That jerk splattered mud all over my dress with his old bicycle! :argh:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-ODYHoGFfQ

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?
According to op, if people in Botswana don’t know who you are then your fame with hundreds of millions of people means nothing.

Escape From Noise
Jul 27, 2004
Probation
Can't post for 3 hours!

The Management posted:

According to op, if people in Botswana don’t know who you are then your fame with hundreds of millions of people means nothing.

Botswana is the global taste maker.

bitterandtwisted
Sep 4, 2006




I don't hear michael jackson songs on the radio as often as I used to, guess his star power faded for some reason

Escape From Noise
Jul 27, 2004
Probation
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bitterandtwisted posted:

I don't hear michael jackson songs on the radio as often as I used to, guess his star power faded for some reason

He's less well known than The Baha Men now.

R.L. Stine
Oct 19, 2007
michael jackson died while i was at the theatre watching transformers: revenge of the fallen. wild poo poo

sugar free jazz
Mar 5, 2008

say some poo poo about dijelo bugme and see what happens

kntfkr
Feb 11, 2019
Probation
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Escape From Noise posted:

He's less well known than The Baha Men now.

Who?

redshirt
Aug 11, 2007


I think they let the dogs out.

kntfkr
Feb 11, 2019
Probation
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All that list proves is that Europe has a lot of high capacity venues and Croatia really likes Marko Perković AKA "Thompson".

kntfkr
Feb 11, 2019
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redshirt posted:

I think they let the dogs out.

Who? Who? Who? Who?

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
You can tell that list is worthless by the repeated presence of Robbie Williams.

Bonzo
Mar 11, 2004

Just like Mama used to make it!

R.L. Stine posted:

michael jackson died while i was at the theatre watching transformers: revenge of the fallen. wild poo poo

Wow. I knew the movie was bad, but drat

Sam Knight
Nov 15, 2014
When it comes to live performances, crowd reaction is a very important aspect. I give much more importance to Michael Jackson drawing a hot crowd of 70k over Robbie Williams drawing a dead crowd of 100k.

AcidCat
Feb 10, 2005

dead crowd theory

Inexplicable Humblebrag
Sep 20, 2003

Diamond Dallas Page posted:

Are you talking about the world famous dead pedophile or the basketball man

there was a whiskey writer who also shared that name

https://www.worlddrinksawards.com/hall-of-fame-inductee/Michael%20-Jackson-Whiskies

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MakaVillian
Aug 15, 2003

Well, in Whoville they say - that his tiny hands grew three sizes that day.


R.L. Stine posted:

michael jackson died while i was at the theatre watching transformers: revenge of the fallen. wild poo poo

You rise....He falls

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