Even after the unfortunate death of the King of Pop in 2009, he still has two albums charting on the Billboard 200 TODAY! That’s over 52 years. Michael Jackson has had commercial success since the release of the Jackson 5’s first album, Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 in 1969. One lives in the age of streaming, the other lived in the age of buying music.ĭrake has had commercial success for the last 12 years, since the release of his mixtape, So Far Gone. One is a dancer, the other famously is not. This debate going on on social media shouldn’t even be a discussion.įor one, they both make different genres of music. But I don’t want this to be a conversation about sales, charts, and singles because Drake and Michael Jackson are not peers. Yes, CLB had nine songs reach the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, the most ever from a single album. Yes, he broke his streaming records on Apple Music and Spotify. Yes, Drake is the biggest artist in the world today. Naturally, that is going to cause a problem for a lot of people, myself included, who believe that Michael Jackson is the biggest, best, and most successful artist ever. In August 2020 Fat Joe said, “He’s just like the Michael Jackson of this time.” The 6 God himself has said, “Not sure if you know but I’m actually Michael Jackson” on “You Only Live Twice.”īut after the massive success of Drake’s latest album, Certified Lover Boy, people are starting to suggest that Drake is the biggest artist ever. The other is one of the biggest artists today and undisputedly the biggest rapper, Drake. One is the King of Pop, one of (if not) the biggest artists in the history of the world, Michael Jackson. In the last couple of days, there has been a lot of discourse on two artists.

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