Current Events > What musical artist do you think has the broadest appeal?

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Michael Jackson would probably run away with this, but he sorta went and ruined that.

I honestly struggle to think of anyone else that can compare though.. The Beatles have such a specific sound. Same goes for almost any other band. Elvis is too old..

Queen really got woven into sports culture which opens them up quite a bit.. But still not enough to nearly touch Jackson. Prince is Michael Jackson lite..

Modern artists? Um.. I never hear people talk bad on Adele? Bruno Mars sorta had a thing going for a bit...

What do y'all think?

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Linkin Park

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Hear me out, TLC.
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justin bieber

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The Beatles are diverse enough to have something for anybody.

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Smashingpmkns posted...

Hear me out, TLC.

I can't argue this

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Rebecca Black
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Holy Trinity:
Elvis
The Beatles
Michael Jackson

& idk after that maybe:

Adele
Justin Bieber

Drake
Post Malone's Future


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Entombed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsdWLtPAVqM
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Probably one of the more successful arena acts. Taylor Swift, Beyonce.

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au_gold posted...

The Beatles are diverse enough to have something for anybody.

Nah. Their tendrils don't extend too far past white people.

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Kyary pamyu

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Hairistotle posted...

I hate mj music does that count for anything lol

I woulda said the beach boys. Who doesn't love the beach boys

I love the Beach Boys.

But a lot of people hate the Beach Boys. I know from experience when I play Beach Boys around people. Lol. Almost irrational levels of hate.

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Queen or The Doors

Both changed their sounds quite a bit over the years, and even crossed genres.

Gonna toss Billy Joel into the mix also.

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Billy Eyelash

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Tired-Insomniac posted...

Billy Eyelash

Her future career could be one of the

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Wii_Shaker posted...

Probably one of the more successful arena acts. Taylor Swift, Beyonce.

Neither touches MJ.

Swift is the least soulful creature to ever exist. And Beyonce turns old people off too much.

I honestly think MJ stood at a junction where he benefitted from old school levels of popularity but new school levels of marketability(which he utterly ruined). His music crosses racial barriers en masse which is huge, and probably the biggest thing most artists fail to do.

Current market is oversaturated and often over specialized.


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Does the artist cross racial barriers?

Does the artist cross generational barriers?

Does the artist appeal to both men and women?


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Stevie Wonder in his prime. The only people that hate on that run are racists. That's how great he was

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MabusIncarnate posted...

Queen or The Doors

Both changed their sounds quite a bit over the years, and even crossed genres.

Gonna toss Billy Joel into the mix also.

Too white. But I do agree that varied styles and adaptation over time is critical.

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BettyWhite posted...
Swift is the least soulful creature to ever exist.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=tMoW5G5LU08

https://youtube.com/watch?v=F8Jxo15Vfic

https://youtube.com/watch?v=RzhAS_GnJIc

https://youtube.com/watch?v=3P7kTt4QB10


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Kastrada posted...

Stevie Wonder in his prime. The only people that hate on that run are racists. That's how great he was

I love this answer. He's my personal favorite.. I just can't put him over MJ because of the way people reacted to shit like Thriller and the moonwalk. MJ almost had this Bruce Lee like legend to him.

Ain't no one losing their minds over Ribbon in the Sky.. Lol. But still Stevie has nice appeal range..

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BettyWhite posted...

Too white. But I do agree that varied styles and adaptation over time is critical.

I think Queen would get a pass for being "too white" for breaking down barriers for the homosexual community, and STD awareness, especially when he died from one. That in itself opened their music, and is a continued influence in many communities.

The Doors made a couple Blues albums, back in that era, it was definitely not a white genre of music, nor were a lot of venues and clubs they were playing Blues in strictly white audiences.

Billy Joel is white AF in every aspect, so I agree there.

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Trying to find an artist that has the same appeal as MJ is a losing battle. No one will ever be at that level.
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Whitney Houston in her prime, maybe.

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Smashingpmkns posted...

Trying to find an artist that has the same appeal as MJ is a losing battle. No one will ever be at that level.

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MJ is probably the real answer.

But The Beatles have got to be up there.

This all is for Pop music.

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BettyWhite posted...

Nah. Their tendrils don't extend too far past white people.

Most "mainstream music" doesn't.

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MabusIncarnate posted...

I think Queen would get a pass for being "too white" for breaking down barriers for the homosexual community, and STD awareness, especially when he died from one. That in itself opened their music, and is a continued influence in many communities.

The Doors made a couple Blues albums, back in that era, it was definitely not a white genre of music, nor were a lot of venues and clubs they were playing Blues in strictly white audiences.

Billy Joel is white AF in every aspect, so I agree there.

I think Queen's command over sports music did wonders for broadening their appeal. And they'll definitely echo through time because of their contributions to gay rights.

The Doors are great and all, but even if they were as diverse in their fanbase as you're letting on, they never tapped into the cultural zeitgeist as much as MJ.

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boxington posted...

Whitney Houston in her prime, maybe.

Whitney in her prime is probably the GOAT vocalist.

But I've been avoiding chicks because too many dudes are afraid to like songs by women.

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Earth wind and fire
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Wii_Shaker posted...

Most "mainstream music" doesn't.

Because music is largely cultural. And as a world that's begun blending we're capable of seeing artists appeal to those outside their culture. Thus this topic.

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RieTakahash posted...

Earth wind and fire

Do you rememberrr?

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BettyWhite posted...

I think Queen's command over sports music did wonders for broadening their appeal. But

The Doors are great and all, but even if they were as diverse in their fanbase as you're letting on, they never tapped into the cultural zeitgeist as much as MJ.

Well no, definitely not. I'm not debating that fact at all, i'm just offering a different response. I don't think The Doors were diverse with their fans at all, but they were definitely more diverse than a lot of rock back then that wasn't Jimi Hendrix. I honestly don't even know how much of a diverse appeal Hendrix had to be honest.

I think Madonna would make for a very good case also.

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MabusIncarnate posted...

Well no, definitely not. I'm not debating that fact at all, i'm just offering a different response. I don't think The Doors were diverse with their fans at all, but they were definitely more diverse than a lot of rock back then that wasn't Jimi Hendrix. I honestly don't even know how much of a diverse appeal Hendrix had to be honest.

I think Madonna would make for a very good case also.

Ah gotcha.

Yeah, Madonna was so heavily engrained into the 80's she was essentially a white female MJ.

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BettyWhite posted...

Ain't no one losing their minds over Ribbon in the Sky.. Lol. But still Stevie has nice appeal range..

Isn't She Lovely tho..

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Maybe i'm off point here, because I don't personally listen to him, but it seems like everyone on the planet listens to and likes Eminem.

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Honestly I think Bruno Mars has a much larger pulse than people want to admit. If only for the fact that I hear older people constantly praising him.

He crosses racial barriers, age barriers and sex barriers. Which is apparently a hard thing to do.

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MabusIncarnate posted...

Maybe i'm off point here, because I don't personally listen to him, but it seems like everyone on the planet listens to and likes Eminem.

As we get older, hip hop artists will become more viable.. But otherwise they're too generationally specific.

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Kastrada posted...

Isn't She Lovely tho..

I never thoughtt true love could beeee.

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Rick Astley

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Despacito guy

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KainWind posted...

Despacito guy

I fucking hate how catchy that song is.. Gets stuck in my head and I don't even know the words.

Despaaacito mumblemumble fritos need doritos.. Mumble mumble.. Where's my cheetohs..EAT TOSTITOS.

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Modern boy bands sink their teeth so well into girls that they have their own claim. Y'all ever see the Backstreet Boys in Japan or Brazil? NICK CARTER SAMAAAAAA. Them kpop boys are also doing some intercontinental panty dropping.

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