By Josephine Uzorh and Juliet Nwite
Not many artistes, living or dead, has rivaled the late Micheal Joseph Jackson. The child prodigy, who was a lead singer of the famous Jackson Five group went solo in the early 1980s and the world of Pop music has not remained the same, decades after.
Controversial even in death as he was in life, Jackson, packed out stadiums and arenas after arena. It was not unusual for you to see fans faint at his packed out concerts.
During his burial ceremony in 2009, a fan traveled all the way from China asking people for a free ticket to the venue, she found it difficult to get one but was finally given after hours of begging and searching. Such was the influence of Jackson.
Google him, the picture you get is fresh as ever that even millennials still find him and his genre of music appealing.
King of Pop, Micheal Jackson died on June 25, 2009, exactly 10 years ago, and the vacuum he left is yet to be filled in the world of Pop music.
He remains the most awarded artiste in the history of popular music. Although artists like Madonna, Mariah Carey, and Beyonce has been compared to his record of awards remains unbeaten.
He bagged 15 Grammy Awards, 26 American Music Awards, 16 World Music Awards, 39 Guinness World Records and many others.
10 years after his death, Jackson’s second album,Thriller, has remained the best-selling album of all time.
His dance moves and style inspired many artistes becauseprior to the release of his Thriller videos, artistes rarely danced in their music videos.
He is the first and only recording artist to be inducted into the National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame.
Recently, there were attempts to compare Beyonce to Micheal Jackson but his achievements and impact on black music cannot be compared.
There was outrage. How can Beyonce, a talented musician in her own right, be compared to this colossus of a musician that is Michael Jackson.
Some fans also expressed their opinion on the issue, Arie Musiq @EllaDijon said: “Never Ever, she’s amazing but Micheal is incomparable”.
John Wilson=KD@John_ThePhenom said: “She got a couple more centuries to go before she get even near his level let alone pass it”.