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Originally Posted by tkflames
Being a "good musician" is not a quantifiable term and while "experts" attempt to quantify it by measuring such things as ability to write music, skill of an instrument, skill of voice etc. it is still an arbitrary term.
I understand you have a bias against pop music, but to suggest that the single highest selling of records by musical artist (not band) in history is not one of the most influential musicians ever, is ridiculous. Those 28 million records were not videos of his dancing, they were strictly his music, which clearly a lot of people enjoyed.
Having grown up in Europe during the 80's and early 90's I would go as far as to argue that his music inspired the next decade worth of European Music.
Name the single most INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED/INFLUENTIAL musician outside of Michael Jackson.
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If records sold is proportional to influence in music, then Britney Spears in more influential than Bob Marley, the Backstreet Boys are more influential than Led Zeppelin, Eminem is more influential than BB King, the Red Hot Chilipeppers were more influential than Lou Reed, Sum 41 was more influential than the Fugs ... you get me drift.