Laura honey you took the words right out of my mouth. People kill me getting so defensive when someone critiques one of Bee's performances. No one is denying this chicks talent because she kills but no way in hell does she come close to filling Mj's shoes. Understand that Beyonce is a good singer with decent dance moves however, Mj was a rare unusual talent that was never seen before. Yeah Beyonce set the bar high for today's female entertainers but Mj set the bar high for entertainers period! He invented a whole new way to entertain that people have tried to gimmick for over 30 years. He is the most successful and the most creative artist period. He surpassed those that came before and after him. Beyonce is no more than an updated version of Tina Turner, although she has talent and she works hard she does the same as every other female entertainer but her confidence level is crazy high and on top of all that she can sing her butt off. Because of her hard work i think she definitely deserves major recognition for her work but she wont be any bigger than whitney and mariah carey back in the 90's. Music with substance and artist with real talent is not valued like it was back in the day. Everything today is about good looks a decent body and knowing how to shake you ass. To even compare Bee to what is out today is a huge joke! of course she is going to outshine look what she is up against??? Now put her and whitney head to head back in the 90's thats real competition. Over all I adore Beyonce but I do think it is so easy to give her the legendary status because of the direction the entertainment business has went