@SHIT

There is NO WAY IN HELL Beystankin would EVER be placed above The Beatles, MJ, or Bob Dylan. Those artists were musical pioneers. Whitney & Mariah in their heyday could sing Beyonce under the table. Sorry. Deal with it

MJ STATS

*His 1982 album Thriller is the BIGGEST SELLING ALBUM OF ALL TIME (150 MILLION+ copies sold)

Thriller has the HIGHEST CERTIFICATION awarded by the RIAA in the United States (29 x platinum)

*His other albums rank among the world’s BEST SELLING

Off the Wall (1979) - 22,100,000 copies sold, Bad (1987) - 36,100,000 copies sold

Dangerous (1991) - 35,200,000 copies sold, HIStory (1995) - 20,900,000 copies sold

*Off The Wall spawned 4 top 10 hits

*Thriller spawned 7 top 10 hits

*Bad is the FIRST & ONLY album to spawn 5 #1 hits

*"You Are Not Alone" was the FIRST song to debut at #1 on Billboard Hot 100

*he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame TWICE (very RARE)

*he was inducted into the Grammys Hall of Fame, Songwriters Hall of Fame, Apollo Hall of Fame, Vocal Groups Hall of Fame (with J5), etc.

*he was inducted into the Dance Hall of Fame as the FIRST & ONLY dancer from the world of pop/rock & roll

*he achieved estimated album sales of over 800 million units worldwide (making him the world’s BEST SELLING male solo pop artist)

*he won 13 Grammy Awards (PLUS the Grammy Legend Award & Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award)

*he had 13 number one (#1) singles in the United States (MORE THAN ANY OTHER MALE ARTIST IN THE HOT 100 ERA)

*he won 26 American Music Awards (MORE THAN ANY OTHER ARTIST, including the "Artist of the Century" award)

*he won hundreds of awards, making him the MOST AWARDED SOLO ARTIST IN HISTORY (378+ awards AND counting)

*he holds the MOST Guinness World records of ANY solo artist

*the Thriller video was the FIRST & ONLY music video inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress

*the Thriller album was inducted into the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress

*the soundtrack album 'This Is It' debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart & sold 5 million copies (3rd best selling album of 2009)

*he sold 35 MILLION albums in the year following his death

*he was the best selling artist of 2009 in the U.S. and worldwide

*he is Nokia Ovi Music Store's MOST DOWNLOADED ARTIST across 36 markets

*he has 9 of the best selling R&B digital downloads in history

*he is the FIRST artist EVER to have 6 of the top 20 global albums in one year

*he is the FIRST artist EVER to have 8 of the top 25 global albums in one year

*he is the FIRST artist EVER to have 4 of the top 20 “Best Selling Albums” in one year

*he is the FIRST artist EVER to have 6 of the top 10 songs on the digital songs chart

*he is the FIRST artist EVER to have 21 of the top 75 songs on the digital songs chart

*he is the FIRST artist EVER to sell over 1 MILLION song downloads in a week

*he is the FIRST artist EVER to have BOTH the #1 film and #1 album WORLDWIDE during the same week

*he is the FIRST artist EVER to have BOTH the #1 film and #1 album WORLDWIDE for TWO consecutive weeks

*he shattered numerous digital & Billboard charts records posthumously, sparking a change allowing older catalog albums eligibility for the Billboard 200 albums chart.