anyone who doesn't see the relevance of this shouldn't brag when their faves get to #1 on the Billboard 200 with 2000 traditional sales but 100,000 streams

madge and michael are artists whose work came out before the digital era. for them to make strides in youtube and spotify and all that when their contemporaries dont that's a big deal. it also speaks to how big their hits were

you had a song that came out in 1990 that gets more views on present day youtube than people whose hits came out in the youtube era? that's a big deal

plus THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES. this would be different if several artists were doing it, but if she is the ONLY female and he is the ONLY male that's a big deal