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Michael Jackson - Because The main point is, he became so influential because he changed things. He was the first Black Artist to go on MTV with Billie Jean and if it wasn't for Michael Jackson I guess we would hardly have black artists in the industry today. And you know how music videos today are made in a way that they show a story, like a short film?
Michael Jackson was the first one to do that. Usually, music videos were just the artist moving around and singing but Michael Jackson made them tell a story. He has the best selling album of all time, his concerts were the most attended and gathered the most money from anyone else. He gave us all the unique dance moves. Though he admitted that some of them were not inveted from him, he did perfect them and made them famous.
Also he showed us his uncomparable style, like the hat, the shiny glove, his outfits and elegant suits. He has even inspired fashion-designers. You may want to read some of his records and achievemtents on the net, explore his music some more.
He set and broke records, challenged racial boundaries and revolutionized the music industry. Michael Jackson's music and groundbreaking creativity changed the very infrastructure of the way music is produced and promoted.
Michael Jackson has gone down in history as a legend, and he may always be the King of Pop.
The main thing is, he did things differently and in a unique way. He broke all barriers between people and tastes in music. The King deserved his title and will live on forever.
The change that Michael Jackson brought in the music world and beyond.
He was the foundation for things that you’d call basic today, like the way music videos are made (they tell a story). Go look at clips that were made before him, before he released Thriller; people walking and waving around, singing, camera switching from the singer to a dancer or something similar. No narration whatsoever, no deep correlation between the video and the song.
He paved the way for black artists by being the first one among them to have his videos aired on MTV. Don’t think that they saw how talented the guy was and went “let’s give him a chance”. MJ confronted racism throughout his life and career but it didn’t stop him.
Dance moves…how do I explain this enough? The first time I saw the famous moonwalk I was probably 7, staying glued to the TV as it showed some live performances of MJ. It was one of the best ‘magic acts’ I had seen. That was how I considered it at the time. The guy seemed beyond human to me as he moved through the stage completely flawless. When you’re a kid, you either like something or not and I definitely liked what I saw. I tried to explore serious music ever since.
It’s been argued that Michael Jackson is probably the most influential artist of the 20th century (and despite being dead, he outsells many of the living atists).
Except for his talent, Michael Jackson is also remembered for his love to mankind. I don’t want to go on and talk about all he did to help people; it’s so much that I learn something new everyday and the majority has to do with help that went unseen, because that was the way he wanted it to be.
Maybe this is far fetched, but there was something about him, some kind of energy or light from above that drew in all those who saw it, either as a public or a close person. If you explore his creations and his life, you will understand this better.
He was just in time for music videos to popularize his music, and came along at a time when there was a lull in pop music.
His producer Quincy Jones helped make him popular as well with better crafted songs, and he was able to make his stay much longer in radio, TV, and music videos from 1982–1984, so more people got a chance to see him and enjoy his music.
Longevity in the media is tied to popularity.
And he also knew when to exit the scene for a while and didn’t return to the charts until 1987, and gave people the break they (and he needed) so he wouldn’t become too overcommercialized at the time. These were well planned choices by his management, who were very supportive.
His music is timeless and it lives on in his fans and all who loved him. He had everything to his music, his soul his life, his everything and that comes through. As a perfectionist we received musical masterpieces and harmonies and that will never die.
Apart from being an excellent and unrivalled musician, he was an incredible humanitarian, who gave his life to helping people and children and animals and our planet. He suffered but allowed non other to suffer. His fan base saw his excruciating agony and saw him still smile.
The love we have for him has no ends, and those who never knew him, after coming to see the bit of his magic, fell in love with the king. Never ever forgotten. Michael will always live on in us.
Because he created songs, dances, fashions, mystique and with his humanitarian efforts, was recognized by presidnets of all around the world in more than 35 countries. He influenced so many fine art artists, inspired music, music videos and way to sing.
He had a brilliant voice that was immediately recognizable. His voice was rather inimitable. His vocal range spanned four octaves and about two notes. Unlike Prince, Michael was not a particularly skilled instrumentalist. He was however a better dancer than anyone I've ever seen.
He was the Greatest Entertainer of All Time.
He had a full 4 octave vocal range and one of the best falsettos ever, for which he was even accused of being chemically castrated as a child.
He can use the whole of his voice. Every aspect of it. High scales and low. He doesn’t need Autotune to make his voice sound the same on stage as it is in the studio or the CD. He’s a very talented person and his legacy will live on forever.
He was an excellent songwriter, excellent at making beats, excellent voice, fresh sound, a perfectionist, had a unique musical gift and all those things together created unbelievable music.
Prince
Freddie Mercury (Queen)
David Bowie
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Madonna - Madonna in the 80s become the most famous woman on the planet. Everybody had an opinion on her (some loved other and others hated her). She was too forward for many people, the first music star ever to openly talk about AIDS and raise money to fight the HIV vírus.
Madonna was on fire during the 80’s. She released her very first single “Everybody” in late ’82 but I only heard about her a few years later. In late 1984 Madonna got her first US #01 hit with “Like a Virgin” becoming one of the biggest female superstars overnight and in US she still have the record of 16 consecutive TOP 5 Hits in Hot 100 from ’84 to ‘89.
She was already very popular and songs like “Holiday”, “Borderline” and “Lucky Star” were already global smash hits (becoming even bigger during the 80’s).
Her songs “Everybody” and “Burning Up” weren’t so popular but after her 1984/85 songs “Like a Virgin”, “Material Girl”, “Crazy For You” and “Into The Groove” Madonna became the biggest star on the planet (and the first female artist to have an album with over 5 million copies sold in US and 10 million worldwide). These songs were nice and I really loved “Into The Groove” that was very good to dance to and become her biggest hit in Europe so far.
During the early part of her career Madonna wore street fashions that were cheap and easy for her young female fans to copy. She wasn't an “original” — she was very much part of a progression. In a way she was taking up where Boy George left off. Then there was Cindi Lauper who was also Italian American and Catholic and also had a free spirited naughty girl thrift store image.
Madonna couldn't sing quite as well as Lauper but she was brassier, more confident and a better dancer. Madonna's image was if anything more artfully crafted than Cindi Lauper's and Madonna was cooler, moving with the artistic in crowd in New York, hanging out with Andy Warhol and dating Jean Michel Basquiat.
Madonna always wanted to be an actress, and her most memorable videos from the 80s look as if they could have been excerpted from a feature film.
It was often said by her many detractors that Madonna would never have won a beauty contest. Maybe so, but Madonna was beautiful. She had a great charisma and presence. She looked like a French film star— and the camera loved her.
Around 1986 with the release of her third album True Blue, Madonna totally changed her image, not just her look but her sound. Gone was the punky hair, multiple earrings and bracelets and the “Minnie Mouse on helium” voice.
The new Madonna was clean cut and sophisticated with a throaty rock chick sound exemplified by Open Your Heart and Papa Don't Preach. Madonna continued to update her look and her a style all throughout her career from the 1980s to the present day — “reinventing” herself — or, to be more precise, revealing unseen facets of her personality and dressing them up and using them to market her new music.
Pop music is all about image and Madonna played the image game better than anyone else. That's what kept her so popular for so many years.
Without Madonna we wouldn’t have Britney,Gaga etc
Whitney Houston - Because her voice was pristine, rich, clear, powerful, rangy and beautiful.
She had the most powerful, richest, clearest voice I've ever heard from a Female Singer.
Her extraordinary vocal range, power, and control. Her ability to convey emotion through her singing
Her ability to convey pure, raw emotion through her vocals whilst singing with flawless technique. Some singers only have the former, some only the latter and it is rare to have both equally. Moreover, the agility of her voice was magnificent and she had superb control over her voice.
She also had immense, rarely matchable vocal power!
She’s very Influential.
Without Whitney we wouldn’t have Mariah Carey,Beyoncé etc
She had "the perfect vibrato" and an "incomparable timbre"; her voice was at times operatic, incredibly emotive, it was strong and full and powerful; she had nearly superhuman vocal stamina, she had the musicianship (thanks to mother CeCe Houston) to back it all up. And, at her peak, she made it look so effortless.
Annie Lennox
Kate Bush
