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Has anyone in history reached the level of worldwide fame Michael Jackson did?

Not even Jesus is on his level
Galvanic Theatre Persian
  10/16/25
he's not even the most famous person with "MJ" ini...
grizzly shivering mad-dog skullcap institution
  10/16/25
Elvis was bigger than MJ 🙄
Exhilarant coffee pot
  10/16/25
worldwide it’s michael and its not even close
Galvanic Theatre Persian
  10/16/25
Can’t argue with that, Chang
sepia rigor office
  10/16/25
WRONG https://static.dw.com/image/40162725_1004.webp
Exhilarant coffee pot
  10/16/25
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Galvanic Theatre Persian
  10/16/25
youre being sloppy with your categories and numbers i pre...
Flushed step-uncle's house tattoo
  10/16/25
let’s narrow it to at the peak of their fame, name rec...
Galvanic Theatre Persian
  10/16/25
Trump and it's not even remotely close
grizzly shivering mad-dog skullcap institution
  10/16/25
There is a stratosphere of "globally recognizable"...
Flushed step-uncle's house tattoo
  10/16/25
You’re a fucking retard and you’re over complica...
Galvanic Theatre Persian
  10/16/25
while still alive is an important component and you are not ...
grizzly shivering mad-dog skullcap institution
  10/16/25
Taylor Swift is basically at that level rn
Floppy locus fat ankles
  10/16/25
she’s not on Michael’s level at his peak no sorr...
Galvanic Theatre Persian
  10/16/25
you are so fucking weird
grizzly shivering mad-dog skullcap institution
  10/16/25
She never had the universal appeal of MJ in the 80s.
Exhilarant coffee pot
  10/16/25
Right. Swift fans are a certain type. But everyone loved Mic...
appetizing becky
  10/16/25
but her fans are more devoted on average, so i'd say it's at...
Concupiscible codepig gunner
  10/16/25
Would jet black Congo ophthalmologists know Taylor? I guess ...
Obsidian impertinent site
  10/16/25
...
Concupiscible codepig gunner
  10/16/25
Even old people knew MJ. Nobody over 50 has any idea who Ta...
180 spot
  10/21/25
Theres something about music thats different to say a film/m...
jet-lagged ebony faggotry
  10/16/25
Toddlers also know "SP" before seeing him but that...
Obsidian impertinent site
  10/16/25
How would toddlers know who spaceporn is? Do toddlers read...
Exhilarant coffee pot
  10/16/25
When the lights go out in the playroom, they know
Obsidian impertinent site
  10/16/25
jfc SP
kink-friendly native old irish cottage
  10/16/25
I think Michael Jordan got pretty close
appetizing becky
  10/16/25
yeah he's the first one i think of for counter examples. ...
Flushed step-uncle's house tattoo
  10/16/25
get out of my thread you insufferable autist
Galvanic Theatre Persian
  10/16/25
Jordan is a good one
Galvanic Theatre Persian
  10/16/25
I don't think most goat herders in Mongolia knew who he is
Dark theater stage
  10/21/25
Trump obviously
Pea-brained pocket flask people who are hurt
  10/16/25
LORD BYRON
coiffed crystalline organic girlfriend parlor
  10/21/25
cr. he was famous worldwide at a time before tv, radio, etc....
underhanded swollen pit
  10/21/25
last 50 years? Other than MJ, probably Trump and Elvis
Dark theater stage
  10/21/25
Muhammad Ali was more famous than Michael Jackson.
Swashbuckling dingle berry
  10/21/25
Religious figures don't count, Trumpkin.
Exhilarant coffee pot
  10/21/25
Trump
Exciting brilliant sanctuary
  10/21/25
Man, fuck these other comments. You're GODDAMN RIGHT that th...
Ruddy Aromatic Theater Blood Rage
  10/21/25
Michael Jackson and Madonna wouldn't have been able to walk ...
Mind-boggling range cuckoldry
  10/21/25
he wasnt even the most famous during his century. Elvis and ...
underhanded swollen pit
  10/21/25
Did people in Asia and Africa even know about Elvis and the ...
180 spot
  10/21/25
who cares what they think. the world is America and Europe.
underhanded swollen pit
  10/21/25


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Date: October 16th, 2025 8:48 AM
Author: Galvanic Theatre Persian

Not even Jesus is on his level

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49352666)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 8:56 AM
Author: grizzly shivering mad-dog skullcap institution

he's not even the most famous person with "MJ" initials you tranny retard. you just like him because he was a disgusting pedo just like you.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49352673)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 8:49 AM
Author: Exhilarant coffee pot

Elvis was bigger than MJ 🙄

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49352668)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 8:51 AM
Author: Galvanic Theatre Persian

worldwide it’s michael and its not even close

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49352669)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 9:12 AM
Author: sepia rigor office

Can’t argue with that, Chang

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49352705)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 9:17 AM
Author: Exhilarant coffee pot

WRONG

https://static.dw.com/image/40162725_1004.webp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49352714)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 9:18 AM
Author: Galvanic Theatre Persian



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49352716)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 8:54 AM
Author: Flushed step-uncle's house tattoo

youre being sloppy with your categories and numbers

i presume you mean "in his lifetime", and so of course Jesus is out of the conversation

and i also presume you mean total headcount of people who recognize this celebrity. so, naturally, anyone famous in an era of mass communication and a global pop over 5 billion is going to win.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49352671)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 8:59 AM
Author: Galvanic Theatre Persian

let’s narrow it to at the peak of their fame, name recognition, face recognition

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49352679)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 9:01 AM
Author: grizzly shivering mad-dog skullcap institution

Trump and it's not even remotely close

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49352683)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 9:18 AM
Author: Flushed step-uncle's house tattoo

There is a stratosphere of "globally recognizable" and then all these unimportant, noisy factors like

- were there 8 billion people on earth, or only 6.9 billion (2001)

- how many chinks had internet access

etc

Every year there are more humans, and every year there is more distribution of media

So 2025 people will beat 2017 people, etc.

Does that make them "moar famous"? Mathematically, I guess.

I think the only meaningful thing to do is to acknowledge that a small group have reached "global fame while alive".

Popes, potuses, pop stars, soccer stars.

Again, presuming this whole convo is bracketed by 'while still alive'. Otherwise obv Jesus, Muhammad, Buddha

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49352719)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 9:54 AM
Author: Galvanic Theatre Persian

You’re a fucking retard and you’re over complicating this because you’re an autist. I told you upthread all we need to measure is percentage of worldwide name recognition and face recognition at their peak

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49352793)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 12:00 PM
Author: grizzly shivering mad-dog skullcap institution

while still alive is an important component and you are not explaining it clearly because you are a retarded tranny pedophile.

while still alive = Trump (not remotely close)

all time = Jesus (also not remotely close)

michael fucking jackson couldn't hold trumps nutsack and you are a retard

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49353115)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 9:00 AM
Author: Floppy locus fat ankles

Taylor Swift is basically at that level rn

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49352681)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 9:03 AM
Author: Galvanic Theatre Persian

she’s not on Michael’s level at his peak no sorry

she’s absolutely the most famous living pop star though

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49352686)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 9:04 AM
Author: grizzly shivering mad-dog skullcap institution

you are so fucking weird

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49352688)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 9:18 AM
Author: Exhilarant coffee pot

She never had the universal appeal of MJ in the 80s.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49352718)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 9:28 AM
Author: appetizing becky

Right. Swift fans are a certain type. But everyone loved Michael Jackson

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49352748)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 12:34 PM
Author: Concupiscible codepig gunner

but her fans are more devoted on average, so i'd say it's at the same level overall. at the very least it's worldwide.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49353171)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 9:23 AM
Author: Obsidian impertinent site

Would jet black Congo ophthalmologists know Taylor? I guess they all have obamaphones so I guess so

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49352726)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 12:33 PM
Author: Concupiscible codepig gunner



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49353168)



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Date: October 21st, 2025 11:42 AM
Author: 180 spot

Even old people knew MJ. Nobody over 50 has any idea who Taylor Swift is.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49363758)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 9:07 AM
Author: jet-lagged ebony faggotry

Theres something about music thats different to say a film/movie star like Tom Cruise/Brad Pitt etc where, even if some third worlder hasnt seen him live or on a TV, they're deeply familiar w the work and it transcends that person as a product, they become ethereal

sound gay but even toddlers would know "MJ" just from the beats before they ever saw him

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49352692)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 9:22 AM
Author: Obsidian impertinent site

Toddlers also know "SP" before seeing him but that doesn't make him the most famous ever

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49352725)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 9:24 AM
Author: Exhilarant coffee pot

How would toddlers know who spaceporn is? Do toddlers read xo?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49352735)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 10:01 AM
Author: Obsidian impertinent site

When the lights go out in the playroom, they know

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49352807)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 10:43 AM
Author: kink-friendly native old irish cottage

jfc SP

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49352964)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 9:26 AM
Author: appetizing becky

I think Michael Jordan got pretty close

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49352745)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 9:33 AM
Author: Flushed step-uncle's house tattoo

yeah he's the first one i think of for counter examples.

he reached the absolute pinnacle and there was nothing he could have done to increase recognition. he spanned the globe.

BUT he peaked during a smaller global pop and before the internet, so someone lesser than he, but who is famous today, would surpass his headcount.

you just need to identify the handful of people who maxed out, and he was one of them

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49352754)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 10:46 AM
Author: Galvanic Theatre Persian

get out of my thread you insufferable autist

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49352971)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 10:45 AM
Author: Galvanic Theatre Persian

Jordan is a good one

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49352970)



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Date: October 21st, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: Dark theater stage

I don't think most goat herders in Mongolia knew who he is

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49363732)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 12:29 PM
Author: Pea-brained pocket flask people who are hurt

Trump obviously

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49353162)



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Date: October 21st, 2025 11:25 AM
Author: coiffed crystalline organic girlfriend parlor

LORD BYRON

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49363722)



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Date: October 21st, 2025 12:37 PM
Author: underhanded swollen pit

cr. he was famous worldwide at a time before tv, radio, etc..

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49363921)



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Date: October 21st, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: Dark theater stage

last 50 years? Other than MJ, probably Trump and Elvis

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49363733)



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Date: October 21st, 2025 11:38 AM
Author: Swashbuckling dingle berry

Muhammad Ali was more famous than Michael Jackson.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49363752)



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Date: October 21st, 2025 11:46 AM
Author: Exhilarant coffee pot

Religious figures don't count, Trumpkin.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49363763)



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Date: October 21st, 2025 11:40 AM
Author: Exciting brilliant sanctuary

Trump

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49363755)



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Date: October 21st, 2025 11:40 AM
Author: Ruddy Aromatic Theater Blood Rage

Man, fuck these other comments. You're GODDAMN RIGHT that the king of pop tops all

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49363756)



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Date: October 21st, 2025 11:43 AM
Author: Mind-boggling range cuckoldry

Michael Jackson and Madonna wouldn't have been able to walk down an alley in Madagascar without being screamed at and having their songs sung during their prime

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49363759)



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Date: October 21st, 2025 12:41 PM
Author: underhanded swollen pit

he wasnt even the most famous during his century. Elvis and Beatles have him beat. maybe sinatra.

as for all of history op is clearly flame. but off top of my head: Jesus, Alexander, George Washington, napoleon, Byron, Shakespeare, etc...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49363934)



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Date: October 21st, 2025 6:55 PM
Author: 180 spot

Did people in Asia and Africa even know about Elvis and the Beatles? I feel like they were more aware of Jackson.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49364860)



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Date: October 21st, 2025 8:06 PM
Author: underhanded swollen pit

who cares what they think. the world is America and Europe.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786863&forum_id=2Vannesa#49364972)