Mine would look like this:

1. Madonna
2. Janet
3. Prince
4. MJ

But it's sooooo close between all! I looooove me some MJ. I'm strictly talking who are you the biggest fam of period.

badujunkie said:

Obviously you're not ranking them off talent.

Prince
Janet
Madonna
Michael

Prince, Prince, Prince and Prince

I saw madonna yesterday on TV in purple panties and it was disturbing.

And the jacksons..... why even keep comparing Prince to the Jacksons...

ChristopherTracyParade said:

Nope, not technical musicianship. Talent as live entertainers...partly. Although MJ blows them all away onstage so that's not really it either. The blend of versatility, influence, personality, actual MUSIC whether written by them or someone else, how often i have the urge to spin one of their records, showmanship, videos, dancing, and attractiveness all play a part since they are all icons.

badujunkie said:

Dude, put Prince on a stage with JUST a guitar and microphone and see what happens! Ptt Michael Jackson on a stage with JUST a guitar and microphone and ....uhh, what u gonna get?

1.Michael jackson - simply because he is the greatest entertainer evr and it really just doesn't get any better

2. Madonna - simply because she has been around forever (and okay i like her)

3. Prince

4. janet Jackson

SexyBeautifulOne said:

ditto.

Prince
Madonna
Janet
MJ

talent wise?
prince
mj
madona
janet

biggest fan wise?
prince & mj tie
madonna
janet

MJ
Prince
...
....

Talent-wise
1. Prince
2. Michael Jackson
3. Madonna
4. Janet Jackson

Fan-wise
1. Michael Jackson
2. Prince
3. Janet Jackson
4. Madonna

sovembol said:

That is BS argument. You could just as easily turn it around and say Prince has to hide behind a guitar to entertain fans, but MJ needs nothing but himself to blow an audience away.

DarlingDiana said:

Talent

1 - Michael Jackson

I cant really judge whos better talent wise because i havnt seen a damn thing from them besides a few janet so ill just go with impact.

2 - Madonna
3 - Janet
4 - Prince

Fan

1 - MJ
2 - Janet
3 - Prince
4 - Madonna

Prince - Musicianship and songwritingship
Michael - Songwiriting and showmanship
Madonna - showmanship and crafty songwriter
Janet - showmanship and has the best producers around

DarlingDiana said:

mikey-poo needs backup dancers and pyrotechnics and digital shit too...

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Prince does the same thing. I dont believe he hardly picked up the guitar on the Sign O The Times Tour, Lovesexy or Parade tours..the best shows.

though MJ is...a better dancer of course.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

have you ever seen his concert? he BLOWS his back up dancers away. just schools them. rarley ever uses pyroctechnics...maybe 1 or 2 a show and digital? no

What are all these mysterious letters on the title of this thread? I wanna play this too!

Ahmm... let me see

1. MP
2. JM
3. J
4, PJ

Is that okay? What's the correct answer to this riddle?

DarlingDiana said:

Alright, Prince alone and MJ alone...no mic, no guitar...he could still kick Mike's ass plain and square.

sovembol said:

In 2006 yea, but P was no vocal talent early on and used a falsetto for everything , just compare an early 80's Prince show to a Jacksons show. Granted a Jacksons show from then would have better sound quality, but it took some time before Prince became a polished perfomer; MJ knew how to work an audience from the start.

Hmmm, rank their talent as live entertainers...
I've seen all of the above numerous times and honestly I think I have to say at this point the most satisfying shows have been in this order:
Prince
Madonna
MJ
JJ

Novabreaker said:

1. Masta P?
2. Jim Morrison?
3. Joyce?
4. PJ Harvey?

If you put it in reverse order, you might be getting somewhere.

Talent wise

Prince - Even though I am not an ardent fan

MJ - You can't be in this business since you were 5 and not be talented, however MJ better start singing live at his concerts, just dancing doesn't really cut it for me, no matter how good he is.

JJ

Modonna-The original spice girl.

lilgish said:

co-signed.

1. Prince (Overall musical talent puts him on top; Although MJ was as huge as you could get as an icon...)
2. MJ (In his prime, the single most prodigious natural performer of his era..Lands at no. two because he only released two solo albums during his prime...)
3. Madonna (The woman has the most ambition I've seen from any one artist...She's not a great singer, and is only an above average dancer...But she makes up for this with her musical instincts...She's more of a performance artist than a musician...)
4. Janet Jackson (Think of it like this...Your brother is arguably the most successful music artist of all time; Yet, u still managed to come out on her own terms, with her own identity...In my opinion released one of the best albums of the '90s (Janet)...Get's the lowest seeding because she relied on her producers even more than MJ and Madonna...But she still made some damn good albums...)
[Edited 3/5/06 3:26am]

dag said:

You're both co-wrong.

sovembol said:

It depends on which era you're talking about...MJ just with a mic in the '80s was pretty sick...But total package wise, Prince is no. 1...

Prince

Michael Jackson










Janet

Madonna

Prince
Janet Jackson
Michael Jackson
Madonna

Apart from Madonna I've seen all of them live in concert and at least Janet had a really good show whereas Michael's concert was one of the worst I've seen in my whole life . I should have stayed at home to watch some of his videos and some of Michael Jackson fans worshipping their hero instead, there was not alot more happening at the concert either . Madonna had some songs over the years that I liked, but I have no desire at all to see her live on stage. For me she just has no personality at all and her musical talents are no reason to go to a concert . And though I usually dig artists who are style icons I never understood the hype about her at all