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Thread started 07/30/07 9:07pm

2Jay

80s Poll

I'm starting a poll. Who do you think is the winner of the 80s chart battle?

Madonna sexy
Michael Jackson fro
Prince prince
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Reply #1 posted 07/30/07 9:08pm

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Michael Jackson by far
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Reply #2 posted 07/30/07 9:32pm

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Top 40 Pop Top 40 R&B #1 Pop #1 R&B

Michael- 24 25 8 8
Prince- 19 28 4 5
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Reply #3 posted 07/30/07 9:37pm

sexxydancer

Prince?
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Reply #4 posted 07/30/07 9:46pm

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sexxydancer said:

Prince?

your opinion doesn't count!

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j/k lol
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Reply #5 posted 07/30/07 11:37pm

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bboy87 said:

sexxydancer said:

Prince?

your opinion doesn't count!

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j/k lol

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Reply #6 posted 07/31/07 8:36am

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2Jay said:

I'm starting a poll. Who do you think is the winner of the 80s chart battle?

Madonna sexy
Michael Jackson fro
Prince prince

I think MJ...hands down. He started the 80s off pretty good with left-over hits from Off The Wall (Rock With You, She's Out of My Life, etc.). Then Thriller hit and every single was number one. Then Bad, and almost every song hit number one. So it has to be MJ for sure.

Madonna and Prince did well, but they didn't have the appeal that MJ had. MJ was appealing to EVERYONE...young and old. He had 50 year olds trying to moonwalk.
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Reply #7 posted 07/31/07 8:47am

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daPrettyman said:

2Jay said:

I'm starting a poll. Who do you think is the winner of the 80s chart battle?

Madonna sexy
Michael Jackson fro
Prince prince

I think MJ...hands down. He started the 80s off pretty good with left-over hits from Off The Wall (Rock With You, She's Out of My Life, etc.). Then Thriller hit and every single was number one. Then Bad, and almost every song hit number one. So it has to be MJ for sure.

Madonna and Prince did well, but they didn't have the appeal that MJ had. MJ was appealing to EVERYONE...young and old. He had 50 year olds trying to moonwalk.

lol yeah, Mike.
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Reply #8 posted 07/31/07 8:59am

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Prince. But I may be slightly biased.
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Reply #9 posted 07/31/07 9:44am

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I think MJ sold more than P and Madonna combined.
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Reply #10 posted 07/31/07 11:29am

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namepeace said:

I think MJ sold more than P and Madonna combined.


i believe Thriller sold better than Prince's entire catalog
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Reply #11 posted 07/31/07 11:30am

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InsatiableCream said:

namepeace said:

I think MJ sold more than P and Madonna combined.


i believe Thriller sold better than Prince's entire catalog


Wouldn't doubt it, IC. Throw Bad in there and MJ should be the undisputed king of the 80's hill, saleswise.
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Reply #12 posted 07/31/07 11:43am

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namepeace said:

InsatiableCream said:



i believe Thriller sold better than Prince's entire catalog


Wouldn't doubt it, IC. Throw Bad in there and MJ should be the undisputed king of the 80's hill, saleswise.


now if only we could throw in some talent hmmm


j/k lol
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Reply #13 posted 07/31/07 12:15pm

furygirl

Michael Jackson and Madonna eventhough I don't like them hrmph
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Reply #14 posted 07/31/07 12:53pm

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InsatiableCream said:

namepeace said:

I think MJ sold more than P and Madonna combined.


i believe Thriller sold better than Prince's entire catalog

it did. Prince has sold around 80 million records whereas Thriller sold 104 million copies
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Reply #15 posted 07/31/07 12:54pm

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furygirl said:

Michael Jackson and Madonna eventhough I don't like them hrmph

for shame! mad lol
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Reply #16 posted 07/31/07 12:55pm

furygirl

bboy87 said:

furygirl said:

Michael Jackson and Madonna eventhough I don't like them hrmph

for shame! mad lol

disbelief I don't like pop music barf
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Reply #17 posted 07/31/07 12:56pm

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furygirl said:

bboy87 said:


for shame! mad lol

disbelief I don't like pop music barf

what's Prince then?
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Reply #18 posted 07/31/07 12:59pm

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bboy87 said:

furygirl said:


disbelief I don't like pop music barf

what's Prince then?

*cough* Prince is not a pop star mad he has a lot of pop songs but I mostly listen 2 his rock,funk and soul stuff And 4 the heavens sake Prince is not a pop star rolleyes
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Reply #19 posted 07/31/07 2:38pm

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furygirl said:


*cough* Prince is not a pop star mad he has a lot of pop songs but I mostly listen 2 his rock,funk and soul stuff And 4 the heavens sake Prince is not a pop star rolleyes


From a commercial standpoint, "pop" charts measure the popularity of the artist. Given that Prince has dozens of singles and albums hit the popular music charts, he is a popular musician, REGARDLESS of what genre of music he plays.

And he IS a star.

So, I guess he's a popular star.

Semantics, semantics, I know, but I'm just sayin'. . .

(I consider Prince to be somewhat of a genre unto himself, but that's just me).
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Reply #20 posted 07/31/07 2:43pm

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My favorite is Prince but any fool knows that Michael Jackson won the charts battle by miles.
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Reply #21 posted 07/31/07 2:48pm

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namepeace said:

furygirl said:


*cough* Prince is not a pop star mad he has a lot of pop songs but I mostly listen 2 his rock,funk and soul stuff And 4 the heavens sake Prince is not a pop star rolleyes


From a commercial standpoint, "pop" charts measure the popularity of the artist. Given that Prince has dozens of singles and albums hit the popular music charts, he is a popular musician, REGARDLESS of what genre of music he plays.

And he IS a star.

So, I guess he's a popular star.

Semantics, semantics, I know, but I'm just sayin'. . .

(I consider Prince to be somewhat of a genre unto himself, but that's just me).

Yeah but em I was talking about the pop genre and not the POPular star...but whatever falloff
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Reply #22 posted 07/31/07 3:00pm

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furygirl said:


Yeah but em I was talking about the pop genre and not the POPular star...but whatever falloff


You do realize that pop is short for "popular," don'tcha?

falloff at yourself!
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Reply #23 posted 07/31/07 3:07pm

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namepeace said:

furygirl said:


Yeah but em I was talking about the pop genre and not the POPular star...but whatever falloff


You do realize that pop is short for "popular," don'tcha?

falloff at yourself!

I do realize but his music genre is not POP is something else he has kinda his own genre that's what I'm trying 2 explain pissed disbelief wacky nutso
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Reply #24 posted 07/31/07 3:24pm

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furygirl said:

namepeace said:



You do realize that pop is short for "popular," don'tcha?

falloff at yourself!

I do realize but his music genre is not POP is something else he has kinda his own genre that's what I'm trying 2 explain pissed disbelief wacky nutso
[Edited 7/31/07 15:07pm]


In the context of this thread, you've got the wrong POP.
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Reply #25 posted 07/31/07 3:27pm

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namepeace said:

furygirl said:


I do realize but his music genre is not POP is something else he has kinda his own genre that's what I'm trying 2 explain pissed disbelief wacky nutso
[Edited 7/31/07 15:07pm]


In the context of this thread, you've got the wrong POP.

Ok whatever I guess it's just me and the terrible headache I got disbelief
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Reply #26 posted 07/31/07 3:56pm

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furygirl said:

namepeace said:



In the context of this thread, you've got the wrong POP.

Ok whatever I guess it's just me and the terrible headache I got disbelief


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