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

Not even Jesus is on his level
abnormal international law enforcement agency
  10/16/25
he's not even the most famous person with "MJ" ini...
yapping roommate
  10/16/25
Elvis was bigger than MJ 🙄
big swollen lodge
  10/16/25
worldwide it’s michael and its not even close
abnormal international law enforcement agency
  10/16/25
Can’t argue with that, Chang
vengeful psychic
  10/16/25
WRONG https://static.dw.com/image/40162725_1004.webp
big swollen lodge
  10/16/25
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abnormal international law enforcement agency
  10/16/25
youre being sloppy with your categories and numbers i pre...
White Mad-dog Skullcap
  10/16/25
let’s narrow it to at the peak of their fame, name rec...
abnormal international law enforcement agency
  10/16/25
Trump and it's not even remotely close
yapping roommate
  10/16/25
There is a stratosphere of "globally recognizable"...
White Mad-dog Skullcap
  10/16/25
You’re a fucking retard and you’re over complica...
abnormal international law enforcement agency
  10/16/25
while still alive is an important component and you are not ...
yapping roommate
  10/16/25
Taylor Swift is basically at that level rn
Supple cyan nursing home becky
  10/16/25
she’s not on Michael’s level at his peak no sorr...
abnormal international law enforcement agency
  10/16/25
you are so fucking weird
yapping roommate
  10/16/25
She never had the universal appeal of MJ in the 80s.
big swollen lodge
  10/16/25
Right. Swift fans are a certain type. But everyone loved Mic...
Slate round eye
  10/16/25
but her fans are more devoted on average, so i'd say it's at...
alcoholic irate pit legal warrant
  10/16/25
Would jet black Congo ophthalmologists know Taylor? I guess ...
brass painfully honest center party of the first part
  10/16/25
...
alcoholic irate pit legal warrant
  10/16/25
Even old people knew MJ. Nobody over 50 has any idea who Ta...
Ass Sunstein
  10/21/25
Theres something about music thats different to say a film/m...
vigorous liquid oxygen
  10/16/25
Toddlers also know "SP" before seeing him but that...
brass painfully honest center party of the first part
  10/16/25
How would toddlers know who spaceporn is? Do toddlers read...
big swollen lodge
  10/16/25
When the lights go out in the playroom, they know
brass painfully honest center party of the first part
  10/16/25
jfc SP
hairless garnet nibblets
  10/16/25
I think Michael Jordan got pretty close
Slate round eye
  10/16/25
yeah he's the first one i think of for counter examples. ...
White Mad-dog Skullcap
  10/16/25
get out of my thread you insufferable autist
abnormal international law enforcement agency
  10/16/25
Jordan is a good one
abnormal international law enforcement agency
  10/16/25
I don't think most goat herders in Mongolia knew who he is
michael doodikoff
  10/21/25
Trump obviously
narrow-minded bawdyhouse
  10/16/25
LORD BYRON
barnabyjones
  10/21/25
cr. he was famous worldwide at a time before tv, radio, etc....
SkaddenArse
  10/21/25
last 50 years? Other than MJ, probably Trump and Elvis
michael doodikoff
  10/21/25
Muhammad Ali was more famous than Michael Jackson.
Rampart
  10/21/25
Religious figures don't count, Trumpkin.
animeboi
  10/21/25
Trump
..,,....,,.,..,,..,,...,...,,....,...,
  10/21/25
Man, fuck these other comments. You're GODDAMN RIGHT that th...
Fucking Fuckface
  10/21/25
Michael Jackson and Madonna wouldn't have been able to walk ...
fulano
  10/21/25
he wasnt even the most famous during his century. Elvis and ...
SkaddenArse
  10/21/25
Did people in Asia and Africa even know about Elvis and the ...
Ass Sunstein
  10/21/25
who cares what they think. the world is America and Europe.
SkaddenArse
  10/21/25


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Date: October 16th, 2025 8:48 AM
Author: abnormal international law enforcement agency

Not even Jesus is on his level

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



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Date: October 16th, 2025 8:56 AM
Author: yapping roommate

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=2Reputation#49352673)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 8:49 AM
Author: big swollen lodge

Elvis was bigger than MJ 🙄

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



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Date: October 16th, 2025 8:51 AM
Author: abnormal international law enforcement agency

worldwide it’s michael and its not even close

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



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Date: October 16th, 2025 9:12 AM
Author: vengeful psychic

Can’t argue with that, Chang

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



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Date: October 16th, 2025 9:17 AM
Author: big swollen lodge

WRONG

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

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



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Date: October 16th, 2025 9:18 AM
Author: abnormal international law enforcement agency



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



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Date: October 16th, 2025 8:54 AM
Author: White Mad-dog Skullcap

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=2Reputation#49352671)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 8:59 AM
Author: abnormal international law enforcement agency

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=2Reputation#49352679)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 9:01 AM
Author: yapping roommate

Trump and it's not even remotely close

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



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Date: October 16th, 2025 9:18 AM
Author: White Mad-dog Skullcap

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=2Reputation#49352719)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 9:54 AM
Author: abnormal international law enforcement agency

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=2Reputation#49352793)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 12:00 PM
Author: yapping roommate

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=2Reputation#49353115)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 9:00 AM
Author: Supple cyan nursing home becky

Taylor Swift is basically at that level rn

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



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Date: October 16th, 2025 9:03 AM
Author: abnormal international law enforcement agency

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=2Reputation#49352686)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 9:04 AM
Author: yapping roommate

you are so fucking weird

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



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Date: October 16th, 2025 9:18 AM
Author: big swollen lodge

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

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



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Date: October 16th, 2025 9:28 AM
Author: Slate round eye

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

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



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Date: October 16th, 2025 12:34 PM
Author: alcoholic irate pit legal warrant

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=2Reputation#49353171)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 9:23 AM
Author: brass painfully honest center party of the first part

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=2Reputation#49352726)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 12:33 PM
Author: alcoholic irate pit legal warrant



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



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Date: October 21st, 2025 11:42 AM
Author: Ass Sunstein

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=2Reputation#49363758)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 9:07 AM
Author: vigorous liquid oxygen

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=2Reputation#49352692)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 9:22 AM
Author: brass painfully honest center party of the first part

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=2Reputation#49352725)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 9:24 AM
Author: big swollen lodge

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

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



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Date: October 16th, 2025 10:01 AM
Author: brass painfully honest center party of the first part

When the lights go out in the playroom, they know

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



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Date: October 16th, 2025 10:43 AM
Author: hairless garnet nibblets

jfc SP

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



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Date: October 16th, 2025 9:26 AM
Author: Slate round eye

I think Michael Jordan got pretty close

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



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Date: October 16th, 2025 9:33 AM
Author: White Mad-dog Skullcap

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=2Reputation#49352754)



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Date: October 16th, 2025 10:46 AM
Author: abnormal international law enforcement agency

get out of my thread you insufferable autist

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



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Date: October 16th, 2025 10:45 AM
Author: abnormal international law enforcement agency

Jordan is a good one

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



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Date: October 21st, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: michael doodikoff

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

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



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Date: October 16th, 2025 12:29 PM
Author: narrow-minded bawdyhouse

Trump obviously

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



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Date: October 21st, 2025 11:25 AM
Author: barnabyjones

LORD BYRON

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



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Date: October 21st, 2025 12:37 PM
Author: SkaddenArse

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

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



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Date: October 21st, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: michael doodikoff

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

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



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Date: October 21st, 2025 11:38 AM
Author: Rampart ( )

Muhammad Ali was more famous than Michael Jackson.

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



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Date: October 21st, 2025 11:46 AM
Author: animeboi (.)

Religious figures don't count, Trumpkin.

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



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Date: October 21st, 2025 11:40 AM
Author: ..,,....,,.,..,,..,,...,...,,....,...,


Trump

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



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Date: October 21st, 2025 11:40 AM
Author: Fucking Fuckface

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=2Reputation#49363756)



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Date: October 21st, 2025 11:43 AM
Author: fulano

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=2Reputation#49363759)



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Date: October 21st, 2025 12:41 PM
Author: SkaddenArse

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=2Reputation#49363934)



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Date: October 21st, 2025 6:55 PM
Author: Ass Sunstein

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=2Reputation#49364860)



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Date: October 21st, 2025 8:06 PM
Author: SkaddenArse

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

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