Is Michael Jackson the greatest ever ?  

As an entertainer, he was. Music, dance and other aspects of today's life changed radically because of his innovation. His personal life is very much beside the point.

There is no such thing as greatest ever, whomever you think is the greatest , another will disagree. Whom you think is the greatest says more about the person saying it than the artist. for many Michael Jackson was the King and for others ,,who were alive to remember, Elvis was King. And the others would say Frank Sinatra. So I always say he was One of the greatest.That way you respect what happened before And leave room for the next huge star.

I'm sorry Michael died. However, that doesn't change my opinion of him!!! NO he is NOT the KING. He had a place during his time but his time was over before he died. He had turned into some kind of freak. I always felt sorry for him. He didn't get a childhood because of the Jackson 5. He didn't get a teenhood because of the J5 & MJ. He didn't get an adulthood because he's Michael Jackson. Personally, I don't think he ever grew up. If he wanted it, he could buy it. He was soooo strange, young children were the only friends he had (& even they weren't his friends). I think he is finally at peace & will always be remembered as King of Pop. He may have been the King of Pop, but that's as far as I see it going!!! In my humble opinion, Elvis is the KING!!!

Got the point. I liked some of his songs, but not all. We have to accept that tastes differ. I like a lot more other singers. Jim Reeves for one.

Seperating his life on stage and life of stage, Michael Jackson was a fantastic singer and dancer. He was a real entertainer. Of his time, he was the greatest. I think it would be hard for any entertainer to come close to Michael.

It is what he did off stage that brings him down. All the surgery he had. His appearence had changed so much. If he had kept his natural look but do small changes just to keep a youthful appearence would have been better than the big changes he made. And there was the court cases and what he did with his children.

If I could wipe away the bad things, then he would have been the greatest. For me to say this is pretty big considering I am not a fan of Michael. I never was, even though I did admire his entertaining talent on stage.

Rest in peace Michael.

I do not think he was the greatest ever even though some people may disagree with me on that. I think Elvis was the greatest ever just because he was so popular in the music industry.

I think he was one of the best entertainers in my lifetime, next to Elvis Presley. His talent was extremely remarkable. Unfortunately, he had personal issues which compounded over the years with all the acqusations of his Never Never Land property. Other issues with constant plastic surgery too were strange. His was a nice looking little boy, teenager and adult. All that surgery wasn't necessary, in my opinion. He is now resting in peace.

Dear friend,
I could see Michael Jackson as one among those greatest people. It is really uniques and rare to get talented people like this and they is no doubt they will famous and morevoer the talent Michael Jackson has is one of those unique and really with no doubts to be admired. As an artist I would see him as a legent and personal life I would not like to comment as the truth is really unkonw to me. I feel Michael is one among those greatest people.

Hi Ronny! I have very shallow knowledge on Bob Marley. I think King of Pop Michael Jackson is the greatest artist in the music world till now. Have a nice day.

He was certainly had a strange take on life in certain things but you have to admit his music was good,we have not heard much of him in England recently,In our younger days he was all the rage,it seems a strange turn of envents the only way he could clear his debts was to to do a punishing fifty tour date in England .Why did the music industry not push his music so he would not have to kill himself trying to do the impossible ,they will all make a fortune now.I expect a few greedy whatnames will be rubbing their hands together now.Like I tried to say earlier on in this discussion ,he did have worrying ways and lived in a world of his own.I am not enjoying the hype over his death and the money that will be made because of his demise.What ever his faults he does deserve a bit more dignity than he is receiving at the moment ,Glass coffin in public ,it is not a circus ,i feel sorry for Micheal Jackson ,god rest his soul.