Recently there has been a debate on social media about whether Bad bunny He deserves the title of “King of Pop” given by Forbes magazine. Online users voiced their opinions, arguing both for and against the idea that the Puerto Rican is considered the most prominent pop artist today, ahead of even the American Michael Jackson.
The artist behind “Ojitos Lindos” conducted his most successful tour last year, collecting an impressive sum of $393 million from 81 concerts in different countries. The feat became the most remarkable tour of his career to date.
Michael Jackson’s most lucrative tour came in 1987 with his Bad World Tour, during which he earned $125 million by offering a total of 123 concerts. Considering that total inflation in the United States since then through 2023 is $171.82, what Michael received this year would be equivalent to $296 million today, a difference of $97 million from Bad Bunny’s tour .
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Jackson currently has 40.5 million monthly listeners on the Spotify platform, with his song “Billie Jean” being the most played with 1 billion 555 plays, followed by “Beat it” with 1 billion and “Thriller” with 547 million streams.
In this area, Bad Bunny is far below Michael’s numbers, even though the album from which the “Smooth Criminal” singer’s songs come was released back in 1982. The Bad Bunny’s most played song to date: “a x100to”, in collaboration with Grupo Frontera, with 766 million listeners, 800 million less than Michael’s most listened song.
Where Bad Bunny surpasses Michael Jackson is in the number of monthly listeners, as the Puerto Rican currently has 7.9 million monthly listeners on the platform.
Jackson is the first artist to reach 30 million copies sold in the United States. PHOTO: Archive.
As far as awards go, the Grammys are considered the most important in the world, with Michael Jackson winning twelve, including the Grammy Legend Award and the Artistic Career Award in 2010 after his death.
For his part, Bad Bunny only has one album in the “Latin Pop Album” category for his album “YHLCMDLG,” released in 2020. However, he became the first Latin American artist in the history of these awards to be nominated in the Best Artist of the Year category. , where he lost to Harry Styles in 2022.
However, the Puerto Rican has received 14 Latin Grammy Awards in various categories, from Song of the Year to Video of the Year. He is one of the most awarded artists of the last 5 years.
For his part, Michael has the best-selling album in the history of the physical format with 61 million copies sold with his album “Thriller”, so we must add the importance of the star’s songs, where his most popular songs currently heard date back to 1982, while The songs that Bad Bunny released in 2022 are no longer among the most listened to on Spotify.
Currently, the Puerto Rican’s most played songs come from his latest album “Nobody Knows What Will Happen Tomorrow”, such as “Perro Negro”, “Monaco”, leaving behind songs like “Titi Me Asked” or “Me Porto Bonito”.
Google searches also favor the American, who competed side by side with Bad Bunny despite being just 14 years old after dying of cardiac arrest.
To the debate on social networks was added the factor of the talent of one or another singer, considering that Michael Jackson began his career as a child.
Google searches for “Michael Jackson vs. Bad Bunny.” Capture.
Google searches for “Michael Jackson vs. Bad Bunny.” Capture.
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