Michael Jackson is dead.

[kandrathe]

AHAHAHaHAHAHAHAHAHahahaha....oh man. Oh, were you serious?

My apologies then, I didn't know you had a bout of amnesia during the early 1980's.

Micheal died a young man, who had tremendous talent, and a bout of fame. He released 10 albums after beginning his solo career, 5 in the 70's, 2 in the 80's, 2 in the 90's, and his last album was released in 2001. In my opinion, it was well below what he might have done had be been more serious about his musical career.

I would add that some of his albums were wildly popular and sold very well, but I measure an artist by both their talent and their dedication to their art. Otherwise we'd be comparing Micheal with the likes of Celine Dion, Julio Iglesias, and Engelbert Humperdinck.

For example, compare his significant, yet meager contribution to a more prolific and possibly more serious artist like Bob Dylan who had thirty-three studio albums, fifty-eight singles, thirteen live albums, and fourteen compilation albums.