Bad has outsold Bey's WW album sales. Thriller has sold double that alone.
Bey's touring receipts are amazing, but let's not. MJ stopped touring in the 90s and refused to tour in the US after 1989. That also fails to take into account artificial inflation for touring.
Highest Grossing Tours
Michael Jackson - History (1996-1997) 164
Michael Jackson - Dangerous (1992-1993) 145
Michael Jackson - Bad (1987-1989) 125
The Jacksons - Victory (1984.) 75 (if you add OTR, then you have add Victory since they were both co-headlined)
= $509 million
Highest Grossing Tours adjusted with inflation of Tickets Price (based on 2008 ticket prices)
Michael Jackson - Bad (1987-1989) 561
Michael Jackson - History (1996-1997) 428
Michael Jackson - Dangerous (1992-1993) 406
The Jacksons - Victory (1984.) 388
I'm not hating but you can't ignore the rate of inflation when comparing past with present... Ignoring the rate of inflation is ignoring mathematical facts.
Why do you think the media isn't pushing this story
Beyonce has to tour 3-5 more times to beat MJ's tour numbers
"I don't know much about algebra" - Beyhive's statistics department