I don't see Madonna's death having the same impact that Michael's did. I think it'll hold about as much as Whitney's. Or Cher's death 120 years from now.
I don't think anyone is disputing MJ's public recognition, just pointing out that for a long time and for a large group of people, his public scandals was the primary association. They didn't have the mental timeline of his great musical career that older people did.
That says a lot about how perceptions change once someone dies. Michael dying is a big example of that. No one would have predicted that type of dominance.
i feel like early 2000sdonna was on her way to being on the same level as male beyonce but she shot herself in the foot with hard candy and mdna
Yeah, if she had kept improving on the COADF formula she could've maintained her public respect. But she's still a huge touring force and she still sells a decent amount of albums worldwide. She'll be fine unless she releases some really awful music. MDNA is bad but other pop stars have survived far worse.
I'm at a job interview and we were discussing the cultural importance of Madonna's boundary pushing and how her not toning it down at an old age is COMBATTING ageism.
i feel like early 2000sdonna was on her way to being on the same level as male beyonce but she shot herself in the foot with hard candy and mdna
Hard Candy wasn't a bad era at all. The singles and videos were good, great sales, the tour was by far one her best, and her image was still very well put-together. After that tho....
I was asleep when Michael died. My dad came back from the store and woke me up told me and I remember saying "NO WAY."
It was eerie to me, because there was this commercial with "I'll Be There" that played all the time the month he passed.
The commercial had them little kids in it, right? I think I remember.
Like a shetty version of Blessings.