Chris had everybody dancing like him, singing songs like him, and fawning over him. If you take both people and remove the era and the things that come with the era like MJ being the first Black man to have a music video air on MTV... both had the same impact just in different ways.
What does it mean to “dance” like Chris Brown? lol
He never had a distinguishable image, manner of dance or voice
There is no such thing as being Chris Brown for Halloween because nobody would know what that means
Chris Brown can go places without a mask or a police escort
Chris Brown was never at any point the biggest artist in music
Chris Brown is much more reminiscent of a more successful Bobby Brown over time than fukking Michael Jackson
This has always been a thing of punching above his weight class with the comparison honestly