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Peak was probably 82 - 91.
According to this video he was in the top 3 of sales between 1979 and 1998.
According to this video he was in the top 3 of sales between 1979 and 1998.
When Was Michael Jackson's peak/prime?
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What years do you feel was Michael Jackson at his peak/prime?
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I’ve always considered 87 touring in japan Bad era MJ his peak
He was literally ruling the planet at that point and absolutely nothing stopping him
He was literally ruling the planet at that point and absolutely nothing stopping him
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Musically, from 79-88 (the Quincy Jones era, not to take away from Dangerous, but that album was a test to see how well Mike could ride a wave he wasn’t originally on.)
As a popular figure, from 82-92 (really when the child abuse scandal hit in 93, because that’s when his eccentricities overtook his music.)
As a popular figure, from 82-92 (really when the child abuse scandal hit in 93, because that’s when his eccentricities overtook his music.)
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mj's peak was from We Are The World to Captain EO, 85/86
he was still riding the thriller wave and people genuinely thought he was still "normal"
but shortly after this, those elephant man bones/hyperbaric chamber/elizabeth taylor tabloid stories started to become a thing
and then he started walking around with the surgical masks as his change of appearance became far more drastic
everything after this point (shortly before the bad era) was spectacle
as i said before on here, he was starting to become popular for the wrong reasons
he was still riding the thriller wave and people genuinely thought he was still "normal"
but shortly after this, those elephant man bones/hyperbaric chamber/elizabeth taylor tabloid stories started to become a thing
and then he started walking around with the surgical masks as his change of appearance became far more drastic
everything after this point (shortly before the bad era) was spectacle
as i said before on here, he was starting to become popular for the wrong reasons
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music prime- Destiny to dangerous
performance prime- The dangerous era
performance prime- The dangerous era
murksiderock
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Mike's absolute peak was the Thriller era. Which means the album itself, the Victory tour, and all related platforms like merch and shyt...
You could stretch it out to say his peak was the entire 80s, as there was no real drop off, he started the decade on a high celebrating Off The Wall and ended it still touring for Bad...
I'd actually stretch his prime out a a little further to include HIStory, which is one of his three greatest records. The HIStory tour was a 13-month event from 96 to 97, and was the biggest solo tour of the 90s, but nikkas on here swear he was washed in the 90s lmao. Whether you base it on popularity or quality, Mike was still on top of his game in the 90s...
So he had an almost 20-year prime, which is unprecedented in music. Starting with Off The Wall in '79 to the end of the HIStory tour in '97, that's his prime, he was not only the biggest figure in music but the most consistently great. And his peak dominance of the 80s is unmatched...
Like someone else said, he honestly was a legend off his Jackson 5 run, but his subsequent solo career is so iconic it feels like calling anybody else a GOAT is a slap in the face of Mike...
You could stretch it out to say his peak was the entire 80s, as there was no real drop off, he started the decade on a high celebrating Off The Wall and ended it still touring for Bad...
I'd actually stretch his prime out a a little further to include HIStory, which is one of his three greatest records. The HIStory tour was a 13-month event from 96 to 97, and was the biggest solo tour of the 90s, but nikkas on here swear he was washed in the 90s lmao. Whether you base it on popularity or quality, Mike was still on top of his game in the 90s...
So he had an almost 20-year prime, which is unprecedented in music. Starting with Off The Wall in '79 to the end of the HIStory tour in '97, that's his prime, he was not only the biggest figure in music but the most consistently great. And his peak dominance of the 80s is unmatched...
Like someone else said, he honestly was a legend off his Jackson 5 run, but his subsequent solo career is so iconic it feels like calling anybody else a GOAT is a slap in the face of Mike...
murksiderock
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Peak was probably 82 - 91.
According to this video he was in the top 3 of sales between 1979 and 1998.
Exactly, 79-98 is the best answer. This dude really had an 18-19 year prime, and probably a decade-long peak. Plenty of other people have had respectably long runs, but Mike set the bar so high I honestly don't know who can reach it....
Dudes biggest knock on his artistry is Dangerous, which for sure, by Mike standards, wasn't all that. Everything else he dropped was fukking spectacular in that window, his performances are completely iconic with no doubts at all, he basically popularized the music video with some of the coldest videos ever, there was nothing he couldn't do. He could sing, his videos proved he could act, choreographed, wrote a lot of his own music and wrote for others, he could really sing, his music was emotional and dexterous, etc...
There was literally nothing he couldn't do. When people say someone was a total package, they talking about Mike...
MJ was a joke mid 90s to the end of his life
MJ was a joke mid 90s to the end of his life
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I don't even know anymore...
I view Prime and Peak as two different things. Peak is his apex (highest point). That’s ‘Thriller’ (for me). Prime is the time period he was at his best. That’s probably ‘Off the Wall’ to ‘Dangerous’.
There’s little to no drop off during that point, though I wouldn’t be mad at someone saying his prime ended circa ‘Bad’. I don’t put ‘Dangerous’ on the level of the previous 3, but it’s still very good. And he WAS Michael Jackson, so he gets the benefit of the doubt. Musically, anyways.
There’s little to no drop off during that point, though I wouldn’t be mad at someone saying his prime ended circa ‘Bad’. I don’t put ‘Dangerous’ on the level of the previous 3, but it’s still very good. And he WAS Michael Jackson, so he gets the benefit of the doubt. Musically, anyways.
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Wrong, but there is no set definition that everybody agrees on so it's all good...
Your prime is how long your music was elite. Your peak is the absolute top of your stardom and height of your artistic dominance. Seeing as he dominated the entire 80s, that was his peak...
Horrible take...