Elvis to lose the # 1 spot forever...

[Hominuk]

I don't know about y'all, but in the past 20 years NO ONE I KNOW has ever put on a MJ cd at parties, gatherings, etc., but Elvis is ALWAYS played at some point....

[Unchained Melody]

I don't know about y'all, but in the past 20 years NO ONE I KNOW has ever put on a MJ cd at parties, gatherings, etc., but Elvis is ALWAYS played at some point....

I'm sorry but atleast where I am from you are way more likely to hear MJ played at a party then Elvis..thats sad, but true. Not sad that MJ is being played but because young people would tolerate MJ more than Elvis.
Michael was more modern to young people today, even though most will just remember all the crazy events that occured in his last years!

[STUD]

It's funny, cuz on June 24 (day before MJ died), you may have been laughed at for buying a MJ cd, what with his weirdness and all. His career was practically over and the music world had long since passed him by. Radio stations rarely played his music anymore, at least where I live. Now he dies and everyone's his biggest fan.

I guess the same thing happened with Elvis in '77. The music world had passed him by. Then he died and was the most popular star in the world - again.

[Getlo]

IF this happens, then the blame (if that's the word) must rest equally between BMG and EPE. Admittedly, there's not a huge amount left in the vaults, save for those interminable and ever-more-boring soudnboard releases. But still, more promotion and better product is needed.

MJ's death has seen a spike in the interest in Elvis as well. The Elvis Australia website is reporting a 300% spike in hits since MJ died.

And besides, the biggest-selling artist of all time ... may not have even been born yet.

[Nicole Presley]

Picked up from a conversation on BBC 1 television
earlier today... Before the end of this year, MJ will
have taken over the all time bestselling artist spot
from Elvis, with The Beatles still at # 2. Their
upcoming mono / stereo sets are exspected to sell
many millions of copies. And with no big sales for
Elvis product ( it's gettin' less and less....) he
will drop to 3rd place. End of an era. He held the
# 1 spot for a long, long time.... But all good things
come to an end. Worse things happen in life.

Source - TALLHAIR2from FECC!

Why don´t we just all run to the stores and buy all Elvis CDs we can get, even if we already have one so we have it twice, just to prove that Elvis is the best singer of all time and no one else!!!
I will do that as soon as I get some money. I will buy all Elvis CDs I can find. Even if I already have the songs on the CD. Do you think that will help?
I don´t anyone to think anyone else would be better than Elvis.
If there a way that we can still help Elvis to be the one with the best sold albums? We can´t let this all happen. We have to help Elvis. Or in a few years no one will want to know about Elvis anymore. I don´t want that to happen!!! So who else will help? I will even buy the CDs I already have 3 times again. I won´t let this happen.

[Albert]

Picked up from a conversation on BBC 1 television
earlier today... Before the end of this year, MJ will
have taken over the all time bestselling artist spot
from Elvis, with The Beatles still at # 2. Their
upcoming mono / stereo sets are exspected to sell
many millions of copies. And with no big sales for
Elvis product ( it's gettin' less and less....) he
will drop to 3rd place. End of an era. He held the
# 1 spot for a long, long time.... But all good things
come to an end. Worse things happen in life.

Source - TALLHAIR2from FECC!

I was already thinking about that happening. It's a **** shame!

But all thanks, but no thanks go to the *****s at RCA/BMG/Sony who always, ALWAYS want to play save and cater the non-Elvisfans with only those risk-free compilations. Always with those same pictures used on the front.

If they want to sell more than they do know, they have to understand that that's only possible with a new approach: use the post 1968 Elvis. That era is closest to modern popmusic.

Use extremely popular music games like Guitar Hero and RockBand to give the non-Elvisfans funky, 'unknown' Elvis songs to play along.

The last big hits ELvis had were remixes of little known songs. No, JXL and that other DJ didn't want to use songs like Hound Dog or Jailhouse Rock to remix (that would be the lame RCA/BMG way to do it). THey rather use those gems. And they were right: it exposed a different Elvis to the crowd. One that we, the fans, already knew about of course.

[TotallyInsane]

I'm sorry but atleast where I am from you are way more likely to hear MJ played at a party then Elvis..thats sad, but true. Not sad that MJ is being played but because young people would tolerate MJ more than Elvis.
Michael was more modern to young people today, even though most will just remember all the crazy events that occured in his last years!

I think you young people are about to see how we Elvis fans have felt for the past 32 years!

[KPM]

I'm sorry but atleast where I am from you are way more likely to hear MJ played at a party then Elvis..thats sad, but true. Not sad that MJ is being played but because young people would tolerate MJ more than Elvis.
Michael was more modern to young people today, even though most will just remember all the crazy events that occured in his last years!

Well I can honestly say thats subjective:
what ages are at your parties
what type parties
what music (live bands, or DJs)
At the few parties I have been to in the last few years I heard Elvis played but NO MJ-I went to a New Years Party a couple years ago and the band played a couple Elvis no MJ.
At a wedding reception for my cousins 22 year old daughters marriage the DJ played Love Me Tender, Can't Help Falling in Love, Jailhouse Rock ,Burning Love and the remix ALLC. no MJ.
I can tell you the young people loved dancing to Burning Love, Jailhouse Rock and ALLC-I would say they were the real fun moments on the dance floor for them by observing. (but they also by that time had imbibed many drinks and that may have helped)

[sasha]

I'm not concerned about this either.
This is something that happens when a death occurs.
It too shall pass.

Because the younger generation still want to go to Graceland, see all things Elvis; ones that were not even born in 1977 nor even saw Elvis, will pass his music and their love of him on to the next generations to come.

I'll just let the media create all their hype and spin. {they need the money}
Give it two years at the most. IMO,Elvis is the one that changed music and everyone knows it.
Plus, he has the better voice and songs.

[epmoodyblue]

I'm not concerned about this either.
This is something that happens when a death occurs.
It too shall pass.

Because the younger generation still want to go to Graceland, see all things Elvis; ones that were not even born in 1977 nor even saw Elvis, will pass his music and their love of him on to the next generations to come.

I'll just let the media create all their hype and spin. {they need the money}
Give it two years at the most. IMO,Elvis is the one that changed music and everyone knows it.
Plus, he has the better voice and songs.

yep

[john carpenter]

couldint care. less elvis will remain forever the greatest performer that ever lived the first.. better than all the rest

Amen Brother..preach on!

[utmom2008]

Elvis Presley will always be greater than Michael Jackson....period. He laid it on the line when it wasn't a popular thing to do and plowed the way for all the greats after him. MJ took a solo career and defined the MTV generation....which is over. Obviously he is/was hugely popular, and because of the greater saturation of electronic visibility his death will probably draw more attention than when Elvis died as there were only the 3 networks to report it. But it will be close, and it really shouldn't be as MJ has all the technological advantages.

Remember, Elvis will always be the one who was first, and is the ONLY person, still to this day, whose first name is know in all four corners of the world.

Outstanding!!

[utmom2008]

Why don´t we just all run to the stores and buy all Elvis CDs we can get, even if we already have one so we have it twice, just to prove that Elvis is the best singer of all time and no one else!!!
I will do that as soon as I get some money. I will buy all Elvis CDs I can find. Even if I already have the songs on the CD. Do you think that will help?
I don´t anyone to think anyone else would be better than Elvis.
If there a way that we can still help Elvis to be the one with the best sold albums? We can´t let this all happen. We have to help Elvis. Or in a few years no one will want to know about Elvis anymore. I don´t want that to happen!!! So who else will help? I will even buy the CDs I already have 3 times again. I won´t let this happen.

Obviously you have more money to spend than some of the rest of us! I'm not going to lose any sleep over this, numbers can always be juggled. I know how I feel about Elvis and that's what's important to me at the end of the day.

[utmom2008]

I don't know about y'all, but in the past 20 years NO ONE I KNOW has ever put on a MJ cd at parties, gatherings, etc., but Elvis is ALWAYS played at some point....

I have to disagree with this. About once a year our Country Club has a big party with a professional DJ. For the first hour or so he plays "easy listening" type music, but there comes a time where he dims the lights and starts with "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough". The dance floor fills up quickly.

[elvislady]

I don't know about y'all, but in the past 20 years NO ONE I KNOW has ever put on a MJ cd at parties, gatherings, etc., but Elvis is ALWAYS played at some point....

I dont know what parties you attend... tupperware maybe..
elvislady

[Brian]

I've got to disagree with all the people that are saying record sales don't matter they do.

think about it if Elvis wasn't as popular or didn't have as many hits and the record sales that he has the public perception of him would be very different.

Elvis had 112 #1 hits worldwide and many more top 10 and top 20 hits
114 top forty hits in the U.S.

If he didn't have as many hit songs and albums things would be different

Say Elvis only had 12 hits or so like the other rock n' roll pioneers
He'd be remembered just for being a rock n' roll pioneer like Little Richard or Chuck Berry and not for being this hugely popular icon of popular music.
The man with far more hit records than anyone in history he wouldn't be anymore.

If Michael Jackson had never come out with Thriller or if it had been less successful he'd be remembered like Donny Osmond.
It would be like ex child star of the Jackson 5 has died at 50.

After all what is Michael Jackson without Thriller on his resume.

Singers and bands are always bragging about how many records they've sold it's like a measurement of greatness to them.

In the music business the most important things are how many records have you sold, How many hits do you have and How much money your tour made last year.

Say what you will about Michael Jackson but he and his people understood the importance of record sales.
Because these figures will go down in the history books.

[utmom2008]

I dont know what parties you attend... tupperware maybe..
elvislady

[KPM]

I've got to disagree with all the people that are saying record sales don't matter they do.

think about it if Elvis wasn't as popular or didn't have as many hits and the record sales that he has the public perception of him would be very different.

Elvis had 112 #1 hits worldwide and many more top 10 and top 20 hits
114 top forty hits in the U.S.

If he didn't have as many hit songs and albums things would be different

Say Elvis only had 12 hits or so like the other rock n' roll pioneers
He'd be remembered just for being a rock n' roll pioneer like Little Richard or Chuck Berry and not for being this hugely popular icon of popular music.
The man with far more hit records than anyone in history he wouldn't be anymore.

If Michael Jackson had never come out with Thriller or if it had been less successful he'd be remembered like Donny Osmond.
It would be like ex child star of the Jackson 5 has died at 50.

After all what is Michael Jackson without Thriller on his resume.

Singers and bands are always bragging about how many records they've sold it's like a measurement of greatness to them.

In the music business the most important things are how many records have you sold, How many hits do you have and How much money your tour made last year.

Say what you will about Michael Jackson but he and his people understood the importance of record sales.
Because these figures will go down in the history books.

Boy is that true Jackson and his managent for a few years have claimed "Thriller" has sold 104 million in the world since it came out-they have sited Sony and Guiness as sources.............
bu...t the 2009 Guiness says that Sony and RIAA estimate that world sales for "Thriller" are now at 55 million-and Guiness goes on to say that unsubstantiated claims by Jacksons management say that it has 104 million worldwide. Funny.

[molokai123]

Obviously you have more money to spend than some of the rest of us! I'm not going to lose any sleep over this, numbers can always be juggled. I know how I feel about Elvis and that's what's important to me at the end of the day.

gotta agree with you there

[KPM]

If Elvis is knocked off the top spot in worldwide sales-it will still be debateable.