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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^I think anyone can make a comeback with the right push, but no way is Mike ever going to be as big as he was in the early to mid 80s. If you think you're going to see anotheer double diamond album then you better forget about right now because it cannot happen.
Quote from: Shallow on February 24, 2006, 05:51:53 AM^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^I think anyone can make a comeback with the right push, but no way is Mike ever going to be as big as he was in the early to mid 80s. If you think you're going to see anotheer double diamond album then you better forget about right now because it cannot happen. He could be big but not thriller big, too many people downloading albums.
Quote from: KURUPTION-81 on February 24, 2006, 11:28:09 AMQuote from: Shallow on February 24, 2006, 05:51:53 AM^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^I think anyone can make a comeback with the right push, but no way is Mike ever going to be as big as he was in the early to mid 80s. If you think you're going to see anotheer double diamond album then you better forget about right now because it cannot happen. He could be big but not thriller big, too many people downloading albums.You also have to take into account that when Thriller was realeased during the transition between LPs to audio cassettes and later to CDs. So I'm willing to bet that although 20 million copies of the album were sold in the US between '82 and '85 there was nowhere near 20 million people buying the album. My guess that many bought the LP, then bought the casette for the walkman, and some bought the CD to hear how it sounds. Add all that to the boom of Reaganomics and you have super high sales. It wasn't just Thriller. Between '80 and '85 I can name several diamond albums (or albums that went diamond in the coming years); Born in the USA, Purple Rain, Back in Black, Pyromania, Like A Virgin, No Jacket Required to name a few, and a whole lot more that broke 5 platinum. And just as many between '85 and '90. It was because of the repeat sales and the economy. I'll bet if the LP was the standard until the late 90s and then the tape came in and the CD that the MMLP would have went double diamond, and a whole bunch more albums would have sold a lot more than they did, and all those booming 80s albums would have sold maybe half of what they did.
Quote from: Shallow on February 24, 2006, 06:01:43 PMQuote from: KURUPTION-81 on February 24, 2006, 11:28:09 AMQuote from: Shallow on February 24, 2006, 05:51:53 AM^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^I think anyone can make a comeback with the right push, but no way is Mike ever going to be as big as he was in the early to mid 80s. If you think you're going to see anotheer double diamond album then you better forget about right now because it cannot happen. He could be big but not thriller big, too many people downloading albums.You also have to take into account that when Thriller was realeased during the transition between LPs to audio cassettes and later to CDs. So I'm willing to bet that although 20 million copies of the album were sold in the US between '82 and '85 there was nowhere near 20 million people buying the album. My guess that many bought the LP, then bought the casette for the walkman, and some bought the CD to hear how it sounds. Add all that to the boom of Reaganomics and you have super high sales. It wasn't just Thriller. Between '80 and '85 I can name several diamond albums (or albums that went diamond in the coming years); Born in the USA, Purple Rain, Back in Black, Pyromania, Like A Virgin, No Jacket Required to name a few, and a whole lot more that broke 5 platinum. And just as many between '85 and '90. It was because of the repeat sales and the economy. I'll bet if the LP was the standard until the late 90s and then the tape came in and the CD that the MMLP would have went double diamond, and a whole bunch more albums would have sold a lot more than they did, and all those booming 80s albums would have sold maybe half of what they did.That might be a part of it, but I still wouldn't say that's the reason that he was such a phenomenon in the 80s. Everything, including what you said, helped to make him a star. He was already known for having classic songs before Thriller, whether it was solo or with Jackson Five, and he has always been a top 3 entertainer in the world. Along with that, music videos were gettin big at that time, and he dropped what is STILL the biggest, best, most seen and most remembered video in music history. So that there helped him to do amazing sales around the world and in the US.