January 25, 20241 yr Author NO 1- MICHAEL JACKSON ( 1)- 641 POINTS (Voters: DarrenJames- 19pts, Spiceboy- 29pts, Vibe- 27pts, Cow P-10pts, Rough Edges- 11pts, Y’all Starlight- 15pts, Mango- 30pts, Leonardo- 26pts, xajnipi- 30pts, Mack- 16pts, Jade- 26pts, Ansel- 22pts, Detonate- 14pts, Jord- 29pts, Ready for it- 26pts, Gezza- 24pts, Lukuzz- 28pts, Bjork- 18pts, Roba- 30pts, Gooddelta- 17pts, Nick F1- 15pts, Marcinjaro- 27pts, Smint- 26pts, Riser- 12pts, Garyfeld- 27pts, Lewis GT- 11pts, Chez Wombat- 29pts, Dandy*- 28pts, JulianT-19pts) TOTAL UK TOP 40 HITS: 53 BIGGEST HIT: ONE DAY IN YOUR LIFE (#1, 1981) BILLIE JEAN (#1, 1983) I JUST CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU (#1, 1987) BLACK OR WHITE (#1, 1991) YOU ARE NOT ALONE (#1, 1995) EARTH SONG (#1, 1995) BLOOD ON THE DANCEFLOOR (#1, 1997) 2H6P-MCaCww
January 25, 20241 yr Author And you have your winner! Thanks to all who voted and commentated as always!
January 25, 20241 yr Happy my top pointer won, not that it wasn't unexpected as MJ won before but he's got countless classics and a childhood fave as well and a music icon and the same also goes for Bowie too although I listened to and loved a lot of his stuff in my teenager years more so. Again a thoroughly deserved final 2! Thanks for running this again Gezza. It's been fabulous taking part in, commenting and following this! ^_^
January 25, 20241 yr Can't argue with that! A legend who unqeustionably helped the evolution of modern pop music. David Bowie and George Michael just as deserving of their top three spots and nice to see The Weeknd and Calvin Harris do so well this year! Thanks very much for running Gezza, a great read.
January 25, 20241 yr Brilliant read. Quite the lead with MJ as well in the end! Thanks for this thread! Amazing work. A very worthy winner as well. So the “king” and “queen” of pop actually winning their respective favourite solo act rundowns both times.
January 25, 20241 yr Wow, it wasn't even close in the end! A deserved win for the King of Pop, and happy that my 30 pointer won too :) no matter what he did or didn't get up to in his private life, his talent was undeniable. Thanks as always Gezza, another really enjoyable thread!
January 25, 20241 yr David Bowie :wub: what a visionary. 'Life On Mars?' is one of my all-time favourite songs (with the striking look in the video only adding to its charms) and would honestly put almost-10 minute epic 'Blackstar' right up there with some of his very best material - a remarkable artist right until the end, even facing his own death through music. Aside from the obvious classics (Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane etc.) I have a lot of love for the Low and Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) albums in particular. Oh and he has some brilliant 90s stuff too... in summary, my #1 male! :lol: My brother was a die-hard MJ fan growing up so I heard his albums constantly around the house. Of course, his discography is littered with classics, amazing that the Thriller and Bad albums practically read as Greatest Hits! I feel like his #1s generally aren't the best representation sans 'Billie Jean' which may be my favourite of his actually... perfect pop right there. Thank you for your excellent work as always running this, Gezza! Has been a blast to participate in and follow along with.
January 25, 20241 yr Great news that Bowie came 2nd - I most love his really avant garde stuff like the 'Low' album, 'Blackstar' (the ten minute video is like being transported into another world) but most of his pop songs are fantastic too - 'Changes' (how was that never a hit), 'Sound and Vision', 'Life on Mars', 'Fashion' and 'Modern Love' (actually gutted that a proper video wasn't made for that). Michael Jackson - although I'm just slightly irked by his personal life and choices there is no denying he changed pop music completely forever. I loved his 'Bad' and 'Dangerous' singles the most - 'Will You Be There', 'Who Is It', 'Liberian Girl', 'Another Part of Me', the not quite the biggest hits. Probably my favourite is 'They Don't Care About Us' - a song that is ever more relevant and clearer who 'They' are as the years progress. Edited January 25, 20241 yr by Smint
January 25, 20241 yr Oh and thanks so much for your hard work on this thread Gezza - a fantastic experience which I've enjoyed every day. A few recommendations I need to check out too from the other Bjers. :wub:
January 25, 20241 yr David Bowie in second is a fantastic result - my favourites of his are 'Life On Mars?' and 'Starman', then maybe 'Heroes' but that's just the tip of the iceberg - and Michael Jackson was the obvious winner. Thank you Gezza for running this over the last few months!
January 26, 20241 yr Not surprised MJ won, it is deserved tbf although I put 2 above him Really not a huge Bowie fan, he has some good songs but his voice grates on me !
January 26, 20241 yr I'm pleased I was 1 of 12 that snubbed Jacko. Sorry, not sorry. I wish Bowie or George Michael had won this time.
January 27, 20241 yr MJ is definitely the deserved winner here - I think he's the only one of the top 4 I'd have voted for, obviously I like a lot of the songs I have heard from Bowie/George/Elton and they're all legends but I don't really feel like I have that much of a connection to them as artists, and I guess I don't really with MJ either but he just has so many classics that he overpowers that. (Although he is not well represented at all by his list of UK #1s oops! 'Billie Jean' aside ofc) Thanks for all the efforts with this as ever Gezza - and maybe the next one will finally be the first one I actually bother to vote in, after I broke my cherry of nominating in the latest Rollo poll :lol:
January 27, 20241 yr Full votes in one place now everything is revealed: +30 David Bowie +29 Kendrick Lamar +28 Prince +27 Stevie Wonder +26 Michael Jackson +25 Aphex Twin +24 Dave +23 James Blake +22 George Harrison +21 Mike Oldfield +20 George Michael +19 Frank Ocean +18 Troye Sivan +17 The Weeknd +16 Nat King Cole +15 Robbie Williams +14 Serge Gainsbourg +13 Jean-Michel Jarre +12 Gary Numan +11 Calvin Harris +10 Eminem +09 Fatboy Slim +08 Justin Timberlake +07 Elton John +06 Billy Joel +05 MJ Cole +04 Will Young +03 Ennio Morricone +02 Peter Gabriel +01 Jamie Cullum
January 27, 20241 yr Not even close in the end then! Can't argue with that though, however shady MJ's personal life is, I can't see his music ever becoming consigned to the past. So many era defining classics, listening to Thriller felt like listening to a Greatest Hits, stunning that that was a studio album! I still clearly remember his death and the whole world going into hysteria, one of the most significant in my lifetime and there's not many other musicians that would inspire that in this day and age. Great to see my number 1 finish as high as 2nd, it really struck me how much he reinvented himself and experimented and how much innovation he brought to pop culture, the adrogynous character in Ziggy Stardust definitely felt ahead of it's time representation-wise. His spacey stuff remains my favourite, but there's plenty of highlights from across the decades. Great countdown as always, thanks very much! Looking forward to Groups x
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