"thriller" overshadowed OTW because it became a phenomenon.
but OTW was the biggest selling black album of all time when it came out.


but you can't sell THAT many copies to just black folks, i don't think.
i imagine that OTW must have had a lot of crossover success, too.

but i don't know many white people who's favorite MJ album is OTW.
meanwhile, most of the black folks that are my parents' age seem to think OTW is better than "thriller." (they are totally correct about this, btw.)


so maybe he was a legend for black folks,
but not the public at large (read as: white folks)?






but even with that being said,
OTW doesn't have any "moments."
there is no "beatles on ed sullivan show" moment for OTW.


"thriller" had that, though, with motown 25.
and i think to be a legend, there has to be something iconic
about what you did. something in the collective memory.

i don't think OTW has a moment like that, even among black folks.
so i don't know if he was a legend as an adult act, yet.
a star, but not a legend.



>Nah...that combo of his J5 days and Off The Wall made him a
>legend...At least to US...
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