>I mean she's in the convo with like 8-10 other artists right
>now ... it's crazy talk no matter which way you cut it.

...when MJ was outselling his contemporaries, would you say he was also "dominating" them (whatever you mean by the term, i assume more than just commercially)? i think that word might be a bit too strong of a statement considering who were huge pop stars in the early and mid '80s, even if MJ was at the top of the pile. i do defer to you though as i was too young at the time to have any sense of this sort of thing.