1997 - The Best of Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5 1998 - We Be Ballin (Ice Cube, Shaquille O'Neal & Michael Jackson) 2000 - 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection The Best of Michael Jackson 2001 - Bad (Special Edition) 2001 - Cry 2001 - Dangerous (Special Edition) 2001 - Greatest Hits (HIStory Vol 1) 2001 - Invincible.
If it takes a living legend to know one, then Dionne Warwick must be one of our greatest experts on what makes an icon. And as the 78-year-old singer sees it, none of today’s biggest superstars – not Adele, not Taylor Swift, not even Beyoncé – would yet qualify for the I-word.
“I love her to death and can appreciate her talent,” she says of Bey the new issue of Essence magazine. “But that iconic status? It’s a long road.”
Warwick’s words offer a clue as to where she might stand on a debate recently waged on the Joe Budden Podcast: Has Beyoncé surpassed Michael Jackson to become the most important black artist of our time?
Queen Bey certainly would qualify as a legitimate successor to the King of Pop. Like Jackson, she’s sold millions of records, racked up an impressive string of hits, and amassed a sizable fan base and fortune. Jackson’s 2009 death left a hole in the hall of hallowed black music stars that Beyoncé was primed to fill.