Rath on 18 October 2009
@d21. Actually the reason why people were still interested is because his life was a ridiculous sideshow.
If you had asked between the year after thriller and just before he died 'who is the most famous person in the world' almost nobody would have said Michael Jackson. His fame has certainly risen after his death.
In reality the man only had one truly transcendent album - Thriller - and the rest varied between very good and average. Thriller itself isn't the greatest album of all time (although it is up there). Other music stars that have had as much fame as MJ are The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and Elvis Presley.
He ranks up there with the great stars, but he isn't the sole star.
