{"id":1965987,"date":"2025-08-18T00:49:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T00:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1965987"},"modified":"2025-08-18T00:49:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T00:49:23","slug":"who-was-bigger-elvis-or-michael-jackson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/who-was-bigger-elvis-or-michael-jackson\/","title":{"rendered":"Who was bigger, Elvis or Michael Jackson?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"85657623007\" title=\"Elvis Week: Go inside the Club Elvis Dance Party at Graceland | Video\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/08\/14\/PMCA\/85658522007-dsc-01642.jpg?crop=2047,1152,x0,y108\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Elvis Week: Go inside the Club Elvis Dance Party at Graceland | Video<\/p>\n<p>Fans from all over the world gathered at the Club Elvis Dance Party on Aug. 13, 2025, to dance and sing in celebration of the life of Elvis Presley.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p>Who was bigger, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/story\/entertainment\/2025\/08\/13\/elvis-presley-quotes-through-the-years\/85422435007\/\">Elvis Presley<\/a> or Michael Jackson? In the battle between the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2024\/07\/12\/elvis-presley-king-of-rock-and-roll\/74274137007\/\">King of Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Roll<\/a> and the King of Pop, there is no clearcut answer to the question.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>Looking at the sales numbers \u2014 and those are not entirely reliable \u2014 it has been widely reported that both Elvis and Jackson have sold in excess of 1 billion albums worldwide. (Though some have suggested that Jackson\u2019s sales are actually closer to 750 million). \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Looking at their U.S. chart performance, Jackson scored an impressive 36 Top 40 hits during his career. However, Elvis had 114 Top 40 hits during his career, the most of any artist.<\/p>\n<p><media-gallery-promo asset-id=\"83061408007\" class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">ELVIS PRESLEY IN HIS OWN WORDS: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/story\/entertainment\/2025\/08\/13\/elvis-presley-quotes-through-the-years\/85422435007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The King on music, movies, Memphis and more<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Beyond their recording work, Presley <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/story\/entertainment\/2025\/08\/14\/elvis-movies-co-stars-marlyn-mason\/85530294007\/\">starred in more than 30 hit movies<\/a> that earned millions at the box office, certainly topping Jackson, who did appear in successful pictures like \u201cThe Wiz,\u201d but did not have a sustained career in film.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/><partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>In terms of performing, while Elvis was one of the most successful touring artists, he never played outside North America, while Jackson staged many massive international tours.<\/p>\n<p>The competition between Presley and Jackson becomes harder to judge when it comes to influence and impact, as both had periods where they were the dominant figures in music and culture.<\/p>\n<p><cta-atoms-container-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/cta\" class=\"spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Regardless, both Presley and Jackson were, and remain, two of the biggest artists of all time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">&#8216;AT HOME WITH ELVIS PRESLEY&#8217;: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/story\/entertainment\/2025\/08\/12\/elvis-presley-at-graceland-photos-memphis-tennessee\/85342518007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The King shared glimpse into his life and Graceland in 1965<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><media-gallery-promo asset-id=\"85479264007\" class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-large\"\/><lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2025-08-17 10:01:12 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2025-08-17 10:01:12 +0000 UTC\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.commercialappeal.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elvis Week: Go inside the Club Elvis Dance Party at Graceland | Video Fans from all over the world gathered at the Club Elvis Dance Party on Aug. 13, 2025, to dance and sing in celebration of the life of Elvis Presley. 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