Justin Bieber.

Okay so WIll.I.Am just recently made some kind of statement about Justin Bieber being the next Michael Jackson or Prince, I do understand that Will.I.Am wants to promote his work/production on the new upcoming Justin Bieber album, but to go so far as to compare this guy to people who changed the music industry is going to far. I personally get sick when people compare themselves or someone else compares them to artist such as Michael Jackson, it's time for these people to work first and prove themselves rather than be talking all the time. But for the sake of being bored, I will compare these artists, to see what Will.I.Am is talking about.

Justin Drew Bieber age 17.
Michael Joe Jackson dead at age 50.
Prince Rogers Nelson age 53.

So Justin Bieber apparently is a Singer-songwriter, musician,actor, guitar, piano, percussion, trumpetist and so therefore is very talented in that sense (?!) Well not really, just because one can play 30 instruments doesnt equal one being a musical talent or even skilled, it just means that you can play some chords on the instrument.

Michael Jackson was a Singer-songwriter, record producer, composer, musician, dancer, choreographer, actor, businessman, philanthropist. Also a Vocallist and played piano, keyboard, guitar, drums, beatbox, congos, percussion. We don't really need to say more about this man, obviously he was a musical genious starting at the age of 5 and being part of one of the most succesful groups in american history.

Prince is a Musician, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, composer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, actor. As well as being a Vocalist, playing the guitar, bass guitar, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, clavinet, drums, percussion, saxophone, harmonica, Linn Drum. He did his first song at the age of 7 and got signed when he was 17.

By the age of 17, Michael Jackson had been in the music industry for over a decade doing his first single at the age of 7-8 yrs old as well as performing from the age of 5 with the Jackson 5 and had several hit songs on the billboard list. ENOUGH ALREADY, there is no comparison with Justin and Michael.

By the age of 17, Prince had co-produced/played music with the band 94 east and needless to say, he composed and played all the instruments on his debut album "For You". Prince is one of the most talented artist in the industry, and there is no likeness with Justin and Prince.

To this date Justin Bieber has done 2 studio albums (not including the remix albums or compilation albums)

Michael Jackson did 12 solo albums (not including The Jackson 5 albums, The Jacksons albums, or remix/compilation/post-death albums.)

Prince has done 35 solo albums(not including unrealeased or compilation albums.)

As far as record sales, Michael "the king of pop" Jackson, has sold between, 750- 350 million and is the 3rd most selling artist of all time only after Elvis Presly and The Beatles. He also has the most selling album Thriller of all time and is part of one of the most sold african-american groups The Jackson 5.

Prince may not have sold as much as Michael, but has sold over 100 million records, and is also known for changing the music industry in the 80's as well as making other artists famous such as Chaka Khan(covered a Prince song that made her very famous) Sinnead O connor, and The Bangles and their world-hit "Maniac Monday" to name some. He was also the first artist to have the nr one album, single, and film in the U.S ever.

Justin Bieber hasnt achieved more than being the most famous person on social-networking sites such as Twitter, Youtube,Facebook and so on. He might have been the the youngest solo male act to make it to the top chart since Stevie Wonder in 1963 but that's not enough. Being an artist is more than being a "pretty face" and "cool swag", it's about the talent and at the end of the day, he may have some kind of talent, but he will NEVER be on the same level as Michael Jackson or Prince. It's a joke that Will.I.Am even compares them.

I was trying to be fair Biebers, but untill Justin does his Billie Jean or Purple Rain, you can't compete with these two great legends.

/Miss X