For a long time people have asked a question and today my friends, after the bitter wars and hard fought battles, I have come to answer that question. MJ vs. Prince….Who wins?

My friends I have come to tell you…Prince is the winner.

I’m not even getting into who may or may not have touched little boys. Considering I am a fan of both that discussion kills a part of my childhood as well.

If it pleases the court I will now present conclusive evidence that the winner of the eternal debate, who is better Prince or MJ, is Prince.

Total Albums: Prince 22 (2 live), MJ 9.5 (HIStory is half a greatest hits and half new and since I didn’t include Princes Hits albums I can’t give MJ a whole 10) Winner: Prince

Number of Good Albums: (Universally accepted)Prince -6 , MJ -4 (Total Possible) Prince 9 - MJ - 5
MJ’s first two are mostly cover songs. I’m not sure how many of us can say they own any Prince albums after The Gold Experience (though Rave Unto the Joy Fantastic has good remakes - still remakes.) Winner: Prince

Number of Movies: Prince 5, MJ 5 - Tie

Number of Movies anyone wants to see: Prince 1, MJ 1 (I mean Captain EO? Thriller - it was dope but that’s not really a movie. I think we’ve all seen Moonwalker…but c’mon. I know some folks who like a Prince movie other than Purple Rain…but that’s the “accepted film.)
Since Purple Rain was actually his movie and MJ was just in The Wiz…. Winner: Prince

Songs written for other people: I couldn’t find any for MJ…I’m including 10 of Princes because a few of these I didn’t know about - Prince has written and produced hits for: MC Hammer [(Pray) included because of heavy sample of When Doves Cry], The Bangles(Manic Monday), Sinead O’Connor(Nothing Compares 2 U), Stevie Nicks (Stand Back), Sheila E. (Love Bizarre - which is great to dance to), Patti LaBelle (Yo Mister), The Time (Jungle Love), Chaka Khan (I Feel for You), Sheena Easton (Sugar Walls), Martika (Love…Thy Will Be Done -
probably the worst performing of all these it did reach #5 in the UK). In the case of Nothing Compares 2 U he not only wrote a hit but he came back and performed it waaaaaay better. Winner: Prince

People/Groups made Famous by the artist: Prince: 4.5 (They may have known O’Connor in the UK, but his song introduced us to her thus the .5), MJ: 0 (Unless you count Bubbles)

Business wise: Winner is Prince…he still has his money.

Prince knows his strengths. Prince is a strength. HITS FOR HIMSELF AND OTHERS. MJ has hits…but he has written and produced how many on his own? Prince is the sole source of his hits. Hell…the first band he was with had good songs and Prince refuses to even acknowledge them. Let’s take it a step further, Prince has lied and given credit to other people for writing things so he could have other creative outlets ( The Time,The Family). The importance of this is that you have to look to the Quincy years for MJ for the biggest hits and most solid albums with Prince every time you get: “Produced, Arranged, Composed and Performed by Prince.”

Did I mention this stat: Oscars: Prince 1, MJ 0

Prince was also inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of fame the first year he was eligible…3 years before the Jackson 5 and 7 before MJ as a solo artist.

Everyone who’s been around as long as those two have dated sounded songs. The difference is between the
two of them Prince still has more of an established sound than MJ. The question of influence is quite serious. Elvis is influential, the Beatles are influential, Jimi Hendrix is influential (more than MJ, Prince and most examples we could name)….but in the question of MJ vs. Prince only one of them has introduced other people. As a matter of fact MJ had to get collaborators for his last album (Eve anyone?) to help bring him back to the fore…and I haven’t even seen a copy of it in the possesion of anyone I know. Both of them had problems with their label…Prince gained popularity from his…MJ basically just lost money (Which is why the last album didn’t do as well as it could have).

The Rolling Stone list of Immortal Rock Legends puts Prince at 28 and MJ at 35. Also, Prince will whop your ass on the basketball court (in heels!) and then make you pancakes!!!! I don’t think MJ can even shoot a ball.