Well, I am a HUGE disco fan, and if anyone kept the disco beat alive throughout the 80's, it was the great Michael Jackson!
No matter what country you go to these days, everyone knows who he is! And that makes sense, because he was a virtuoso and an insanely good dancer, and his music has made him the most well-known pop icon in history!
Queen of pop music
Now THAT surprises me! I never thought her songs were anything special, and I'm quite surprised anyone did at the time!
If she looked like Susan Boyle, she would have gotten nowhere in the musical world.
I imagine she was only famous because of MTV. If nobody had seen her, she would not have been quite so successful!
So anyway, I voted for Michael.