Michael Jackson's Impact on Music: Clive Davis, Tommy Mottola & Berry Gordy Comment

(6/26-27/09) Music industry heavyweights Clive Davis, Tommy Mottola & Berry Gordy comment on Michael Jackson's influence on the music world and his lasting legacy.

Video: NBC's "The Today Show"

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[San47di]

Tommy Mottola is one of the biggest CROOKS that ever grace Sony Music!! Michael warned everbody about him, so who gives a crap what he says or thinks about Michael!! He tried to destroy him!!

[janet060948]

There will never ever be another Michael Jackson and people should stop comparing him to other musical artists. He was in a class all by himself and he excelled at everything that he ever did in life, and then some. He was the King of

Music, Dance, Creativity and Hearts. For me, he shall reign King forever.

[MJMusicRox]

wait... I thought Tommy Mottola didn't like Michael Jackson...

[emely741]

Maybe this is the very controversy about Michael that is being spoken about so much?

[emely741]

Berry Gordy is telling about Michael here: "His behavior was odd for all of us...he was a genius of promoting himself".I have heard about this (about promoting himself through his extraordinary behavior) a few times not only from Berry but from other people as well. If it is so then why Michael appealed to the press to live him alone and the fans not to believe what they are told about him. I want to believe Michael but Berry is a good man and I believe him also.

[dafuture93]

then, as they do now. So when music experts want to tell you that they sold over a billion albums, they are WRONG! they are just guessing and estimating astronomical figures so that no one can "top" them in terms of sales. Well i got news 4 ya, MJ has outsold them a LONG time ago, but they dont want 2 see a black man on top! This is a race issue almost everything about MJ is, because he was so groundbreaking.

[dafuture93]

let me state the facts: People like 2 say that ELvis and The Beatles outsold MJ. Both Elvis and The Beatles have been claimed 2 sell over 1 billion albums worldwide, while MJ is close 2 800 million. This is completely bogus and wrong! MJ has outsold The Beatles and Elvis! The 1 billion+ albums sold that they like to give to The Beatles and Elvis is totally wrong. Back in the 50's and early 60's, people did not keep up with album sales. Plus people weren't buying music at great quantities back

[MrJacksonvill]

You know instead of having the title the death of Michael Jackson..they should entitle it The True Discovery of Michael Jackson,because after the world found out he would no longer be with us..everybody truly remembered why he was considered so great..it was about his Artistry. Miss You MJ!!

[fantastic77777]

FUCK Mattttttttttola

[bigvinamac]

@Ketren2 oh me too. i don't try to argue because it's a waste and it's pointless. we all know michael surpass them and it seems they can't handle the truth so let them live in denial.

[bigvinamac]

@Ketren2 well tell that to elvis and beatles fans because they have been saying michael didn't beat their record sells which is crazy. michael didn't have many albums yet they sold way more than those two. i will say they both have more number 1's but that was it. like i said they can't give michael credit because they focus more on his past than his creativity.

[bigvinamac]

@Ketren2 by the way michael surpasses elvis when it came to sales so it's crazy that some of the fans say michael didn't when his albums sold way more than elvis combined. hell thriller is still selling yet he didn't beat elvis? come on now and i'm also tired of people bashing his other records when they were just as good as thriller, if not better. bad album was the shit and still is.