Is Justin Timberlake Career as Good as Mariah Carey

[Deleted]

Well? Musically, album wise, legacy how do these two acts compare.

Duca?

[trustypepper]

Only about 12 number ones to go JT!

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

What?

[think pink.]

Mariah didn't need to date Britney Spears for a career.

[Crimsonio]

Feb 19, 2018 23:44:54 GMT -5 think pink. said:

Mariah didn't need to date Britney Spears for a career.

Mariah didn't need to date use a breakup with Britney Spears for a career.

[JOJO SIWA DERANGEMENT SYNDROME]

No. Justin has been successful, particularly as a solo artist from 2002 until 2008 with some hits here and there after that, but he doesn't have the career longevity, critical acclaim, and cultural impact that Mariah has.

[Deleted]

Mc is my mother

JT is a bane of my existence due to his damage to my other mother Janet Jackson

JT would be an absolute nothing without Britney or Janet, we all know it

[Janhova's Witness]

lmfao justin timberlake is on par with usher and jennifer lopez

hes not even beyoncé or george michael

[Sherane Lamar]

Justin Timberlake's career is not on par with Usher's or Mariah's.

Justin Timberlake is not a Top 10 career of all time.

[Sherane Lamar]

Usher rated by Billboard as 13th biggest artist ever, and that's with their heavy weighting against post 90's artists.

Listed as 2nd biggest artist primarily associated with 21st century, behind Rihanna.

Please no Usher disrespect.

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

Personally, I only like 2-3 songs by Mariah, including AIWFCIY..but these two are not comparable.

[Choco]

Also Usher gets dragged a bit because he's flopping his way into oblivion lately, even harder than Mariah. And most of his points probably come from Confessions. Remove that and he goes down every list hard. Remove The Emancipation of Mimi (or any other of her albums) and Mariah is still huge.

[leonagwen]

This thread is laughable.Mariah's career is way better.

[jenglisbe]

Is this a real debate happening somewhere? Lol!

Someone could certainly personally prefer Justin's music to Mariah's music, but in terms of their career accomplishments (hit singles, successful albums, influence on music) Justin doesn't even come close.

[#LisaRinna]

NOT Luca!

[Linnethia Monique]

Feb 20, 2018 8:20:50 GMT -5 Choco said:

Also Usher gets dragged a bit because he's flopping his way into oblivion lately, even harder than Mariah. And most of his points probably come from Confessions. Remove that and he goes down every list hard. Remove The Emancipation of Mimi (or any other of her albums) and Mariah is still huge.

Usher has also been doing this since 1994. We also need to stop discrediting him as if My Way and 8701 didn't happen before Confessions and those were massive albums as well with several #1s and Top 3 hits with a combined 10+ million copies sold in the US alone. As much as I still like Justin, he has not and probably will never reach the zenith that Usher has as a solo artist.

[Ling-Ling]

On paper? Hell no. Mariah has outsold him and outperformed him in every conceivable metric. Radio, sales, charts, etc.

The only way he compares to Mariah is in the power of his name. I think a lot of people view him as the premier male singer of his generation. Mariah was one of the premier singers of hers. I think it's totally undeserved on his part, but I think that's the only way he comes close to matching her.

[allow that]

Feb 20, 2018 1:19:17 GMT -5 Janhova's Witness said:

lmfao justin timberlake is on par with usher and jennifer lopez

hes not even beyoncé or george michael

Let's not forget that Usher has had more hits and sold more albums though!

[Deleted]

Lol Usher >>>>>>> Jlo & JT

Even if he flopped into oblivion as of recent
He is still far more memorable than them

I mean, Yeah is like one of the most widely remembered songs alongside the whole Confessions era

[Choco]

And Timberlake's sloooooooooow release pattern doesn't help his case either. He's 16 years into his solo career, and only on album #5. Mariah was promoting her tenth album at the same point in her career. Usher was on album #6 with way more hits. (I love JLo but she's nowhere near any of them).

I'd put Timberlake well below Rihanna and Britney as well.

[Deleted]

JT is below Britney ever since she began
HE WILL NEVER HAVE A MOMENT MORE ICONIC THAN THIS



And then Riri is like current queen of the music industry, for good reason too 

[Linnethia Monique]

Also how did Jennifer Lopez get grouped into this?! Lets be very honest with ourselves, she had 3 good albums in her and faltered...FAST. Yeah she had a WW hit in On The Floor, but the album and subsequent singles went nowhere. Her music career and legacy has lasted this long only because they're contingent on her being a damn good entertainer. When you play the numbers game she drops like an anchor.

[Janhova's Witness]

Not Justin getting punched down even further thanks to my comparison. 😂

I was grouping acting, performing and overall celebrity into the equation which is the only way Justin (and JLo) make it into the conversation. Of course, without that, they are miles behind the likes of Rihanna, Beyonce, etc.

[Linnethia Monique]

For the 3 stragglers I'm going to need you to come in and voice your opinion on why you think his career is as good as Mariah's. Express yourself and voice your reason, because hiding isn't going to do you any good if I catch a whiff of a comparison between the two in any another thread.

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

Feb 20, 2018 16:27:38 GMT -5 Linnethia Monique said:

For the 3 stragglers I'm going to need you to come in and voice your opinion on why you think his career is as good as Mariah's. Express yourself and voice your reason, because hiding isn't going to do you any good if I catch a whiff of a comparison between the two in any another thread.

I found them for you.

[Deleted]

I won't even address their careers up to this point because it's not a debate as far as I'm concerned, but I think history will be especially unkind to Justin (he'll be seen as a cornball entertainer and cultural appropriator of the Millennial generation, while Mariah has basically already solidified her legacy with the next generation even if she's primarily known for one classic song among them).

[Bwol]

What lol

[Caution]

Feb 19, 2018 23:44:54 GMT -5 think pink. said:

Mariah Justin didn't need to date Britney Spears Tommy Mottola for a career.

[boysilver400]

lol

[Juanca]

I thought there was going to be some further jokes in this thread like what’s this question even?
Of course NOT
No disrespect to Justin, which has been quite successful on his own right (including being the most notable member of one of the most successful boy bands ever, which should count a bit). However he’s in a second tier of successful acts. He’s been quite consistent and released multiple successful hits, including features that allowed several acts to have one last breathe of success (eg Madonna, Ciara, Michael Jackson). And I think, regardless of opinions about him as a person, he’s cemented a good place in pop music history. But still he’s not at all at Mariah’s level. Mariah is one of the best bests ever. A legend on her own. No place for Justin in that level of greatness.