Madonna, Michael Jackson & Lady Gaga: Talent or Branding?
Madonna, Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson all understood the importance of branding to the success of their product. They know talent isn’t enough. Madonna’s self-titled debut album was released in 1983. Do you remember it? You might better recognize the top songs, Holiday, Lucky Star, Everybody and Burning up, which set the standard for dance-pop and launching Madonna as a ‘disco diva’. Michael Jackson we all knew as the cute little kid of the Jackson 5, but like Madonna the mid-80s is where his brand really began to develop. Both artists took advantage of the emerging MTV channel to really develop […]
