The King and Princess of Pop: shared traits of two performers

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Michael was the first black American sexual icon. He appealed to a vast audience, breaking racial tabboos even in his home country, where as a child he wasn't allowed as a guest in the hotels he performed in Vegas.

Britney rose to fill a void at a time when there were no other important single teen female singers. She was actually offered to participate in a group called Innosense, but her family decided to push for her soloist career, even though at the time they had recently declared bankruptcy. Less than two years later she became the most recognized pop star in the planet.