King of Pop
And why?
Must be based solely on record sales? He sure didn't make a very good role model, unless stunted emotional development is a good thing. Yea, the guy was prodigously talented as a dancer and entertainer, but why the hero worship? Is the amount of $$$$$ someone makes the sole determining factor here?
I can think of many, many other pop stars who not only made great music but were far, far better role models and much more deserving of this kind of hero-worship. And very few of them are ever mentioned.
And anyway, wasn't Elvis Presley "The King?"