Board Thread:Off-Topic/@comment-29562949-20171205081943/@comment-1465604-20171206162510

Pearl Louise: Melanie Martinez is nowhere near as big as any of those artists. Chris Brown got 1 more song in Just Dance after the assault (got 2 more on the Hip Hop Experience as a song he was a featured on in the main series) and he didn't rape anyone, he just assaulted Rihanna really, really badly and we've yet to come to a point where that is enough to completely sink a big and powerful man's career (and we certainly weren't there in 2013). "Fine China", while not a huge hit, still did moderately well.

I do not know anything about a Dr. Luke playlist. When was this? JD2016? JD2017? Also, they were just allegations at the time and Dr. Luke vehemently denied them all, with Kesha going on to lose a lawsuit on the subject. While I believe Kesha, it's not the same thing as with Melanie Martinez, where Martinez just denies the word "No" being used.

Michael Jackson was never once proven to be a child molester and all cases brought against him were very suspect. I believe Michael Jackson on the subject. Prominent child stars who spent a lot of time with Jackson testified that he never once did anything untoward against them. I think Jackson just had a child's mind and didn't think sleeping in the same bed as children was inappropriate. In his mind, he himself was still a child.

Melanie Martinez, meanwhile, has literally never charted even once on the main Billboard 100 chart except for two performances while she was on The Voice. And, most importantly, she did not deny all accusations thrown at her, only that the word "No" was used.