BET: Top 25 Dancers Of All-Time
BET aired the Top 25 Dancers Of All-Time on Friday night. Do you agree with the list?
25. Ciara
24. Diddy
23. Big Daddy Kane
22. Rosie Perez
21. Gregory Hines
20. Missy Elliott
19. Tina Turner
18. Aaliyah
17. Cab Calloway
16. Shakira
15. Omarion
14. Bobby Brown
13. Jennifer Lopez
12. Alvin Ailey
11. Usher
10. The Temptations
09. Beyoncé
08. Savion Glover
07. MC Hammer
06. Prince
05. Janet Jackson
04. Chris Brown
03. The Nicholas Brothers
02. Michael Jackson
01. James Brown
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On April 25th 2007, SHAQ wrote:
HOW THE BEYONCE DIDDY AND MISSY ELLIOT GET IN FRONT OF CIARA
On May 20th 2007, mystc wrote:
Those aren’t even dancers. There singers, they got choreographers. Even the the ones that don’t are just very limited in originality. I disagree with every single one on the list, exept the nicholas brothers.
On September 12th 2007, BET SUXS wrote:
Fo Real They have bobby brown, Diddy, Missy… Where is Sammy Davis Jr. The man paved the way for black dancers. And Georgy Hines 21. Get the fuck out of here. Who ever made this list just shit on past. BET is going down the drain
On November 19th 2007, Ricky Wes wrote:
1) Where the hell is Sammy Davis Jr.?
2) How do people like Beyonce, Shakira, and Bobby Brown get ahead of Gregory Hines?
Sigh, BET is such a joke
On December 30th 2007, Peter wrote:
Where’s Fred Astaire?
On February 21st 2008, Ben wrote:
Arthur Miller is where?
Albert Evans?
Rasta Thomas, Danny Tidwell?
And of course, how could they not have Desmond Richardson?
This list is pathetic. It’s along the lines of MTV’s notorious year 2000 countdown of the best songs of the millennium with the number one spot going to the Backstreet Boys. Mozart rolled over in his grave that night just like I’m sure many great dancers are doing now.
On April 4th 2008, troy chalmers wrote:
ciara need to be in the top ten
10. The Temptations- can dance but slow and so easy
09. Beyoncé- off the chain can dance like hell
08. Savion Glover- how iz dis
07. MC Hammer- yeah yeah cause he a old legend
06. Prince-just no he can’;t dance
05. Janet Jackson- yes this girl know she can move need to be in top 5
04. Chris Brown- yes he got massive moves
03. The Nicholas Brothers-uuhhh who
02. Michael Jackson- yes he can dance well
01. James Brown- this fool can’t dance he was to high to be still
On April 5th 2008, WTF wrote:
WTF DIDDY???? OVER CIARA????? CIARA CAN DANCE MUCH BETTER THAN DIDDY! DIDDY CANT EVEN DANCE! JAMES BROWN NUMBER ONE HAHAH MAN I GOT SO MAD WATCHING THIS I FELT LIKE HITTIN THE PERSON WHO PUT THIS LIST TOGETHER
On April 5th 2008, ... wrote:
BET should get off TV its making them look stupid
On May 18th 2008, Dizzydylan wrote:
…… seriously?you really think chris brown is better than alvin alley dylan?
On May 30th 2008, herve wrote:
this cant be possible,how on earth could usher be at that spot?come to think of missy and diddy on that list,where the hell is ginuwine?and how is ciara at that spot?missy is suppose to somewhere in space,or was it a bribe to put diddy on that spot?i think so.
On November 9th 2008, Kay wrote:
Where are THE Legends – Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Sammy Davis & Ann Miller? All of which have inspired the rest with their talent! Also Savion Glover shudn’t be higher than Gregory Hines, Wade Robson shud be on the list & Ciara in the top 5!
On December 21st 2008, chante wrote:
I dont agree wit dis list at all mainly da ciara and beyonce thing 1st of all beyonce cant dance all she does is her uh oh dance and put her head on the ground backwords ciara on the other hand dances and does things other people would actually want to learn to do beyonce dont even need to be on da list and ciara shouldve at least been in the top 10 come on who ever put this list together think use your head for a change
On January 9th 2009, chris wrote:
mj should be at 1.
On January 14th 2009, michael jackson obsessee and wife and more than a number one fan heeeeell yah! wrote:
um, xcuse me mystyc, but michael jackson IS A DANCER too!!!! he is more famous for his moonwalk, almost, than his song thriller!! thank you, chris, i agree he shouild be number 1. he IS, truly! anyone who disagrees needs some serious youtube time!!
On April 14th 2009, Krazeemowth wrote:
THEY WERE RITE UP 2 NUMBER 4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THEN FRUM THERE ITS SCREWD UP TOTALLY
On April 14th 2009, Krazeemowth wrote:
THEY WERE RITE UP TO NUMBER 4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On June 28th 2009, J Vegas wrote:
Really, no Sammy Davis Jr. or Fred Astaire? That is first of all ridiculous and secondly, it’s straight up racist, and im black as the night. At least you put James Brown #1 i agree with that but look at how many moves M. Jackson stole from both SD Jr. and F. Astaire. get a clue morons.
On July 31st 2009, etphotboi wrote:
MJ is number one.. sure he got some of his moves from James Brown, but the things he can do can not be replicated by anyone. Michael was blessed with a God-given natural talent! He should be number one before any of these wack dancers!
On August 2nd 2009, s. wrote:
MJ should def be number 1. no one comes close
On August 3rd 2009, J wrote:
MJ should be no.1
i mean come onnnn !
one word – the moonwalk!
On August 24th 2009, vina wrote:
michael jackson should be #1 he was the king of pop, dude
On August 25th 2009, ami wrote:
i think mj should be no. 1! I’m surprised he was #2. a lot of the people on this list arent even dancers??
On October 17th 2009, Godspower komoda wrote:
The list is okay but mj shud been no 1
On October 18th 2009, Shakthi wrote:
I don’t know about the rest.but Michael Jackson’s gotta be no 1.James Brown is good but not better than MJ.He had the ability to yank your emotional chain wid his dancing.
On October 23rd 2009, max wrote:
mj can’t be at #2. he shud be at #1. James Brown doesn’t even know how to dance……
The list is not xeptable
On October 30th 2009, Joseph Brookes wrote:
Just me or????
This is USA based:
The US has about 50% of the worlds best dancers.
BTW: Where are Fred Estaire (Tap Dancer) and Michael Flatley (Irish Dancer)
The list is utter bollocks.
It all looks like hip hop era dancers.
On November 24th 2009, Daen wrote:
When I saw that MC Hammer made the list on wikipedia, I just really wanted to see who was at #1. I was really hoping for Michael Jackson but this list was disappointing. MICHAEL JACKSON IS NUMBER 1. He’s incredible, amazing, SUPER OUTSTANDING. I wouldn’t publish this list if MJ wasn’t on top!
On December 8th 2009, kegan wrote:
yeah im a big fan of michael but this list was sort of wack fred astaire was not there and michael flatly i would not say this was very accurate and diddy cant dance at all
On January 5th 2010, yea right wrote:
sofia boutella just you tube that name thas all i have to say
On January 31st 2010, ana wrote:
…michael jackson should be at the top…hes d most talented person in the world!…
On February 10th 2010, Radish wrote:
OMG!!! :O….MJ IS NUMBER 2….WATTTTT!!!
I KNOW JAMES BROWN IS A LEGEND YHH..BUTT ITS MJ FOR GOD SAKE..HES A LEGEND TOOO….
MOONWALK
ANTI-GRAVITY LEAN
SPIN
PELVIS THRUSTT ::D
On February 11th 2010, Josiah wrote:
Dis list sucks…!f…k! Diddy cant even move.
On February 17th 2010, markus wrote:
1. James Brown
2. Michael Jackson
3. Fred Astaire
4. Gene Kelly
5. Paula Abdul
6. Prince
7. MC Hammer
8. Janet Jackson
9. Shakira
10. Madonna
11. Beyonce
12. Chris Brown
13. Usher
14. Ciara
15. Justin Timberlake
16. Jennifer Lopez
17. Aaliyah
18. Britney Spears
19. Bobby Brown
20. Jordan Knight
This should be the SUPPOSED order!
where the hell is Paula on BETs list?
On February 26th 2010, Lin wrote:
Michael Jackson should be number one
On March 15th 2010, Carl wrote:
If you are talking about singers who can dance a little your list is ok but to compare this list with real dancers like Astaire, Kelly and Hines is ludicrous. James cagney was a better pure dancer than these pop stars.
On March 19th 2010, Jp wrote:
mj should be number 1 prince shouldn t be on the list and MC Hammer should be in the top 5
On March 21st 2010, AMRISH wrote:
MICHAEL JACKSON should b rite on the top and the rest i never mind
bcoz u can say mj got hit moves such as moonwalk,sidewalk,square,spin,lean,kick…. etc
can u say any hit moves of any other popstar
so MJ is NO1 and he iz the king of pop
On March 31st 2010, innofx wrote:
The fact that Fred Astaire is not on this list proves that this list is biased and not worthy of being considered a true list.
On April 1st 2010, Achilles wrote:
i beileve that usher should be in the top 5 and definitely before chris brown…dont get me wrong cb a really good dancer but usher has been dancing for longer and has really propelled the nice and slow dancing further….lets not forget chris brown did stop krumping and started gliding something usher been doing for umm forever
On May 3rd 2010, Jonathan wrote:
the list its not good becouse Ciara is on the list number 25 but ciara is number 5 or like 6 becouse if you loke the video of ciara 1,2 step and Ciara Get Up you see how good Ciara moves are as special the video of Ciara 1,2 step
On May 5th 2010, periklis wrote:
wtf mj its number two?
james brown its good dancer but mj its better
On May 8th 2010, Don wrote:
I agree! Michael Jackson should’ve been number 1 but James Brown died before this list was made so it was made as a tribute.
But after Michael Jackson died… :\
I think they should remake this list again. It’s not fair. >:(
On May 22nd 2010, mj'foreverfan wrote:
I strongly feel the list went completely wrong..half of these dancers aren’t even that good..the most dissapointing part is the MICHAEL JACKSON, THE KING OF LOVE, THE KING OF DANCE, MADE IT TO NUMBER 2?!!???WHAT THE HELL..michael jackson moves are insane..he created moves that are just incredibly amazing and powerful..his moves were so powerful that people cry, faint, scream..think about it?? Who in this world sale 750,000,000 copies, who can sale out all of their concerts in just 1 day,..only MICHAEL JACKSON U DUMBASSES OF BET U ALL ARE STUPID FOR CREATING THE LIST..THINK CAREFULLY NEXT TIME PLEASE. AS A MATTER O FACT, I RECOMMEND THAT BET REMAKES THE LIST AND PUT MICHAEL JACKSON AS # FREAKIN ONE!!!
On June 7th 2010, erferfef wrote:
CHRIS BROWN SHOULD BE NUMBER 2 BEHIND MJ
On June 17th 2010, antony wrote:
The list starts bad and ends worse!
SHAKIRA is the best female dancer of all time. BEYONCE has to be the second, and MICHAEL JACKSON is the number one male dancer ..!!!
what the hell does MADONNA in this list?
On July 1st 2010, Henneh Kota wrote:
The list is good, but MJ should m=be number 1
On July 31st 2010, Jay wrote:
Great list but Michael Jackson should be number one! James Brown was good but michael was great! Wheres Fred astaire? oh btw, i was shocked when you put mj as number 2 on this dumb list! shocking….
On August 7th 2010, Ansif wrote:
Michael jackson on no 2 ! how can you make a list like this?
On August 16th 2010, hannah wrote:
are you crazy??????!?!?! WHERE IS BRITNEY. SHes far the best female performer and dancer of this decade!!!!!!! twits
On August 19th 2010, peter wrote:
what are you nuts mj must be the 1st james brown doesn’ t know how dance
On August 25th 2010, Paul wrote:
For you people that say James Brown can’t dance you need to go back and watch some old clips of him. James Brown is who Michael learned how to dance from. He did not have all the advanced things that was present in the 80′s.
On August 25th 2010, Paul wrote:
Also Michael Jackson did not invent the moonwalk it was invented long before he did it. Watch old soul train eposides. It use to be called the back slide.
On September 14th 2010, Mario wrote:
Here are the top 5 dancers of all time:
1. James Brown
2. Michael Jackson
3. Chris Brown
4. Ciara
5. Janet Jackson
On September 16th 2010, MackSlayer wrote:
Where is Jackie Wilson? Hell, Elvis admitted he used to go uptown to the Apollo in Harlem to see Jackie Wilson and James Brown and took their act downtown to the Ed Sullivan Show.
On September 24th 2010, Anurag wrote:
Come on mj is #1.There is no one better then him.Has anybody heard about james brown.Who so ever has made the list doesn’t know how to dance.
On September 25th 2010, WENDELL wrote:
WHY THE FUCK IS CIARA NUMBER 25????!!!!!!!!!!!
On December 12th 2010, COMEON SHAKEITDOWN wrote:
No Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly,… But you have MC Hammer and Bobby Brown.. Yeah, James was original and innovative, and Michael and Prince, both borrowed from him, but James couldn’t touch them on the dance floor.
On December 20th 2010, For the people wrote:
Who ever compiled this list must be in there teens or twenties. However, Bet and it’s representatives, and research departmentdo not have any authority over the say of who are the greatest dancers of all time anyway. Only a fraction of that list mentions truly great artist and dancers. Mr Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, or Michael “Boogaloo Shrimp” Chambers are examples of supreme dancers and innovators. Chris Brown and is an example of a poor mimic of Michael Jackson.
Even the Three Stooges and George Jefferson could dance better then most of the lacklusters celebrities on this list.
Please, do your research and be more concise and accurate about who truly is the top 25 greatest dancer of all time.
On December 28th 2010, saleh wrote:
i think michael jackson is the best dancer in the world he is incredible, amazing.
On January 8th 2011, krism wrote:
WTF??? How can u put up dweebs like chris brown and the rest of them. i only agree with MJ and The Nicholas Brothers. Most of them were singers and who just happen to ‘shake it’ on stage. you are forgetting some seriously amazing dancers like fred astaire, gene kelly, mikhail baryshnikov, anna pavlova, rudolf nurveyev… and more… cmon if people don’t agree with me then they don’t know what DANCING IS….
:)
On January 31st 2011, PaulDA wrote:
Most of you are clueless. I am probably James Brown’s biggest fan, but nobody danced as good as the Nicholas Brothers. Go look them up on Youtube. They did things that no one else has ever been able to do. As far as pure dancing goes, the are far and away the best.
On February 2nd 2011, yoww wrote:
CHRIS BROWN NO.1
Just look at the guy move maan!
On February 4th 2011, Lanre wrote:
Let me compile my list of the greatest dancers ever in history. 1.Michael boogaloo shrimp 2.James brown 3.Michael jackson 4.Chris brown 5.Demario thornton 6.Omarion 7.Ciara 8.Usher 9.Ginuiwine 10.Columbus short 11.Missy elliot 12.Bobby brown 13.Adam sevani 14.Darrel houston 15.Janet jackson 16.Justine timberlake 17.Pink 18.Mya 19.Shakira 20.Britney spears I am sorry if I look ignorant cause I know there are some better dancers than these but I don’t know them,4 sampe I do hear of Fred Astair,Cabcalloway,Alvinailey,The Nicholas brothers but I don,t ‘know dem,but among those dancer celebrities I know dis re d best ever.
On February 6th 2011, Ivy wrote:
Hmm…I would change this list a bit…
No.1-Michael Jackson FOR SURE!!! Noone can beat Michael..And then after Chris Brown,Britney,Justin Timberlake,Ciara,Aaliyah,John Travolta,…
On February 21st 2011, bpleasebelieve wrote:
When they say of All-time they are talking about the black or minority community. BET is Black Entertainment and it may not even be popular entertainment because it is so genre specific: like Hot 100(popular and all inclussive) vs R&B (Black Music) vs Rock. Now I know dance and I love it and this list was made at face value and visibility of artist. Gene Kelly Cid Charisse (she was amazing she was DANCE!). Fred Astaire and Paula Abdul to name a few would fit the popular list (IMO). Gene Kelly was nice as all get out but wont appear on this list, although he is truly one of the best! Michael Peterson nor Juditth Jamison will appear on this list either and they can really do it. But James brown is not a better dancer than MC Hammer and MJ…not by a long shot. RIP James. Tap is only one style of dance but sombody like MJ could tap a little, could do Jazz, contemporary, hip hop, pop etc… so someone who encompases many would be at the top. And the same goes for his sister although shes never done it in a video she can tap and she like her brother entertains many styles. I do think Paula should have been on the list, (Top 5).
HERES MY LIST:
25. Diddy
24. Big Daddy Kane
23. Missy Elliott
22. Cab Calloway
21. Gregory Hines
20. Madonna
19. The Temptations
18. Savion Glover
17. The Nicholas Brothers
16. Omarion
15. Rosie Perez
14. Bobby Brown
13. Shakira
12. MC Hammer
11. Ciara
10. Jennifer Lopez
09. James Brown
08. Tina Turner
07. Aaliyah
06. Usher
05. Beyoncé
04. Chris Brown
03. Alvin Ailey
02. Janet Jackson
01. Michael Jackson
On February 24th 2011, Chiwetalu MJ wrote:
Who is the person that paste this list MJ should be no one b/4 any fuking dancer,he is the father of robotic and moomwalk so thex should rewrithe that list and put him first.
On March 17th 2011, dinesh wrote:
mj should be no1 ,no one can never come closer to him ,just triibute to the king and emperor of dance and music
On April 25th 2011, Passadena wrote:
Forget about the race element,
which is obvious when leaving out
names like Astaire and Kelly, but did
anybody ever hear of Jackie Wilson
and Sammy Davis Jr.
On May 10th 2011, Tuckyjoe wrote:
Yes! MJ should be No. 1
On June 30th 2011, te wrote:
janet did 14 dance videos without a dance
choreography
On June 30th 2011, te wrote:
i know who jackie wilson and sammy davis is who is kelly and astaire if they are not black that s why we never heard of them