do you know how many groups over the last 40 years or so have been called "the next beatles"?too many to count,the jonas brothers are but another in a very long line of groups that have been touted as "the next beatles"do you know where a lot of these bands and artists who were supposed to be "the next beatles"are now?either dead,not making music anymore,broken up,or playing small venues.

perhaps your question should’ve been:is there ever going to be another act that will make the same musical,cultural,and social impact as the beatles?

the answer to that question is in order to for that to happen you have to make an impact outside of selling a lot of records,concert tickets,and merchandise.now thus far the jonas brothers and their ilk haven’t done that yet.

popularity is a relative thing,i mean you can be in the penthouse one minute and the outhouse the next.there could be an artist or a band that gets that level of popularity,but it won’t be the same.also in terms of having the same impact,the answer is no because with the turnover of hit bands and artists,no one seems to be around long enough to really make a lasting impact!

here are a few examples from the beatles own time period:

picture it january,1964-"glad all over"by the dave clark five knocks "i want to hold your hand"off the top of the british charts,soon all the music papers in england were talking about the dave clark five and how they were the"next beatles"or how their sound was the next big thing and stuff like that.then guess what happens?a couple of weeks later "i want to hold your hand"hits number 1 on the US charts,thus skyrocketing the beatles to an unprecedented level of popularity.needless to say all talk about the dave clark five or anyone else being the next beatles was silenced.

i’ll also mention 2 other groups from the beatles own time who were touted as "the next beatles",the byrds and the beau brummels.

do you know how the beau brummels got their name?they chose it because it "sounded british"and because of their sound,they were also touted as "the next beatles".gee,where are they now?not around anymore!

then there are the byrds.i can remember watching a documentary in either 1994 or 1995 about the US response to the beatles,david crosby was interviewed for this documentary,he actually scoffed at the notion that the byrds were america’s answer to the beatles,he said and i quote:"we(the byrds)weren’t americas answer to bugspray,let alone the beatles!"
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And on the Michael Jackson thing…… Michael Jackson owned the rights to the Beatles music so he definitely knew they were pretty much the best ever.
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In other words, I highly doubt that ANY band will ever come close to even being considered "the next Beatles" let alone selling even as many albums as the Beatles did! Think about it–there’s been almost a half a century for artists to sell as many records as the Beatles and no one has still!

By the way, Garth Brooks has sold more records than Elvis and Michael Jackson…in fact, Garth Brooks is the second best-selling musical artist of all time, next only to the Beatles (Elvis does come in at third though).
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