Not my taste, either, but it was good time music that you could dance to. His more mature solo albums were very original, and his own dancing was groundbreaking -- he was compared to Fred Astaire, whom he emulated.
I was amazed that of the 58 on the top RIAA list posted at 92 upthread, only 5 were African-Americans: Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, 2Pac, and R. Kelly. Not even Prince was on that list, which must have been limited to a certain time period, because what about the huge successes of A-A artists in the R&B and Motown era?
I don't want to get all SJW, but without the influenct of black bluesmen you can eliminate these names from post #92:
THE BEATLES 178
ELVIS PRESLEY 146.5
LED ZEPPELIN 111.5
ELTON JOHN 78.5
AC/DC 72
THE ROLLING STONES 66.5
AEROSMITH 66.5
VAN HALEN 56.5
FLEETWOOD MAC 54.5
JOURNEY 48
BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND 44.5
GUNS N' ROSES 44.5
ERIC CLAPTON 40
CHICAGO 38.5
SIMON & GARFUNKEL 38.5
FOREIGNER 38
ROD STEWART 38
BOB DYLAN 36
QUEEN 34.5