Peter Tosh is better than Bob Marley

I thank Peter Tosh for his opening round. ArgumentsI. Awards and HonorsOne simple way to determine if a man is better than another would be to look towards the awards and honors that the men have accumulated throughout their life and even afterwards. I will list a basic set of awards and honors that Bob Marley has obtained and will then show whether Peter Tosh amassed the same amount or even more. If he hasn't, there is no way that one can objectively say Peter Tosh is better than Bob Marley in terms of awards and honors. Bob Marley) 1976: Band of the Year (Rolling Stone). June 1978: Awarded the Peace Medal of the Third World from the United Nations. February 1981: Awarded Jamaica's third highest honour, the Jamaican Order of Merit.1992: Won Q Award for best Reissue/Compilation record.March 1994: Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 1999: Album of the Century for Exodus by Time Magazine.February 2001: A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.February 2001: Awarded Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.2001: Grammy nomination forBest Pop Collaboration with Vocals (from "The Best Man" soundtrack) for "Turn Your Lights Down Low".2002: Grammy nomination forBest Music Video, Long Form for "Rebel Music - The Bob Marley Story 2004: Rolling Stone ranked him No.11 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time."One Love" named song of the millennium by BBC.Voted as one of the greatest lyricists of all time by a BBC poll.2005: Won posthumous Achievement Award, Mobo Awards. 2006: A blue plaque was unveiled at his first UK residence in Ridgmount Gardens, London, dedicated to him by Nubian Jak community trust and supported by Her Majesty's Foreign Office.In 2006, the State of New York renamed a portion of Church Avenue from Remsen Avenue to East 98th Street in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn "Bob Marley Boulevard".In 2008, a statue of Marley was inaugurated in Banatski Sokolac, Serbia.2010: Catch a Fire inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (Reggae Album). Sources[1] http://en.wikipedia.org...[2] http://www.aceshowbiz.com...[3] http://385170063516607276.weebly.com...Peter Tosh)1976: Band of the Year (Rolling Stone). 1977: Granted the keys to the city of Atlanta, Georgia.1988: Awarded a Grammy Music Award for Best Reggae Album for No Nuclear War (1987).2012: Awarded Jamaica's third highest honour, the Jamaican Order of Merit. (30 years after Marley)*Every other honor or award I found related to him had to do with the entire band known as Bob Marley & The Wailers, before Peter Tosh left the group. I included one in this list that I also included under Bob Marley. Sources[1] http://jamaica-gleaner.com...[2] http://en.wikipedia.org...[3] http://www.allmusic.com...It is clear that Bob Marley has amassed a much greater amount of honors and awards throughout his life and even afterwards, when compared to the honors and awards earned by Peter Tosh during his life and afterwards. It's clear that Bob Marley far surpasses Peter Tosh in this regard.II. Album salesYou might notice that I left out album sales from the lists above. I wanted these statistics to speak for themselves. This list includes multiple charts, so while the numbers seem exaggerated, it is only due to the album being recognized on more than one chart. The website where I obtained these numbers are shared in the sources section below. Total number of Billboard Albums: Peter Tosh - 13 / Bob Marley - 125 Total number of Billboard Singles:Peter Tosh - 3 / Bob Marley - 17 Total number of Albums & Singles that reached the #1 position:Peter Tosh - 0 / Bob Marley - 27 Even if we subtract the albums and singles that were put under Bob Marley's name that Peter Tosh worked on, the fact remains that Bob Marley was the main contributing artist, hence why such sites as the source of these statistics place the albums and singles under the most-appropriate artist in which those songs are recognized under or attributed to. Sources[1] http://www.allmusic.com...[2] http://www.allmusic.com...III. Solo CareersNo-one can deny that Peter Tosh's contributions to Bob Marley & The Wailers, before he left in 1974, was instrumental in making the success of the band. In reality though, once he left, him and Bob Marley had vastly different experiences in terms of critical success. Bob Marley went on to amass a net worth of roughly $130 Million dollars. [1] Peter Tosh went on to amass a net worth of roughly $3 Million dollars. [2]Furthermore, an excerpt in a wikipedia article, of all places, actually explains perfectly the difference between the two in terms of their post-wailers solo careers: "Mystic Man (1979), and Wanted Dread and Alive (1981) followed, released on the Rolling Stones' own record label. Tosh tried to gain some mainstream success while keeping his militant views, but was largely unsuccessful, especially compared to Marley's achievements." [3]Arguably, the only major revival of his career that actually occurred post-wailers was in 1987 when his last album won a Grammy award. Other than that, Bob Marley surpassed him on all fronts. Once again, Bob Marley is better than Peter Tosh, this time in regards to solo careers. Sources[1] http://www.celebritynetworth.com...[2] http://www.celebritynetworth.com...[3] http://en.wikipedia.org...RebuttalsI. "Peter Tosh was better musically."My opponent attempts to justify this claim by saying that he taught Bob Marley how to play guitar and taught himself a couple instruments. The issue I have with this is that Bob Marley was already also musically inclined. My opponent himself said Bob Marley was a vocalist before learning guitar, this is a feat accomplished by someone already musically inclined, otherwise he wouldn't have been a vocalist. Furthermore, Bob Marley learned the guitar didn't he? In that sense, he was just as good musically as Peter Tosh. Perhaps if he didn't have the capacity to learn then it'd be a different case. For me though, it seems like the only difference here is the age in which each musician actually learned to play. It's also noteworthy that it wasn't Bob's place to play the main guitar, never was. Perhaps if that was Bob's main ambition, musically, he would have learned it at a younger age. As you can see, my opponents justification is nothing more than a difference in exposure and personal ambition. In no way does it justify the claim that Peter Tosh is better musically. II. "Peter Tosh is a better Song-writer." This possibly stands as one minor factor when comparing the overall betterness of Peter Tosh to Bob Marley. Pro needs to list every song which was attributed to Bob Marley that were co-written by Peter Tosh and show that those songs outnumber the songs written or performed by Bob Marley solely or with other writers. Even then, this is but one minor factor when comparing the two. III. My opponent concedes,to the fact that Bob Marley met greater commercial success. When considering the term 'better' in this comparative natured resolution, commercial success is a major factor. By conceding this point, my opponent already fails to maintain his burden of proving that Peter Tosh is better than Bob Marley. Keep in mind, this debate is not in a specific category but in general. Overall, my opponent is failing to uphold is burden. IV. "Popularity does not mean Quality."Quality is dependent on the subjective nature of individual taste. What one man might find to be quality music, another might not. This is why I have presented chart positions, sales, honors, awards, and solo career success as evidence for Bob Marley being better than Peter Tosh. Please expand on Quality if this point is to hold any ground.