Hi, I am a new member.
I think there has been conspiracies against KS, but not from industry, but from media. Todays media is known for manipulating everything. Today you can purchase journalists and film-critics with money. If you want, I can give examples.
Regarding the question of being a legend, yes he is legend. The dictionarical meaning of 'legend' surely suggests that, one becomes legend based on popularity (not on poularity in media, but the poularity among mass majorities), which Kumar Sanu indeed has.
I wanted to re-discuss the closed topic only to give you some evidences of the Mass Popularity of KS. Just go through the following datas on Audio-Sales -
http://www.boxofficeindia.com/music%20sales.htm
No other singers of TODAY, except Alka and Udit, has been able to manage that much of bulk sales.
You must agree that, opinion of mass majority is more important than, some 10 or 12 media-people and award-juries, to become a legend.
Regarding the autheticity of voice, you should not forget that, everyone follows somone. In the beginning of their career, Lataji has followed Noor-Jahan. Kishore Kumar has followed Saigal, and so on. Since 1991, I can not remember any KS song where he has cpied Kishoreda.
Ramchand,
India.