A lot of popular music today is mass-produced. In most commercial music there is no art really involved, it is mainly about selling the music as much as possible and getting a high position in the charts. This is true for artists such as Cheryl Cole who is not the best of singers but she is still in the charts, very successful and popular amongst fans. This is because she is marketable and her image is easier to sell. The single released by the X-Factor winner every year is always a cover, which in most cases gets the Christmas number one position in the charts. Although much of today’s popular music is mass-produced, it is very hard to put it in one category. Popular music can either be considered a genuine art form or a mass-produced commodity depending on the artist.
I would have hoped to have seen some reference to Adorno as his ideas were what inspired this question.
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