Looks vs Talent in music

What happened to mainstream music? Mainstream music has been going down hill for a while now. With aritists like Nicki Minaj, Kesha, Lil Wayne, Katy Perry, Drake, Justin Bieber etc on the scene, they are just extra nails added to the coffin. These artist artists use autotune, have lyrics in their songs that flat out make no sense, have sexism in their songs and music videos, and whenever they try to look like positve to young audiences, it just comes off as awkward and laughable because you look at what these artists have done in the past, you just can't buy for a second that they are giving a positive message. Lil Wayne, Katy Perry, Kesha, Drake, Rhianna, Bruno Mars, Justin Bieber, Wiz Khalfia, Taylor Swift etc, are primary examples of the how the music industry favors looks over talent. They are not there to make quality and thoughtful music, they are just there as a way for the music industry to profit from the people who into the lastest media fad.

Look at Miley Cyrus, The Jonas Brothers, Avril Lavigne and 50 Cent. Nobody seem to talk about them anymore. You want to know why hardly anyone ever talks about them anymore? It is because the mainstream music industry no longer have a use for them. They have either done something so wrong to the point their image to the general public has been damaged, or there is someone else that mystiously overshadowed their popularity. Society plays a huge role to the popularity of musical artists like Katty Perry, Lil Wayne, Kesha, Drake, Rhianna etc. Altough that can be said for trying to be popular in general. The difference is that the aritists that I mentioned are just pop cultures fads, and like all pop culture fads the time for their popularity will be up. Unfortunately since the artists I just mentioned are pop culture fads that means that those artists will be very popular, and their music are the type of music where teens are forced to enjoy because it is the new "cool" thing.

Look at artists like Johnny Cash, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, ACDC, Bethoven, and to an extent John Williams and Hans Zimmer all managed to gain a popularity through actually making quality music instead of people being choosen by the music industry because of their looks. Many of the people I just mentioned are pretty much legends. Many people know them and their popularity lasts even to this day.
My point is that at the end of the day, people who make quality music are more remembered than the people who rely on their looks because looks can only take people so far.