Art is a product of human creativity, so when considering what music is a genuine art form, popular music doesn't get taken into consideration, every artist and single song is each to its own. As a whole popular music is a commodity due to it's industrial intake of marketing and aim to make a profit. This is much like what Adorno would argue, that music that is produced for the popular music industry is manufactured much like machines. Some artists that within the popular music industry such as lady gaga have had huge success and gained a huge profit, yet she is original and unique with her style and music. She is popular for her originality, therefor it could be argued genuine art form comes from within the performer not the market. Popular music can therefore be expressed as a mixture of both, popular music should be judged singly not as a whole, music that has musical value and originality deserves the tag of art, music that is created simply for value is therefore a commodity.
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