Is the audience for popular music created by the music industry?

It is obvious that the music industry has a big role to play where ditribution is concerned, but it is then up to the public to decide on whether they enjoy that music. To say the music industry created popular music is undermining the consmers. Without the audience there would be no popular music becase no one would buy it. People will buy the music they like weather its popular music or just a local band from down the street. The music industrys job is to promote artists work to boost the sales to the target audience so realisticly it would be fair to say it is 50/50 part music industry part audience. 
        As Shuker mentions‘even artists who have reached a certain status still rely on the structure put in place by the industry to reach their audience’. Popular music wouldn't be popular without a huge team behind it making it what it is, it also wouldnt be popular without the fan base so its a combination of both.