Is Popular Music A Mass Produced Commodity Or A Genuine Art Form?

It can be said that popular music is both a mass produced commodity and a genuine art form, as it can be argued that art is a mass-produced commodity as well as an art form. Chart music is commonly seen as a mass-produced commodity, with artists and producers churning out similar bands with similar songs. The bands are not only selling their songs and albums, they are selling merchandise, clothes, concert tickets and posters making them a brand and a commodity. Art can also be classified in this way when looking at the vast amount of prints, calendars, magnets and postcards selling one image or an artist’s work. However, they both contain genuine art forms as well. The art in music is the composing and performing of the music itself, and the capturing of an image or idea through painting or sculpting or other forms is art, causing the line between what is art and mass produce to become obscure.