Alot of what is produced in pop music today is music crafted "by committee" and sung by whoever has the most star power. This music is not usually the best quality. As the article stated, there is alot of Christian radio music produced by committee, also.
There are exceptions, but overall the playlist could be improved greatly. Don't you agree? And I'm not talking about more stuff just because it's "edgy" -- that doesn't have anything to do with well crafted music.
On the "by committee" part, I would agree. We faced the same thing in country music, till first O Brother, then the Muzik Mafia came along and turned this town (Nashville) on its head.
I think there should be a new sociological theorem: All good things eventually get co-opted by corporations, complacency sets in, causing a new revolution to supplant the good thing that has now become "corporate". This is especially true in music.
But even "corporate" music can be good. Journey was considered corporate junk by critics, but by any objective criteria they were quite a good band (especially Schonn and Perry). Britney Spears' "Hit Me Baby One More Time" is a very well written song.
But I'll agree, for the most part, contrived corporate music is pretty lame.
It's kind of touchy for me, because a few months ago, I watched "Lost Highway" on CMT. It was billed as the definitive history of country music. Unfortunately, the Nashville establishment was always protrayed as "the bad guys", and they missed whole eras of great music because they focused only on "outlaws". They totally missed "The Nashville Sound", Chet Adkins, the many productions of Buddy Killen.
Anyway, I digress.
Let me also say that I had always dismissed Christian rap as unlistenable - until I heard Kirk Franklin's "revolution" That really rocked my world.