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[–] 7 pts

Pop-music is Propped-up music.

Back when hardcopy media such as vinyl and compact disks were a thing the record promotors had a trick to make an album instantly go gold. They would go to the owner of a chain outlet (Sam Goody, Strawberries, Tower, etc.) and sign a contract that said, "Buy enough of this product to make it go gold and I will buy back any that do not sell." The chain outlet could not lose money so they would go for it.

I it is likely that there are now millions of shell accounts buying up digital copies of pop-music to make the current crop of vacuous, atonal warbling seem popular.

[–] [deleted] 5 pts

And to a lesser degree they used to grease the wheels of DJs too. Money, cocaine, payola, exclusivity, rights, a lot of pressure points to promote whatever music they wanted.

[–] 3 pts

You forgot threats ('play this record over and over, or lose your kneecaps, feggit')

[–] 2 pts

That is probably still happening. It might go some way to explaining why various SocMedia algorithms undergo such ridiculous contortions.