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I have a decently strong background in both performance and production, and I certainly agree that by and large, most traditional "pop" stars are made and not found. On most records there is an abundance of pitch correction, the process often referred to as autotuning, whereby one's vocal blemishes are erased and your performance sounds perfect, if inorganic. However, this is much harder to do live, so you often get to hear the singer's actual vocal quality, which here isn't very strong. I've heard some Katy Perry performances that are excruciating, as well as the Taylor Swift debacle at the grammy's  a year or two ago. You can hear on early Miley Cyrus songs, her voice has undergone less production and her accent and natural vocal quiality stand out as opposed to her later songs where she sounds like a completely different person. I would not call Miley, Britney or Demi a good singer, but Christina Aguilera actually happens to have one of the finest voices of this or any other generation, and I encourage you to watch this

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozaQvHlagFs

as an example of a pop artist who can sing her face off. She does pick some terrible songs, as of late Lady Gaga ripoffs, which is shame. I think it's always been the curse of pop music that the focus is on the individual rather than the music itself. You can trace it back to groups like the Monkees, a group whose members literally didn't know how to play their own instruments. In the end, pop music is rarely the place to find the forefront of artistic expression, but 13 year old kids love it and there's nothing wrong with that. They just shouldn't listen to the live performances too much haha.