They weren't praised for their song writing skills and weren't Music prodigies! Nor were they selling out concerts left and right and Madison Square Garden in 1 minute! How do you know Taylor will fade out? She's gonna be around forever!

You're turning me away from her. I kinda defended her during the whole Kayne thing, but goodness. She's not going to be around forever. She's not going to be around in 10 years! Look at NSYNC and Backstreet Boys, just as popular at the time. They too faded away.

Nsync was just a pop band so was Backstreet Boys! Britney and Christina are still around! And they are legends!

i dont think you know what legends are. Nsync and backstreet boys lasted longer than Cristina. Her career died real fast and shes barely done anything. Brittany is still around because for some reason the american public like watching train wrecks... do you want to consider Lindsey Lohan a llegend too? Paris Hilton?

That's a ridiculous statement, no?

Sales to quality most likely has a positive correlation, however weak it may be, but I would think it'd be obvious that it is far from causal as you seem to believe.

So no matter the product, as long as it sells well, it's of good/great quality? All of the time?

I think the word prodigy should be reserve for actual, you know, prodigies. I admit, I am unfamiliar with most of Taylor Swift's work, however, I couldn't be more sure that I would not include in a category that consists of musicians like Mozart.

LEONA LEWIS FOR THE WIN!

A couple things here, DJ's do not pick the music that they play, Clear Channel or CBS decide which music is played, Clear Channel (owns the most radio stations in the country) is a division of Disney. Giant corporations literally decide what you listen to Ps3. The DJ's these days just click "start" on a management-approved setlist on their computers.

Taylor Swift, by changing over to the pop side did herself a great disservice. Had she stayed strictly country, she might have had a long career. Females have a much better chance at a long career in country, especially pretty one's (but not necessarily, look at Wynona Judd, not much to look at but she could sing). But now she's in the pop scene, and with few exceptions, the pop scene chews up and spits out "super popular" artists on a semi-annual basis.

I actually think Taylor Swift is a fine singer, easily could have made runner up or even won American Idol. That doesn't mean she is legend though. America loves mediocrity, Am Idol has been on for 7 seasons now churning out the same person over and over. That is exactly where Swift belongs, in the same group as your Kelly Clarksons and Carrie Underwoods.

You don't have to open your mind and listen to anything else, by all means tap your toes to all the pop artists you want. That's all you'll ever get from them though, is toe-tappingness. You'll never have your mind blown by how amazing that song makes you feel. Hey, that's all some people need. It's not our place to judge your tastes.

That being said, there really honestly no comparison between a Taylor Swift and somebody like the Beatles or Ray Charles. Or heck, even Michael Jackson, who was in the same category 20 years ago. Music will look exactly the same in 3 years when Taylor Swift isn't there as it did before she came on the scene. Those 3 artists I listed changed the face of music forever.

OT: I have already commented on the Grammy's, but here it is again, America loves mediocrity.

America loves watching something they created be destroyed

Still around? Christina is gone and Britney is just a shadow of her former self.

You think DJs choose what music they play?

Jesus, you are naive.