Is popular music a mass produced commodity or a genuine art form?

Art is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way that appeals to the senses or emotions. Therefore it has been created to capture an audience or spectators’ attention, music is also created for this effect. As within all genres of music i.e. popular music it is marketable and standardized. Part interchangeability for instance is a trait you find within this for e.g. pop boy bands Westlife and Boyzone. They are owned by the same management company and produce the same kind of music, which often if not always all the songs sound the same throughout their albums, or are cover tracks that they have sung on. This similarity however is what makes both bands successful as consumers know what to expect to hear, when they buy these artists music. To some extent popular music is a mass produced commodity as it is the particular sound and regularity that people buy into.