I find that it isn't even about the music anymore. People (cultureless masses) are looking for videos that are "cool" and have near naked people running around. Pop music is so formulated. They just use the same old formula (hot girl/guy, big boobs/muscles). The videos are all formulated too. Rap=naked women, escalades and cars with rims. Pop=cheesy group dancing, highschool setting or street setting. Alternative/Rock/Punk= Frames of band playing, out of focus, grainy, dirty look, usually in crack houses. It is hard to find good music today. Nobody makes a solid album either. Only one or two songs are good.
That's just my opinion.
I agree with Jo Canadian about the dumbing down of TV(discovery). Perhaps a statement of NA society.