And that’s a bad thing?
I can agree that it can be more difficult to make it as a band than, say the 80s, but it’s the golden age for producers. I think it’s a great thing that a producer can now actually get the recognition of an artist, instead of being hidden in the shadows with the vocalist who spends 5 hours in the studio getting all the fame.
This is certainly nothing new. It’s been going on since the beginning of time, it’s just that now it’s easier to discover it and it happens faster. Led Zeppelin?
There are several artists in countries (40s, 50s, 60s, 70s) outside the US that built their entire careers on making versions of popular songs in their native languages. And no, it wasn’t cover songs where the original artists got paid, they just translated the lyrics and called it their own song. No one knew and it was basically impossible to discover.