Originally Posted by fauzie

While there are good music from every genre, I think the main difference here is the minimum skill required to be successful. It is easy for us to mention good, high quality pop artist. I have to admit that MOST of the people featured in MTV are very good indeed. However to be successful (I mean, to gain a world-wide recognition), the standard required in pop music world is much lower than in the classical world. Can anybody name a famous but non-talented classical musician?