It is too sad that any of these pop music singers think what they do is 'high art', or they view themselves as 'artists'. They are paint by number artists. There are no Piccasos or Rembrandts among them, not even the greats of rock or pop music. It is commercial music for the masses, like a Chevy Vega.
Some of the songs are very cool to listen to but high art? Kanye West, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Whitney Houston, Sinatra, Michael Jackson. There are no great artists among them. They are pros in their field and their music is enjoyable but none of it rises to the highest levels of human artistic expression.
Yet many of them like West see themselves as 'great'. Its laughable.