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Originally posted by UAE
Do you even know what indie means ??
Ke$ha isn't Indie, she had many hits with her first album. Stop comparing her with Indie artists. She's backed up with huge promo and recording company
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I'm not comparing her to indie artists at all. I think you misunderstood what I was trying to say. I gather that you were implying that artists who don't sell well, don't make real art, which is not really accurate. My point was that, there are a lot of artists in the alternative and indie world that obviously, do not sell as well as pop stars. Yet, does that make them any less of an artist? In fact, their music often has a lot more qualities that can be deemed more artistically driven than anyone in the pop world. That was the thing I was trying to get at. Obviously, Ke$ha is a major pop artist and can't be compared. What I wanted to say, was that commercial success does not always determine how "artistic" something is.