Is Pop music a mass produced commodity or a genuine art form?

In the modern world, it is agreeable to suggest that Pop music is a more manufactured and mass produced entity rather than a form of art. The reason for this assumption comes from the perception of how do you define art in terms of music? Art is nearly aways subjected to opinion, especially in terms of music, so it is difficult to define pop music as art. I also believe that modern day pop music that is portrayed on the TV and radio supports the idea that it is merely a form of mass production. With the exception of a few artists, the image and how they are made to look is nearly always at the centre of a pop musicians music rather than the music itself Lady Gaga is an example of this. Theodore Adorno's theory of Pseudo-individulasim is a an accurate assumption of how pop music is mass produced and used to manipulate people into believing that what they are listening to is original. For this reason I do not believe that modern day pop can be seen as art.