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

When one first thinks of Art often the words Creative, Original and possibly unique come to mind and although this could have once been true pop songs (when the mould was first created) I feel this is no longer the case. Adorno states that ‘The popular music industry is an all consuming production line that churns out mass produced, inferior commodities’ claiming that the structure has been ‘Standardized’. Still this can be understood by realising popular music is not consumed in the same way other commodities are, for example if you like a particular flavour of crisps your more inclined to buy it again, whereas if you like a particular song you are not going to purchase the song over and over again. Instead you are going to by tracks that have a similar sound, style or connotation whether by the same artist or not. Ultimately a ‘mould’ has been created in which many follow, is there really a difference between Five, Blue and JLS (Simply Pseudo Individualization)