I’m always rather bemused by those who maintain that the likes of The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, etc are rubbish; this is clearly untrue, the sheer number of records sold globally over many years shows this to be the case.
It took Floyd over 50 years to sell 120 million records. Taylor Swift has achieved the same in 10. So if sales prove quality, Taylor Swift is 5 times better than Pink Floyd.
Not that I disagree, just arguing 😉 But I always think “what would happen today” is interesting to do. Pink Floyd would still be interesting today, and Radiohead. The Beatles? They’d have split up after selling about 500 copies of Please Please Me at gigs, and all become music teachers.