Is it a Good Song or is it Just Taylor Swift

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I only pick on Taylor Swift because she's the latest big thing in music. But it is a general question I often think about. How many hit songs would be hit songs if someone else did them? As you know, I tend to listen to a lot of lesser-known artists and look around and usually find songs few people have even heard. While I have not posted one in a while, I have even done a bit of a series of sharing them. The thing is, what makes a hit song a hit song? How does a hit artist keep churning out one hit song after another? Is it that the songs are actually hit quality? Or is it just that the artist is famous enough that listeners are attracted to the song even if it would not be a hit if someone else did it—even if someone else did it just as well. Take any obscure song that is good and have Taylor Swift step into the booth and sing it. Will it suddenly become a hit? Most likely. So, if the SONG is good enough to hit when a hit artist sings it. Why would it not be good enough to hit if an unknown artist does? This is not to say that hit artists are not good at what they do, nor is it to say that their songs are bad. It just makes me wonder what is more important to a song taking the stage front and center? The artist or the song itself?