Here are some facts about the Record Industry. There are only about 4-5 Corporations, all of which has more than a dozen labels to market its products and confuse consumers. None of the big position inside a record company is held by a Musician or artist. The industry is really run by wealthy lawyers and accountants that heavily invest on the marketing department which runs the industry like the automotive business. Billboard list radio play and rotation and sales - that includes the bulk of corporate sales.
Radios play music that are paid by record companies for air time.
Record companies would put more marketing on generic products which means products to whom they own the writes to the song up to every publishing deals. These cds are considered private label products.