There are bad television shows, bad movies, and bad restaurants that make it because they LOOK good. So it is with the music business and songs. An average song can sound great with a sixty thousand dollar production job. A big star can sell a bad song on his or her name alone. Many below average songs get cut because of politics.
Somebody owes somebody a favor.
I get frustrated by the amount of BAD writing that makes it to the top of the music heap. But that is capitalism. It can conflict with art in the worst way. In the end, none of this matters to me. I am hungry for great songs.