Art is essentially a product of Human creativity, which would, indeed, assert the idea of popular music being a form of art. Now although the music (text) itself is universal and perhaps could be argued by some as true art, it must be contained by a particular i.e. vinyl record/C.D. which unfortunately transforms it into this 'mass produced commodity', for in order to sell a universal the text must be contained by a particular.
So to assert the idea of popular music being 'genuine' would be to oppose Adornos idea that 'The popular music industry is an all consuming production line that churns out mass produced inferior commodities' (Adorno on popular music 1941). However one must always consider the creativity undergone by the human because ultimately art is a skill, that takes time and effort to make a 'creation' and not just the creation of making of money.
This is pretty good but I would have liked to have seen some mention of Gendron rather than just an allusion to his ideas.
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