> Talent alone can't account for this, as they are, all in all, more successfull than the Beatles or Michael Jackson. Yes it can. They could simply have more t

> Talent alone can't account for this, as they are, all in all, more successfull than the Beatles or Michael Jackson. Yes it can. They could simply have more talent than the Beatles or Michael Jackson when it comes to manufacturing hits. Why couldn’t it be a combination of talent and formula? If it was solely a formula then more people would be having their success by following the same exact formula. Unless only they have the required ingredients. And whose to say their hit-manufacturing genius isn’t part of that recipe... in addition to the access to capital and access to market and brand recognition that makes popular artists choose to work with them for their best songs?