I'm not concerned with Justin Bieber or Oatmeal specifically. Personally I'm interested in, and disappointed by, the phenomenon of people with no musical talent

I'm not concerned with Justin Bieber or Oatmeal specifically. Personally I'm interested in, and disappointed by, the phenomenon of people with no musical talent being successful musicians, and humorists with no discernible wit or drawing skill being successful comic artists. The problem is not the people who are successful - the problem is with the audience. To each their own, but you don't really like something like Justin Bieber as a musical taste. People think you like it because they have too little experience with real music, and it is marketed very heavily.