There is a solution - wait. Artificial popularity without the engineered quality to back it won't stand up to the test of time. People are fickle and will ten

There is a solution - wait. Artificial popularity without the engineered quality to back it won't stand up to the test of time. People are fickle and will tend to jump to the next thing that catches their attention, but the sort of thing that remains strong after the promotion machine has shut off probably has something real going for it. FWIW, Google pointed me to a "top 40" chart from 1911: http://tsort.info/music/yr1911.htm http://tsort.info/music/yr1911.htm. I'm probably outing myself as a cultural ignoramus here, but the only name I recognize on that list is Enrico Caruso.