This is in part because of exploitation and lack of credit/royalties given to the vocalists instead of the lack of importance to the music. Take a look at the

This is in part because of exploitation and lack of credit/royalties given to the vocalists instead of the lack of importance to the music. Take a look at the story of Martha Wash, the huge iconic voice behind "everybody dance now", "ride on time" etc. You can't deny that these type of vocals are the tent-pole of those tracks but they basically scammed her by using demo sessions and using lip-syncers in music videos. https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/martha-wash-the-most-famous-unknown-singer-of-the-90s-speaks-out-231182/ https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/martha-wash-the-most-fa... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSefwVQVVpU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSefwVQVVpU