Been warning of this for years. The last decade has saw music going from "people that play instruments and sing" to "guy in a suit writes lyrics that market research shows 14-25 age range likes, find a face that fits a gimmick, and if the person can not sing use autotune to make it sound like they can."
My era has bands like led Zeppelin, The Eagles, Def Leppard, AC/DC, Metallica, Queen, and Van Halen. Your gen has Britney Spears, Justin Beiber, Jonas Brothers, The Black Eyed Peas, Kid Rock, and a zillion other terrible stereotypical corporate music makers.
The 2000's had it's chance. There were good people out there, and they were ignored. The White Stripes, Velvet Revolver, Wolfmother, Muse, Jet, The Strokes...all were awesome artists that made fantastic albums, and they mostly got raves from the music community, but no popular votes. They could have been this generation's Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, and EVH, but synthesized drum tracks with clips taken from 30 year old songs mixed with bad rhyming took precedence. It could have been much different.
This is all you damn kids' fault! ::shakes cane::