They've got the X Factor

In the last 10 years, The X Factor and its ilk have bucked record-buying trends and breathed new life into a dying industry. We talk to the talent show's hits and missesThe cruel king of 21st-century pop is laughing gently down the phone, considering for a moment all he has done. "Look," Simon Cowell begins finally, just as he does on TV. "I don't think shows like ours have saved the pop industry, but they have changed it, most certainly. They made music interesting again after Top of the Pops, ...

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