ITunes design and music artists

I was wondering why someone like Ke$ha or Lady Gaga, who have both only released one real album, have fancy and personalized music sections in iTunes, and someone like David Bowie, who has a 40 year career with 25 albums which 16 of them have gone platinum or gold, has a blank non-descript music section. Just curious why that is.

Frank Muller wrote:
It would not surprise me if the labels either pay a fee for "special" treatment or reduce the per song cost to Apple to gain favored positioning.
Even products in a grocery store are subject to pay for priority display, so it would not surprise anyone.
As far as The Beatles, that was a landmark achievement for iTunes and Apple wanted to make the most of it.
Yawn.
Another topic but in "Shuffle" mode, I am certain more popular artists are favored over the obscure stuff.
If you start a list in Shuffle, and don't change anything, it will play each song exactly once.

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