Once you know what to listen for, pitch correction is EVERYWHERE. I'm not talking about that deliberately overdone style, I mean in "normal" pop music. It's nauseating.
You guys have excellent points!
I have a pretty good singing voice and have sang at a few weddings and such. I agree that a lot of people making big bucks can't sing very well. But they are making the money and suckers are buying the CDs and going to the concerts. So the performers are laughing all the way to the bank.
Yes if I did what Jewel did I would probably have taken the mask off in a dramatic fashion to say the least.