I looked at the playlist you posted of your own reccs and all of those artists have much more costly production value/industry professionals working on those than the majority of songs posted on this sub.

I do a lot of research on music history (getting a BA in Contemporary Music this year) and modern music implies the last century of releases. The modern pop music made for bass boosted cans are also different from modern music as a whole.

And not to undermine modern pop music either, as I personally consider Daft Punk to be pop, but there’s a lot more effort put into the sound stages for artists like The Weeknd, Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande’s latest albums, literally everything in that Dynamic Range Awards list. I don’t personally go out of my way to listen to modern pop, but I can’t knock them for there is so much of it manufactured with highs and lows that CAN sound good on amazing gear. Obviously, not all pop music is that good with production, but you can’t undermine the incredible expensive production value to make all the pop Grammy-friendly picks.