Have you ever heard the saying, “Two heads are better than one”? I think this can be applied to a lot of things and in this case it can be applied to music. I believe that bands are better than solo music artists. 

Music taste is subjective in most cases. However, there can be a bit of logic applied to this topic. Solo artists usually have a variety of musical talents with a focus on one or two. Like country artists who sing and play the guitar, or Lizzo who sings and can play the flute.

While this is impressive, only so much can be done by one person. Say you are the manager for a band and you had to pick a lead singer. In this scenario you have to pick one of two candidates. 

Candidate one is decent at singing, mediocre at playing the guitar, and bad at playing the drums. Candidate two has never touched a guitar or drums but has spent their entire life singing so they are amazing at it. Who do you pick to be your lead singer?

Bands are perfect for optimization. Music often uses several different instruments. If there is a specialist for each instrument in a song, the quality of the song should be better. 

I will concede that solo music artists are impressive in the sense that they get to their position in stardom with pure talent. It takes a lot of talent to perform as a solo artist, and they are even more popular oftentimes. 

While more popular, it is not often I would pick a solo artist over a band. The different instruments used in songs accompany each other so well when played by bands. Some notable bands that are amazing that I consider to be better than most solo artists would be Def Leppard, Led Zeppelin, and Korn.

It is also important to note that historically speaking, bands made up a majority of Grammy winners. It is not the case now, but bands like U2 and Foo Fighters have won tons of Grammys, which includes U2 earning 22. 

Although popular solo artists are usually more popular, bands are better than solo artists because of their ability to optimize their instrumentation and performance, which is an advantage solo artists do not have.