I don't think selling out has anything to do with becoming popular or mainstream.
Look at Tool, for example. They have one of the largest followings of any rock group out there. Yet, not once has Tool and sellout being mentioned in the same sentence. It's all about the music. They've never cared what they sold, or to whom. The just wrote music. Look how different Lateralus is from Undertow. It's almost night and day.
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