A band covering a song for a Hyundai ad?

Michael Jackson did a parody of his own song Billie Jean for Pepsi ("You're the Pepsi generation")

Michael Jackson was a pop star. Selling out was never a sin in pop music.

Agreed, which is my point: the framing of the article (specifically the title) is about Lady Gaga, and she's a pop star. There's a lot of good points in there, cheapened by the framing.

One of Nancy Ajram's most popular songs was originally made as a Coca Cola ad soundtrack

Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life" was used in a cruise ship ad in 2003. Not the 90's, but not exactly recent.