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There comes a time when you realize that the mainstream, no matter what country you're in, sounds exactly the same. All American mainstream songs sound like every other mainstream American song, and all Japanese mainstream songs sound like every other Japanese mainstream song. When one reaches that point, you learn that creativity is limited to a select plethora of artists who control their careers versus the artists who's careers are controlled by their labels. You have your Britneys in America, your Hello!Project and Johnny's in Japan, where every single one of them sounds the same and they make basically the same kind of music with little to no originality. And then you have your creative people. They can be broken into two categories, massively successful or massively unsuccessful. You have your Ayumis and Madonnas on top because they were able to keep their music in line with the mainstream, but also include their own flare and spice to it, and then you have your indie artists who go completely out of left field, and usually aren't noticed because their music isn't considered "safe" and not played because the supposed lack of an audience.
Both Western and Eastern music industries have their fair share of people who are incredibly creative and massively talented, it's illogical to say that one is more creative then the other.
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