IMO, Johnta (while he can sing, and write, and maybe he plays instruments to) but he's not a star. He doesn't have anything about his personality that sets him above the rest.

Sure if you look closely maybe he does sound better than NeYo but he's not writing songs that people want to sing at the top of their lungs in their cars...at least he's not writing them for himself.

So he's not big and won't ever be big 'cause 1) he does not have that "it" factor 2) his songs don't have good hooks that make "me" wanna sing along with.

IMO