Kaley,

Ballads represent 70% of what is written and 7% of what is recorded and about 2% of what is a hit. It is not that they are not good,many are. They are just up against so much competition for attention. Think for a second of your life. What do you do from the beginning of each day? How much time do you have to sit around, absorb some song from beginning to end that almost you have to stop everything to listen to it?
Think of a child's perspective. How many kids over the age of about 5 are going to respond to a ballad? I have certainly seen so many of those 3-8 year olds, just sitting there absorbing the song, right? Are you OUT of your mind? They don't sit still for anything. In childrens music, at nap time or bed time, they might be still for a few seconds, other than that it is hyperactivity, all the time. Do your self a favor, go perform for a children's school some time. Try the ballads there. After you stop crying from embarrisment at being ignored and ridiculed, then re-think your music.
What you have to do is "get outside of your self" and think about what your audience is going through, what they want to hear. Most people, while they do listen to some of the "power ballads" on the radio, most of those are written with HUGE choruses, and while being slower than up tempo, are actually mid tempo.
I am going to a party today at Doak Turner's house. There will be between 65 and 100 writers there. Each one playing 2-4 songs in four different rooms. That will be between 150-200 songs in a four hour period. 70% of them will be ballads. That is about 125 to 140 songs. How many would you sit through?

Average writers night: 30 writers, 90 songs in four hours.
75 ballads.
Average pitch per project: 3000 songs.
Ballads: 2700
Average ballads cut per project: 2

You tell me how many you think will slip through?

MAB