Tough Blake: Labels show little patience for slower-selling Idols
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So Blake lets the world know he's been dropped from the happy BMG Idol family. (Good summary here from the always-exemplary Rodney Ho in Atlanta.) The pattern continues: It's getting tougher out there. Another pattern that this news reinforces: The...
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Published 6/24/2008 by mj at American Idol
... Ho in Atlanta.) The pattern continues: It’s getting tougher out there.
Another pattern that this news reinforces: The curse of the runner-up. Of the first six second-place finishers (all of whom were signed by BMG labels, the first five to RCA, Blake to Arista), just one still has a deal in place. Justin, Diana, Bo, Katharine, Blake — all gone. Clay’s still on RCA, though his sales have slumped. Archuleta, beware — the odds are not with you.
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