Runner up of American Idol season five Katherine McPee has been ‘dropped’ by record label RCA. A spokesperson for the label confirmed the reports today. Supporting the label’s decision, Caryn Ganz, editor of Rollingstone.com, bemoaned the lack of quality artists in the industry, adding that singers discovered through reality shows aren’t often all they are built up to be.
She told Us magazine:
I think the industry has seen that unless these artists can churn out strong enough original material, they don’t really have that much traction once we don’t see them on the television week after week singing songs we already know and love.
Incidentally American Idol season five winner Taylor Hicks was also ‘let go’ by the label a few days earlier. Is there a connection between the two sackings? Could it be that record labels have finally realized that reality shows don’t always manufacture real singers? Like they say, one can only guess.
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Source: The Superficial
