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Meiko (American singer) | In June 2008 Meiko signed a recording deal with MySpace Records / DGC, who released her album in partnership with Lucky Ear Music (Meiko's own indie label). |
Alesha Dixon | On 6 November 2006, it was revealed that Dixon had been dropped by her label, Polydor Records. |
Shim Mina | Mina signed with EMI Korea. |
Emily Williams | In January 2006, Sony BMG Australia announced that William's had signed a recording contract with their label, and that she would release her debut album later in the year. |
Billy Squier | Squier signed with Capitol Records to release his solo debut in 1980. |
Shaheen Jafargholi | In May 2010, Jafargholi signed a record deal with Island Records, and recorded a debut album'' When I Come of Age'' and a debut double A-side single'' Last Train Home/Hip Teens''. |
Dito Montiel | Later, Montiel would gain notoriety in 1989 when Geffen Records signed his newly formed outfit Gutterboy to a $ 1 million record deal -- an unheard-of sum at the time. |
Zana Messia | She went on to release her first record Got ta Stop with Universal Music Group Sweden in 2006. |
Young Buck | In August 2012 Young Buck stated in an interview with XXL he was no longer signed to G-Unit Records and he would be a free agent when he is released fom prison. |
Winnie Hsin | She released her first album, Lonely Winter, in 1986, and has since released a total of 16 albums, under the labels of Decca Records, Rock Records and Warner Music. |
Owsley (musician) | Owsley released his second album, The Hard Way, on the indie record label Lakeview Entertainment on February 24, 2004, five years after his first solo album. |
David Bisbal | thumb | right | 200px | David Bisbal, at Los Premios Nokia Amigo, 2007 Bisbal signed a contract with Vale Music Record label and released his first album recorded in Miami under the title'' Corazón Latino'' with Kike Santander. |
Angelika de la Cruz | On March 17, 1995, de la Cruz (Lourdes Egger dela Cruz in real life) signed a contract with BMG under which she was required to record at least two albums over three years. |
Kinnie Starr | The material she recorded for her first album with Island Def Jam, 1998's Mending was never released, though some record labels have talked of releasing the lost album. |
Rebecca St. James | In 1993, she was signed to the record label ForeFront Records and released her major label debut a year later. |
Dina Bonnevie | Her first and only album Bakit Ba Ganyan, released in 1981 by Octo Arts International (now PolyEast Records formerly EMI Music Philippines, Inc.), became a Gold Record. |
Jay Chou | In 2000, Chou released his first album, titled Jay (2000), under the record company Alfa Music. |
Xenia (singer) | She is currently signed to Universal Republic Records, and released her debut EP Sing You Home on December 20, 2011. |
Paul Ortiz | On 5 March 2010 Paul Ortiz's project Chimp Spanner signed a deal with Basick Records to release the album' At the Dream's Edge', which was officially released April 10, 2010. |
Truth Hurts | Truth Hurts returned in 2004 with her second album, Ready Now, on Raphael Saadiq's Pookie Entertainment label. |
Clinton Sparks | In 2013 Clinton signed a record deal with Photo Finish / Island def Jam records & is currently completing his full length album titled Disco Ball & Chain. |
Kevin Cadogan | In 1999 Cadogan was asked to sign a 1 million dollar loan from Elektra records which would allow Third Eye Blind to record an EP and release it on its own label as a subsidiary of Elektra. |
Ysa Ferrer | In 1995, she signed a deal with Universal Music France. |
Majida El Roumi | In 1996, Majida signed with the Saudi label Rotana and released'' Rasa'el'' (Letters). |
Julian Perretta | Universal Music Group signed him in 2010. |
Patrick Park | He signed a deal with Hollywood Records in 2003, and Under the Unminding Skies EP was released that February. |
JoJo (singer) | JoJo was released from her contract in October 2009 and a deal was reached with Blackground Records to have JoJo's third album distributed by Interscope Records. |
Dolcenera | Sanremo (-LSB- -LSB- Province of Imperia, Liguria) in 2009 -RSB- -RSB- In 2009 she signed a recording contract with Sony Music and she published her fourth studio album, titled Dolcenera nel paese delle meraviglie. |
Neal Casal | Casal parted ways with Zoo Records in 1996 and recorded Rain, Wind, and Speed released by Buy or Die Records. |
Lehmber Hussainpuri | However in 2005, after numerous delays, Hussainpuri released his solo debut album called Folk Attack in India under BaseLine Records even though he was signed to Envy Records in the UK. |
Lucy Walsh | Walsh was signed to Island Records by L. A. Reid in 2006. |
Kenya Bell | Bell signed a distribution deal with Bungalo Records in November 2012 for her C3K Records label and released her song'' Hate Me'' on December 11, 2012. |
Cristy Lane | She released her third studio album in 1979, Simple Little Words, after signing a contract with the major label, United Artists Records. |
Ivan Cattaneo | After early release from military service for its flamboyant behavior, he met Nanni Ricordi, a music entrepreneur and was signed to the independent Italian record label Ultima Spiaggia, where he released his debut studio album UOAEI in 1975. |
Tony Barrow | His earliest task for Epstein was to co-ordinate a media publicity campaign to surround the release of the group's first UK single,'' Love Me Do'', on EMI's Parlophone label in October 1962. |
Amanda Jenssen | Post-Idol career On 3 January 2008 Jenssen announced that she had landed a record deal. |
Emi Maria | She debuted as a major label artist in 2009, with the release of a digital dingle'' One Way Love'' under Victor Entertainment. |
Ichirou Mizuki | In July 1968, Mizuki signed onto the Columbia Music Entertainment label and released his first single called'' Kimi ni sasageru Boku no Uta'', composed by Kanae Wada. |
Huh Gak | On February 2011, after a month of searching for an entertainment agency, he decided to join A Cube Entertainment, a sub-label of Cube Entertainment despite of the other few offers that he received. |
Elva Hsiao | Virgin Records and Elva parted ways in summer of 2004. |
Kalomira | It was rumored that the single would likely be her last collaboration with Heaven Music as she had decided not to renew her contract upon its lapse in June 2010, adding that she was considering signing instead with songwriter Phoebus' newly founded label. |
Judith Hill | Post The Voice On October 2, 2013, Hill signed a record deal with Sony Music and announced that she would be touring with Josh Groban. |
Michelle Gayle | She released two Top 40 albums through RCA Records but they parted company in 1997, and although Gayle has recorded other albums, they have not been released. |
Dan Black | Signing a deal with A&M, his debut album UN was released on 13 July 2009. |
Daphne Willis | Willis parted ways with Vanguard in early 2012 and is working on an independent release. |
Kevin Borg | After having won the Swedish Idol 2008 Borg signed a recording contract with Sony BMG. |
Ian McNabb | In 1997, This Way Up parted company with McNabb, and released a' best-of' collection entitled My Own Way : The Words & Music of Ian McNabb. |
Chamillionaire | During his live UStream on January 14, 2011, Chamillionaire announced he was officially leaving Universal Records. |
Rey Ruiz | In 2000, Ruiz joined the Bohemia Records label, releasing'' Fenomenal'' ('' Phenomenal'') under that label. |
Canela Cox | In 2004, Canela was signed to Genuine Entertainment (in conjunction with Monopoly Records) ; there, Canela began recording for another album. |
Bleu (musician) | Bleu's next album, Redhead (called'' an all around power-pop treat'' by music critic Aidin Vaziri), was released in 2003 on Aware Records. |
Steve Bell (musician) | Faced with a lack of interest from established labels he formed the Indie record label Signpost Music in 1989 and released his first solo album. |
Sandi Thom | She signed a record contract with the small record label Viking Legacy, who released her début single,'' I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair)'' in late 2005. |
Mathematics (producer) | Completely mixed, arranged and produced by himself, Love Hell or Right was released fall 2003 on his own Quewisha Records label in conjunction with High Times Records, and it went on to sell 30,000 units. |
Tyler James (English musician) | It was confirmed in July 2012 that James had signed a new joint record deal with Island Records and Universal Music Group and had begun work on his second studio album. |
Iggy Azalea | Initially set to be released with Grand Hustle and Interscope Records, after label conflicts, in 2013 Azalea finally secured a deal with Mercury Records and later Island Def Jam, to release her debut album. |
Rachel Proctor | Later that same year, Proctor signed to BNA Records, releasing her debut single'' Days Like This'' in 2003. |
Thanos Petrelis | In January 2010, he left Heaven Music and signed with Phoebus's record label, called The Spicy Effect. |
Carwyn Ellis | In the autumn of 2010, Ellis released Colorama's third album BOX on Noise McCartney / Bad News Records (Victor Entertainment) in Japan and via See Monkey Do Monkey Recordings in UK. |
Linda Chung | In 2008, Chung officially signed with Star Entertainment (mother company of Stars Shine International) and subsequently launched her first album, Dinner for One, World for Two, which was certified gold. |
Jennifer Pe?a | After a few years of management under Q Productions, Peña opted to further her career by signing with the then new label Univision Music Group, whose president had launched Selena's career while at EMI Latin, which he headed until 2000. |
Brenn Hill | In 2000, Brenn was picked up by the Real West Productions record label, which released his third album, Trail Through Yesterday. |
Trina | Trina also started her own record label, Diva Enterprises now DP Entertainment, and by September 2002 had signed an artist, Lil Brianna, who was nine years old and working on her first album. |
George Ducas (singer) | Due to a restructuring of Liberty Records, Ducas was transferred to Capitol Records Nashville, where he released his second album, 1997's Where I Stand. |
Cormega | In 2000, he was released from his contract and he started his own record company, Legal Hustle Records. |
Raz-B | Distributed through his own production company, RazBeatz Entertainment, Raz released his first single, Fire in May 2007. |
Lyle Lovett | Lovett's music career began as a songwriter, but he soon signed with MCA Records in 1986 and released his eponymous debut album. |
Chris Bell (musician) | Bell recorded as a solo artist for the remainder of the 1970s ; two of these influential solo recordings,'' I Am the Cosmos'' and'' You and Your Sister'', were released on a 1978 single on Car Records. |
Snow (Japanese singer) | In 2005, she switched labels to Sony Music Entertainment Japan and released Hanabi made Ato Sukoshi (花火まであとすこし - unofficial translation :'' A Little Longer Until the Fireworks'') in July. |
Jo Ann Campbell | She received her first recording contract with RKO-Point Records in New York and released her debut single'' Where Ever You Go'' /'' I'm Coming Home Late Tonight'' with them in 1956. |
Doro (musician) | After the'' Love Me in Black'' tour in 1998, Doro parted ways with WEA, unsatisfied of the scarce promotion that the album had received, and signed with the German label SPV/Steamhammer. |
Agnes Carlsson | In early 2008, it was announced that Agnes had parted ways with her record label, and was now signed to small independent label Roxy Recordings. |
Juno Mak | Juno debut in 2002 as a commercial pop singer with Universal Music, and launched the first EP On the Road. |
Aldo Nova | Signing with Portrait Records, Nova released a self-produced album, Aldo Nova, in 1981 that had two singles :'' Fantasy'' and'' Foolin' Yourself.'''' |
Future (rapper) | Future signed a major label deal with Epic Label Group in September 2011, days before the release of his next mixtape, Streetz Calling. |
Akala (rapper) | Daley chose the stagename Akala because it is a Buddhist term for'' Immovable'', and started releasing music in 2003 from his own independent music label Illa State Records. |
Matthew Koma | Matthew Koma's debut album, Arcadia, is said to release on Cherrytree Records, a venture label of Interscope Records, in late 2013.'' |
Aya Kamiki | In 2006, Kamiki signed on with Giza Studio and released her first major label single'' Communication Break'' on March 15. |
Eleftheria Eleftheriou | On 1 December 2011, Eleftheriou announced that she had left Sony Music Greece and signed with Universal Music Greece. |
Mick Quinn | In 2008 the band parted ways with Parlophone records, recently acquired by Guy Hands of Terra Firma, and released single Rebel In You on Supergrass Records, overseen by Mick. |
Debelah Morgan | Morgan was managed by Sandy Tate during her debut album Debelah released in 1994 by Atlantic Records. |
Taral Hicks | In 1997, Hicks signed a deal with Motown Records and released an album titled This Time. |
Kira Isabella | Isabella was signed to Sony Music Canada in 2009. |
David Pfeffer | He was mentored by Till Brönner and was announced the winner on December 6, 2011, winning a record deal with Sony Music. |
Katharine McPhee | On June 9, 2011, it was announced that McPhee had signed a new record deal with Columbia Records (a label under Sony Music Entertainment), in conjunction with Columbia teaming with NBC to distribute the music for Smash. |
Chris Grabiec | Grabiec began his musical career in 1996 with debut single Can You Feel It released on First Contact Recordings. |
Abdallah Al Rowaished | In 1995, he signed a contract with the Saudi record company Rotana, since they offered him a better contract to which Farasan Music Production Company was paying, so he opted for the money, which is the logical thing to do. |
Katharine McPhee | It was announced on January 27, 2009 that McPhee had signed a new record deal with Verve Forecast Records (part of the Verve Music Group under Universal Music Group). |
Ainhoa Cantalapiedra | In 2006, Ainhoa parted ways with Vale Music due to creative differences and signed a new deal with another management. |
Debelah Morgan | In 2000, she signed with DAS / Atlantic Records and her record company released the single and album'' Dance with Me''. |
Maria Liezel Garcia | She signed a contract of ABS-CBN's Star Records in 2012, and released her self-titled debut album. |
Deserts Chang | Chang's debut album My Life Will... was released on June 9, 2006 under the record label Sony BMG. |
Fey (singer) | Fey released her first album, titled Fey, in 1995, on the Sony Music Mexico record label. |
Teacha Dee | In October 2011, Teacha Dee released his debut first album entitled'' Reggae Souljahs : Beating Babylon With Music'' which was released on his own independent label'' Tenfloor Records''. |
Sarah Lewitinn | In 2005, Lewitinn quit Spin to start her own record label, Stolen Transmission in partnership with Island Def Jam and Rob Stevenson, the Island Def Jam A&R executive responsible for signing The Killers as well as Fall Out Boy, Thrice, and The Bravery. |
Diamond D | The group signed with Jazzy Jay's Strong City Records, and Diamond and Rob started recording their debut album, I'm Not Playin', in 1988 and released the 12-inch single with the same title, which spawned a buzz in the underground. |
Teyana Taylor | In 2012, she officially signed to Kanye West's GOOD Music label and The Island Def Jam Music Group, after previously being signed to Interscope Records and Pharrell Williams' Star Trak Entertainment. |
Johnny Polygon | On April 1, 2010, Polygon announced he was no longer signed to Lantern's Invasion Music Group imprint and would continue to release music independently. |
Iggy Azalea | In 2012, she announced her signing to Mercury Records and the following year to Island Def Jam. |
Chris Cummings | Chris signed with Koch Entertainment in 2006. |