"ETA: Listen to Blake Lewis’s interview here (right-click and save to download) He talks about the label dropping him at about the 7:50 mark. Blake heard the news 2 days ago. He says that initially, he didn’t want to be with a major record label, but his second place win required it. Although he still had 80% control of his record, he feels that he didn’t get the support that he needed from the label.
This just in from Team Plaid…
Blake Lewis has been dropped by Arista, according to Blake himself, from an interview with Maximum Threshold. Listen to the entire podcast here:
Maximum Threshhold
Blake’s debut album Audio Day Dream failed to chart any singles, and by Idol standards, underperformed, selling 98,000 its first week and 299,000 to date.
That was fast! Taylor Hicks and Katharine McPhee were dropped from their respective labels about 18 months after they were signed. Ruben Studdard released 3 albums before he was dropped.
"Know My Name - Next Single? Published by pj June 6th, 2008 in Blake Lewis, BT, Kevin Sawka and Darude. 13 Comments I’ll admit to being bit skeptical about Blake getting a new single released, based on the lack of radio response to “Break Anotha” and “How Many Words.” (I’m not even going to speculate on why the response has been so lukewarm. I’ll leave that to peeps in comments! ) So, when I heard through the grapevine that Josh Hoge announced at a recent concert that Blake was pushing for “Know My Name” to be the next single, I took it with a huge grain of salt. Then this popped up:
He may have been a runner-up on the sixth season of American Idol, but singer/songwriter and beatboxer, Blake Lewis is still a winner. And with his album (A.D.D.) Audio Day Dream still pushing out singles like “Break Anotha,” “How Many Words” and the upcoming, “Know My Name/Hyper Psyche” (featuring Lupe Fiasco), Lewis, in an exclusive interview with UGO, is out prove to that he can “beat box” any competition.
Is it wishful thinking? Maybe. We’ll have to sit tight and see. I know many peeps thought KMN would have made a better first single than BA. I have to agree.
The video interview does mention some other projects on the horizon for Blake:
BT- song on his new album Collaborating w/ The R**** on a song for the AIDS charity, Dance for Life (I couldn’t make out if he said the Roots. It sounded more like the Rude. But isn’t he doing something with Black Thought? Help!). ETA: It’s Darude. Working with KJ Sawka on a trip-hop album Hopefully about to begin recording his new album"
"LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Popular "American Idol" runner-up David Archuleta has signed a record deal and is expected to release an album later this year, his new producers at 19 Recordings/Jive Records said on Thursday.
With a record deal in hand, 17-year-old crooner Archuleta joins past "Idol" also-rans such as Chris Daughtry, Jennifer Hudson and Clay Aiken who have leveraged their stardom on hit television show "Idol" into record, film and Broadway fame.
This season Archuleta was widely expected to win the No. 1-rated TV talent show, but he lost to rival David Cook on the program's final episode in May by 12 million votes.
Simon Fuller, creator of "American Idol" and founder of 19 Entertainment Label Group, said Archuleta instantly won over a huge audience and has a great future ahead of him.
"It was fascinating to watch David's journey through 'Idol.' He is a genuine pop star, and is a gifted singer," Fuller said in a statement.
Daughtry, Hudson and Aiken all lost in past seasons, too.
Daughtry currently has a hit album. Hudson won a supporting actress Oscar for her role in movie musical "Dreamgirls," and Aiken has appeared on Broadway in "Spamalot," among his various credits since "Idol."
The show averaged about 27 million viewers a week this season.
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