I Hear the Sound of Idols Dropping -- Soul Patrol Gunned Down, McPheever Cured for Good
First it was that old man with the fake ID, what was his name again? And now it's his chief rival getting booted out of the Sony BMG family, too.
Katharine McPhee has joined fellow "American Idol" contestants Taylor Hicks and Ruben Studdard as former members of the Sony BMG family. The artist has parted ways with RCA after a solitary album, a 2007 self-titled affair that debuted at No. 2 on The Billboard 200.
A label source confirmed McPhee's departure, which was first reported by Entertainment Weekly.
McPhee struggled to connect with a wide audience with her debut, which was led by the single "Over It." That track topped out at No. 22 on Billboard's Top 40 Mainstream chart and No. 29 on the Hot 100. The album has sold just 366,000 units in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Of course, as you'll remember from earlier in the week ...
Taylor Hicks, below, the 2006 winner of “American Idol,” has followed Ruben Studdard, the 2003 winner, out the door of J Records, The Associated Press reported. “Taylor is going to record on his own for the next album,” said Liz Morentin, a public relations representative for J, a label within Sony-BMG.
And speaking of the season two winner ...
Although abysmal record sales forced the plus-size 29-year-old schvitzing velvet teddybear to be dropped last month by his label, J Records, Ruben isn't performing at local balloon festivals or housing developments just yet. Studdard will hit the road this fall as part of the 30th anniversary of the national tour of Tony-award winning musical "Ain't Misbehavin'." The joint is jumpin'!
If Chris Daughtry isn't sitting at home drinking a frosty one with the wife and kids and smiling I hope he will be after he reads this.
Ace Young, I'm still rootin' for ya, buddy. If Constantine Maroulis can have a career (and a sense of humor, did you see his appearance on The Soup? Outstanding!), I gotta believe there's hope for you.
You see, if you have a sense of humor about yourself, you win me over every time.
