Katharine McPhee dropped from record label!
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.
As McPhee told Billboard last year, she quickly realized the art of the compromise when it came to record the album, fresh off the road from the “American Idols Live” tour.
McPhee fell particularly in love with two tracks from producer Ryan Leslie, but then they wound up not making the cut. “I’m learning that’s the way it goes in this business,” she said. “You give and you take.”
In contrast to “Idol” stars like Bo Bice and Hicks, who had already spent years pursuing a music career, McPhee’s prior experience was limited to musical theater. Once in album-making mode, she also struggled with putting her own stamp on material that had been submitted by veteran songwriters.
“The demos, it’s so hard once you hear whoever is singing to get that out of your head, especially for me, being new to recording,” she said. Being able to craft songs with outside collaborators like Danja, Babyface and Kara DioGuardi generated “the memory of where we were when we were writing the song. There’s a kind of history behind it.”
January 9th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
I love her! I hope she does well!! She is so talented.
January 9th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
She’s supposedly in negotiations with Warner or A&M records, so she won’t be without a label for long.
January 10th, 2008 at 8:44 am
1st Tylor Hicks dropped not her! That year was jinxed! Except for Daughtry of course!
Love him!
January 10th, 2008 at 11:19 am
Good, I hope she never records again. She is a stuck up wench. I have friends on the staff of Idol who say she was the nastiest person to ever appear on the show - completely full of herself and rude.
January 10th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
January 16th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
whatever i went to school with her and she was NOT rude or full of herself…one of the nicest ppl i know is Kat.
May 21st, 2008 at 6:06 pm
I know Kat personally and yes she is VERY rude and stuck up!! She thinks she’s all that and she actually sucks. She needs to grow up and stop being the insecure wench that she is. Just because she hates herself doesn’t mean she should take it out on everyone else!! GROW UP KATHERINE!!
June 20th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
yeaaah right! you fools dont know her…you just like to talk s@#$…she seems goofy and sweet thats why her and kelly pickler were friends and stayed friends after the show. i dont believe you fools for one second that she is a stuck up or full of herself, you guys just want to put her down cause you dont like her geeze people sounds like you need to grow up …stop spreading rumors …kathryn is beautifull and i wish her the best finding a label!!
January 22nd, 2009 at 11:38 am
WOW! the hostility
for someone who didn’t actually see this behavior first hand, you sure are mad. Oh, your on eof those people, the ones who take second or third hand stuff and run with it! well, remember that I have to tell the people I know at American Idol to keep their mouths shut, becasue people like you, run with it - go back to whatever you do!