Jordin Sparks and Other ‘American Idol’ Contestants Part Ways with Record Companies
First Blake Lewis, then Kristy Lee Cook, and now Jordin Sparks have all parted ways with their record companies. Here are the details on Sparks’ departure:
“Jordin and 19 Management are parting ways,” Jordin Sparks’ mom Jodi wrote this month on her daughter’s MySpace blog. “It is a mutual decision and we are looking forward to the future!”
Jordin Sparks has only been with 19 Records/Jive records since May of 2007 and only released one record with the label.
Her self-titled debut album hit the charts at Number 10 on The Billboard 200. Her album initally sold a mere 119,000 copies during its initial week of release last November and represented the lowest first-week debut album sales of any former Idol winner, but is has now sold over 960,000 copies which puts it ahead of the debut album sales of fifth-season American Idol winner Taylor Hicks.
Jordin Sparks’ mother wrote on the blog that Jordin is working on her second album. “Jordin (is) writing and recording starting in January,” wrote Jodi on the MySpace blog. “Hopefully new album out by summer. Expect more upbeat dance tunes!”
The songs they stuck poor Jordin Sparks with were terrible. She is one of the best singers that American Idol has ever produced, but she got one of the worst albums ever. Carrie Underwood got her country album, David Cook and Chris Daughtry got rock albums, and Jordin got some terrible pop teeny bopper album. I hope the next one is more of her.
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POSTED BY: Eva Elise
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Jordin and her MANAGEMENT split, not her record company. She’s still with Jive and 19Records, affliated with AI.