SUGABABES DROPPED FROM JAY-Z’S LABEL?
British girlgroup the SUGABABES have been dropped from JAY-Z’s music labe l after releasing just one album under Roc-A-Fella Records, according to a U.K. report.
The hitmakers reportedly signed a three-record deal with the music mogu l last year (09) and their seventh studio record, Sweet 7, hit stores in the U.K. earlier this month (Mar10).
The album is also the first release with the new line-up - singer Jade Ewen was drafted in to replace Keisha Buchanan in September (09), the onl y original member of the band after two other line-up changes.
Sweet 7 has so far had disappointing sales after entering the U.K. char t at number 14 and it has fallen to 37 in this week’s (beg22Mar10) midwee k rundown.
And now Jay-Z has reportedly dropped the trio from his record label, ac cording to Britain’s The Sun. A source tells the publication the girls ar e being referred to as "former clients", while a spokesperson for the Sug ababes reportedly told the paper the girls had never even signed a deal w ith Roc-A-Fella.
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