Last week, news of Kelly Rowland’s departure from her record label hit the net. Now comes word that Beyonce’s sister Solange Knowles was also shown the door by her record label.
From Jawn Murray (AOL Black Voices)
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Geffen/Interscope Records has opted not to further their relationship with Knowles’ daughter Solange Knowles. The eclectic singer’s sophomore release ‘Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams’ has only sold around 138,000 units since its release in August of 2008 and Geffen/Interscope didn’t see the value in doing a new CD on her.
“Geffen did a one-off deal with Music World Entertainment for Solange and wasn’t interested in doing a new contract with her. People at the label really liked working with her because other than her infamous news outburst in Las Vegas, she was a constant professional. There were challenges dealing with her camp, but Solange was great to work with. In the end, the CD didn’t sell despite Solange’s countless high profile appearances,” the record label source told me. So both Rowland and Solange are now currently without record company homes; though I am told that Rowland will likely be announcing a new record deal in the coming weeks.
Awww, that bites. Well, let’s look on the bright side: now Solange has more time on her hands to spend with her son Julez and her growing Twitter family.
