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Originally Posted by cliffdweller
I believe it boils down to the fact that they pretty much own your ass for a good while, I don't know how long the contract is binding...Haley?
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Yeah, it's all on Smoking Gun. I don't remember how long the contracts are for, but it's for several albums and several years. They're also basically required to do the AI tour for PEANUTS- like, a couple hundred dollars per performance, and required to make appearances on the show at Simon Fuller's whim. They have very little control over what songs they are allowed to record and what their album will be like, including photographs and album title.
Kelly was able to sue to get out of her contract, I'm sure at least one or two of them have since as well.
ETA: I am not a pop music fan, I'm a total music snob, a look at my
Last.fm will show you that, but I will unabashedly say that I LOVE Breakaway. I think it's fantastic. Something Kelly should be really proud of. Since U Been Gone was my favorite song of the year.