[arista]

Simon is Right to Drop any performer
that is not selling.

Its a Record Deal Not Charity.

Utter Fact.

[joeysteele]

I think they are too quick to drop singers now though, looking back decades ago in the hit singles books etc, really big stars like Dusty Springfield etc. got top 10 hits then records that only got to the lower end of the top 40 and some flopped altogether but her label never dropped her,it was the same it seems for many artistes then.

Everything has to be instant and continuous now. However real success has to be won with perseverance and patience,I still say the X Factor winner is hampered by the one single coming out instantly, then the follow up not released for ages after that, the album appears only when the X Factor series begins again. That's not the way to capitalise on success its the way to stifle it.