Ruben Studdard became the first “Idol” winner to lose his record deal. The lovable “velvet teddy bear” was dropped by J Records after three records, Ruben’s brother Kevin confirmed to me this morning.
But Ruben’s co-manager Jonathan Effinger said Ruben is still with 19 Entertainment, that they are now shopping for another label for him. Ruben has already started recording cuts for his fourth album, having just gotten back from working with producers in Copenhagen, Denmark.
“19 decided to find another record label to put his vision out,” Effinger said. “19 has a pretty good idea what they want to do and want to be given the flexibility to do it. Just looking at the album sales, I don’t think they reflect Ruben’s ability or fan base.”
Ruben’s sales have dropped since his first CD sold 1.8 million. His second album, a gospel release, moved another 437,000. His current R&B album, which came out in 2006, only moved 235,000.
Effinger said Ruben wants to make an album with a more live sound. “His voice needs to go to another arena and develop a different sound,” Effinger said. The departure from J “was not an angry situation. The time with J was good. There are no hard feeelings.”
J Records represents Taylor Hicks, Fantasia, Jennifer Hudson (whose album is due out next year), Carrie Underwood and Blake Lewis.
Effinger said he’ll get Ruben on the phone for an update so I’ll post something new if that’s the case. Ruben last month told me he was doing the national tour of “Ain’t Misbehavin’ ” next year and that hasn’t changed.
(52) Comments
Posted by: War Eagle on December 20, 2007 11:50AM EST
First
Posted by: flat screen on December 20, 2007 12:16PM EST
FIRST!!!!!!WOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOO.....WHERE'S MY COOKIES AND MILK????YES!!!!!!
Posted by: War Eagle on December 20, 2007 12:17PM EST
LOL, Gottcha flats
Posted by: flat screen on December 20, 2007 12:24PM EST
DAMN EAGLE!!!
Posted by: on December 20, 2007 12:31PM EST
Linny, i guess your grammar lesson did not work.. "I go bonkers to" should have been "too"
Posted by: flat screen on December 20, 2007 12:33PM EST
HEY SHAUN!!!!!STARS AND NOT THE W'S!!!!!
Posted by: War Eagle on December 20, 2007 12:38PM EST
What's up Shaun? How is the kid doing today?
Posted by: flat screen on December 20, 2007 12:39PM EST
LOL!!!!!!WHAT A KNOB!!!!!!
Posted by: flat screen on December 20, 2007 12:40PM EST
:-)
Posted by: War Eagle on December 20, 2007 12:43PM EST
Flats, Don't you have some kind of auto manufacturing plant where your at.
Posted by: on December 20, 2007 12:48PM EST
WE, he is much better, thanks man for asking.
Posted by: flat screen on December 20, 2007 12:50PM EST
Why....I'm in Chicago
Posted by: War Eagle on December 20, 2007 12:50PM EST
Glad to hear it Shaun.
Posted by: War Eagle on December 20, 2007 12:53PM EST
I thought you were in Spartanburg SC
Posted by: on December 20, 2007 12:54PM EST
lol
Posted by: flat screen on December 20, 2007 12:55PM EST
HEY MAN...we hung 84 on the board yesterday!!We aint gooen out without a fight!
Posted by: on December 20, 2007 12:55PM EST
Congrats on your grades WE, now you can partay til the next semester starts.
Posted by: flat screen on December 20, 2007 12:56PM EST
Nope....not anymore man.
Posted by: War Eagle on December 20, 2007 12:57PM EST
Thanks Shaun. I go back Jan. 7 so I got a little time off.
LOL Flats
Posted by: flat screen on December 20, 2007 1:01PM EST
you should see all the mens we got up here!!!they seen me on that there internet!
Posted by: War Eagle on December 20, 2007 1:49PM EST
flats, What do you think or clemson? They did not beat a decent team all season.
Clemson's record
Mon., Sep 3 Florida State W 24-18 3 Sat., Sep 8 Louisiana-Monroe W 49-26 4 Sat., Sep 15 Furman W 38-10 5 Sat., Sep 22 @North Carolina State W 42-20 6 Sat., Sep 29 @Georgia Tech L 13-3 7 Sat., Oct 6 Virginia Tech L 41-23 9 Sat., Oct 20 Central Michigan W 70-14 10 Sat., Oct 27 @Maryland W 30-17 11 Sat., Nov 3 @Duke W 47-10 12 Sat., Nov 10 Wake Forest W 44-10 13 Sat., Nov 17 Boston College L 20-17 14 Sat., Nov 24 @South Carolina W 23-21
Posted by: linnykat on December 20, 2007 2:26PM EST
LOL Shaun, i was away and did not "see" the continuing errors until just now.... and i love you ~¿@
Greg, just shut UP, ok? do NOT start it up again, dammit, it's just NOT necessary. just DON'T
please
WE...your grammar is slipping when you're typing too fast *read back*
sorry, i really am NOT the grammar police except every once in a while, just mainly to stir things up, LOL
Posted by: linnykat on December 20, 2007 2:27PM EST
prayers and kisses to the baby, btw, Shaun. you know i'm continuing to pray!!!
Posted by: flat screen on December 20, 2007 2:32PM EST
Linny...LOL!!you crazy girl.I got to take care of my bidness here towards the end.
Posted by: flat screen on December 20, 2007 2:35PM EST
Sorry Eagle...Dodging bullets up in here today.I worked hard to get this place back together.Clemson has a decent team,but they haven't seen the speed like auburn has on defense .AUBURN 24 CLEMSON 2!!!!!
Posted by: Anonymous on December 20, 2007 2:41PM EST
I will take that score all day flats
Posted by: Anonymous on December 20, 2007 2:43PM EST
What happened too m? I disappeared
Posted by: flat screen on December 20, 2007 2:44PM EST
ACC aint got nothen on the SEC!!!!!!
Posted by: Deirdre on December 20, 2007 2:44PM EST
I'm back...the doc was relatively fast, then I went to pick up some dry cleaning and get my prescription filled. I see y'all are having a good time in here! :-)
W E nobody knows WHERE flats really is...it changes from one comment to another especially if one of the exiles drops by...he likes to annoy them which also annoys the rest of us!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: flat screen on December 20, 2007 2:48PM EST
D...:-)!!
Posted by: War Eagle on December 20, 2007 2:48PM EST
*************
Posted by: flat screen on December 20, 2007 2:49PM EST
EAGLE...COME BACK EAGLE!!!!!!!
Posted by: War Eagle on December 20, 2007 2:50PM EST
I'm Broke
Posted by: flat screen on December 20, 2007 2:51PM EST
LOL!!!!!!!FIX YOURSELF AND CHECK BACK IN LATER!!!!
Posted by: War Eagle on December 20, 2007 2:56PM EST
I think I am fixed
Posted by: flat screen on December 20, 2007 2:59PM EST
Eagle..what's up with that picture?
Posted by: Deirdre on December 20, 2007 3:15PM EST
So the doc makes jokes about red eyes and turning the other one green to go with the holiday...he's lucky he didn't get an upper cut to the jaw!!!!
Posted by: War Eagle on December 20, 2007 3:15PM EST
Just thought it was funny flats.
Top ten Quotes of 2007
10. "I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, this administration has been the worst in history."
-- Jimmy Carter, interview in Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, May 19
9. "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man."
-- Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., describing Sen. Barack Obama, quoted in New York Observer, Feb. 4
8. "[I have] a wide stance when going to the bathroom."
--Larry Craig, senator from Idaho, explaining why his foot touched that of an undercover policeman in a men's room (as noted by the interviewing policeman), June 11
7. "I'm not going to get into a name-calling match with somebody [Vice President Dick Cheney] who has a 9 percent approval rating."
-- Harry Reid, senator from Nevada, remarks to the media, April 24
6. "There's only three things he [Rudy Giuliani] mentions in a sentence: a noun and a verb and 9-11."
-- Joseph Biden, senator from Delaware, comment at Democratic presidential debate, Oct. 30
5. "I don't recall."
-- Alberto Gonzales, U.S. attorney general, repeated response to questioning about firing of U.S. attorneys, congressional testimony,
April 19
4. "That's some nappy-headed hos there."
-- Don Imus about Rutgers University women's basketball team, Imus in the Morning radio broadcast, April 4
3. "In Iran we don't have homosexuals like in your country."
-- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president of Iran, at a Columbia University appearance, Oct. 10
2. "I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because some people out there in our nation don't have maps and I believe that our education like such as South Africa and the Iraq everywhere like such as and I believe that they should our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S. or should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future for our [children]."
-- Lauren Caitlin Upton, Miss South Carolina Teen USA, responding to a pageant question about why one-fifth of Americans are unable to locate the United States on a map, Aug. 24
And my favorite
1. "Don't tase me, bro!"
-- Andrew Meyer, University of Florida student who had been questioning Sen. John Kerry, being dragged away by campus police using a Taser stun gun, Sept. 17
Posted by: Deirdre on December 20, 2007 3:16PM EST
I have to admit, however...I enjoyed my time in the waiting room...just sat there, all warm and cozy, reading my book....I was almost disappointed when they called me in. Almost.
Posted by: War Eagle on December 20, 2007 3:21PM EST
Did you get your winker fixed D?
Posted by: Deirdre on December 20, 2007 3:24PM EST
It's not winking yet, War Eagle but it should be in a few days. At least the medicine feels good!!!! Thanks for asking.
Posted by: flat screen on December 20, 2007 3:26PM EST
Good deal D....:-)
Posted by: on December 20, 2007 3:40PM EST
Dierdre, glad you are better, my brother is an Opthamologist, but he is in Cali though.
Posted by: flat screen on December 20, 2007 3:42PM EST
LOL!!!!
Posted by: Deirdre on December 20, 2007 3:48PM EST
He won't be able to help me very much then, Shaun. Actually they thought it might be a good idea if I saw an opthalmologist because this is the 3rd time I've had this infection. I'll make an appointment after the holidays.
If I don't hear from you again before Christmas, Shaun...have a very merry one and hug that little rug rat for me!
Posted by: linnykat on December 20, 2007 3:53PM EST
glad you're ok, D!
Posted by: Deirdre on December 20, 2007 3:56PM EST
Thanks linny...hope your day has been better than mine!
Posted by: linnykat on December 20, 2007 4:05PM EST
from what it sounds like, yep, it has, D...i'm sorry! well.... not sorry MY day has been ok, sorry your's HASN'T...
WE glad you found your way back to reality, there!!!
Posted by: Deirdre on December 20, 2007 4:10PM EST
Hope everybody out there enjoys their 'rainy night in Georgia'. Hope we get at least an inch!!!!
G'night, all!
Posted by: flat screen on December 20, 2007 4:35PM EST
Good night D...I hope your eye feels better!
Posted by: flat screen on December 20, 2007 4:44PM EST
Not bad...we almost got 100 posts for the day!!!!WAY TO GO TEAM!!!
Posted by: wiseowl on December 20, 2007 7:52PM EST
I think that Ruben will do better in the Gospel music arena. He does have a very good fan base; perhaps it's just hard for him to find that niche. I don't intend to get into any other reality shows other than AI; however, I was tempted to check out COC. Patti definitely has nothing to prove.....Kelly was OK....Michael, like Patti does it all well....I have new and great respect for Lachey......I've never been a country music fan. I thank this show for exposing me to Blake. I checked him out on youtube and enjoyed EVERY song I listened to. COC has been quite entertaining, yet I wouldn't be interested in the show on a continous basis. Keep in mind that AI devoted the ONE show for charity. The entire purpose or misssion of this venture is for the charitable organization(s). IMOP Lachey and Blake have shown great energy and devotion to this project, and both of their choirs exemplify such efforts.
