Epic Records has silently removed X Factor USA “winner” Melanie Amaro from their roster, sparking furious speculation that she has been dropped from the label.
It’s disgusting how she has been treated over the last year and a half. Simon Cowell first eliminated her from the competition, before deciding to bring her back and pulling for her to win. She eventually did win – a $5million contract which they made a big deal over due to it being the biggest ever offered to someone in reality TV history. She went on to release tardy dance numbers and cheesy pop songs such as ‘Don’t Fail Me Now’, ‘Love Me Now’ and ‘Long Distance’ – all of which failed to chart.
Neither song made any impact on the Billboard Hot 100. And now her debut album ‘Truly’ may never see a release. I’ve never seen that before. A reality show winner dropped BEFORE releasing a debut album? Wow. That’s shocking. She won the show in 2011, and now we’re in 2013. This is practically the longest time it has taken for a winner to release an album. The signs were clearly there. The problem is, the songs were really poor and did not necessarily reflect who she was as an artist. She was not singing those type of songs on the show, so why put her to sing those type of songs on her debut album? I always thought she’d try to appeal to the Adult Contemporary audience. Not teenyboppers that listens to Demi Lovato or Miley Cyrus.
Secondly, they just didn’t know how to market her, but then that’s kind of hard when the artist themselves has NO personality or obvious star quality. Still, they could have done so much more for her than provide insanely limited promo opportunities which more or less only consisted of her performing on the show. Fame-hungry scouters entering competitions needs to look much more closely at the contract they’re signing. You could be getting yourself into a right pickle and you should never sign anything that permits a record label to simply drop you when they’re the ones at fault. Check out her telling tweets below.
I have come to realize that no one knows the journeys and tasks you go through in life to be where u wanna be, everyone will have opinions
— Melanie Amaro (@ItsMelanieAmaro) March 4, 2013
But at the end of the day no one knows what’s really going on ! #keepingmyheadup #youcantstealmyjoydevil !! #lettinggo #lettingGod
— Melanie Amaro (@ItsMelanieAmaro) March 4, 2013
