Little Mix shocked the Pop landscape when they split from their label just one week before the release of their fifth album ‘LM5.’

At the time, the reason reported centered around songwriting credits and a broader breakdown between the group’s management (Modest) and Simon Cowell‘s Syco imprint.

Now, the industry honcho is speaking up and out about the matter. In trademark form, he didn’t hold back either.

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The Michael Jackson brand has proven to be a billion dollar machine in the near-decade since his death.

A series of savvy moves by his Estate have seen the King Of Pop moonwalk into the new generation and amass huge sums in the process.

Indeed, there have Circus Soleil shows, TV projects, exhibitions, and posthumous albums.

The latter, however, has been a little touch and go. 2014’s ‘Xscape’ was well-received, yet 2010’s ‘Michael’ remains a bone of contention with many fans. So much so that a sect filed a class action suit alleging that vocals had been doctored and, in instances, totally fabricated. A claim that has been denied by the Estate.

Yet, as the success of ‘Don’t Matter To Me’ – Drake‘s “collaboration” with MJ on his ‘Scorpion’ album – proved, there remains a healthy appetite for unheard material from the late, great megastar.

And it appears the hunger for new music will be fed – just in a different manner.

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In a shocking development, it’s been confirmed that British Pop belles Little Mix have parted ways with longtime label – Syco Music. A move that comes one week before their fifth studio album ‘LM5’ hits stores.

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Kris Wu is outraged!

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When Cheryl sprung to solo stardom upon the culmination of Girls Aloud, she did so with the help of Polydor – a Universal imprint and one of the most powerful music entities in the UK.

However, as she pieces together her first project since giving birth last year, she’s taking an altogether different route. She’s going…indie.

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Donald Glover has accused his former record label, the Glassnote Entertainment Group, of stealing his money.

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Patti LaBelle honoured the life of her late sister in song Aretha Franklin in a brand new interview given to ‘Good Morning America’ during the promo run for ‘Greenleaf’…the show she now stars in.

Which fond memories did she share about the ‘Spirit in the Dark‘ performer?

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FOX News has apologised for using an image of the performer Patti LaBelle during its tribute to her contemporary Aretha Franklin.

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Fifth Harmony may be on hiatus, but its members are each heating up the solo scene – the latest being Dinah Jane. 

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Azealia Banks continues to polarize the public with her antics. However, one thing is a cert – she’s powering ahead on her own.

After being dropped from Interscope Records and releasing debut ‘Broke With Expensive Taste’ as an indie offering, the rapper recently inked a deal with EOne for the release of new album ‘Fantasea II.’

However, perhaps deterred by the performance (or lack-thereof of the project’s preceding singles), Banks has…well…bounced. And, as predicted, not without

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Arista Records, the original label home of megastars such as Whitney Houston and Usher, is back.

Sony Music CEO Rob Stringer made the announcement today.

Details below on the return of one of the most prestigious imprints in music after the jump…

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With more success often comes more problems. Just ask Childish Gambino.

For, fresh from being accused of plagiarising #1 hit ‘This Is America,’ the musician/actor has been sued — by his former record label.

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