Posted May 19, 200718 yr Simon Cowell defends Kelly Clarkson Saturday, May 19 2007, 09:53 BST Digitalspy.com By Daniel Kilkelly Simon Cowell has defended Kelly Clarkson's decision to assemble her own writing team for new album My December. Responding to reports in the US media that record label executives at RCA and Sony BMG were annoyed with Clarkson for trying to take control of the album, Cowell insisted that she should be allowed to experiment. Clarkson shot to fame in 2002 after winning the first season of American Idol and her subsequent hits have included Breakaway and Since U Been Gone. ''Kelly is not a puppet; she does not like to be told what to do," Cowell explained. "She could have gone the easy route, which is, you go with [since U Been Gone producer] Max Martin - it's a guaranteed success. She made it absolutely clear that she wanted to steer the musical direction on this record. "You just gotta say, 'You know what? This girl has given us millions and millions of sales.' You've got to give her that opportunity. If it works out, fantastic. If she then decides she wants to do a pop album, every good writer and producer wants to work with her. Because Kelly will be here for 30 years. She has one of the best pop voices in the world right now. "What she sold in the UK, Europe, Asia had nothing to do with American Idol. It had everything to do with the fact that she made a great record and she's got an incredible voice. She's not a girl who got lucky in a talent competition; we got lucky to find her.'' Do you agree with Simon's comments?
May 19, 200718 yr you got more than lucky. you got finding-the-holy-grail lucky. lol how sacraligious of me. *forgive me God* Edited May 19, 200718 yr by Joao Filipe
May 19, 200718 yr yes definately i do agree. she is one of their biggest artists on the label and they need 2 realise this. if they don;t she will do the best thing for her and go find another deal as in her position she would not have much trouble finding any! simon knows exactly what e is talking about
May 19, 200718 yr Totally agree with Simon. Give the girl a break. She knows what she's doing. Give her some credit please.
May 19, 200718 yr I totally agree and i'm glad that she is wanting to take control! I'm just hoping that never again will be a hit, because i'm not quite sure at the moment
May 20, 200718 yr Im thinking it will be a fairly high charting song in the UK, as for the following singles then it will depend on what she releases.
May 26, 200718 yr Totally agree :D It's much better that artist's have more of an input on their own album.
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