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Sony rumoured to be dropping Union J
By Chris Cooke | Published on Monday 9 March 2015
Sony Music is about to drop Union J, or so says the Daily Star, and who’d doubt the Daily Star? Well, Sony Music for one, it’s saying the ‘X-Factor’ boyband is still on the its roster and who’d doubt Sony Music? Well, the Daily Star for one, which has a quote from a source and everything.
Citing the disappointing performance of the group’s second album ‘You Got It All’ as the reason for them being dropped, said source says: “Everyone on the label is sad to see them go because they are great guys, but at the end of the day it is a business. The lads have been told there are no future plans for any more releases and are obviously gutted. They have a core, dedicated fan base and sold lots of merchandise but the problem was lack of album sales”.
Union J initially signed to Sony’s RCA after their ‘X-Factor’ jaunt – rather than Simon Cowell’s ‘X’ owning Syco – later shifting over to another of the major’s UK labels, Epic, for the second long player. So you’d think Sony would at least let them have a go on Columbia Records before exiling them.
And hey, given how quickly the nostalgia train comes round these days, one more record and then they can probably ride the ‘Let’s-Remember-The-Heady-Days-Of-2012?’ wave for a few years.