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Sony rumoured to be dropping Union J

By | Published on Monday 9 March 2015

Union J

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.



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