J Records has dropped Ruben Studdard

Dec.20, 2007 in Celebrity Nonsense

Former American Idol winner Ruben Studdard was dropped from his record label, which is news that is vaguely interesting but not at all.

After a promising start as winner of the second season of “American Idol,” Studdard seems to have fallen short of expectations and has been dropped from J. A rep from his label has confirmed the artist’s departure to SOHH.

Studdard’s first J Record release Soulful, released in 2003, is RIAA certified platinum. His 2004 gospel follow up, I Need An Angel also fared well - reaching gold status. However sales of his 2006 project The Return have been unable to match his previous success, moving barely 235,000 copies.

Studdard has been putting in work to strengthen other aspects of his career. In November, he spent time touring alongside Robin Givens in a play called “Heaven I Need a Hug” and according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, he is currently preparing to play jazz great Fats Waller in a national theatre tour of “Ain’t Misbehavin’.”

They dropped him? So that’s why I felt those tremors. HA! THAT WAS THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS POST. YOU THINK I GIVE A CRAP ABOUT RUBEN STUDDARD? HA!

This is why journalists take a lot of the time before holidays off. There’s no news, so you have to talk about Ruben Studdard. Sigh. Look forward to 5 more Jamie Lynn Spears posts.