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What are some reasons an artist would be let go from a music label?

I tried to look up web searches on why artists get cut from label but nothing really came up....any suggestions?

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1. Money. Artists are paid per recording, sometimes for multiple recordings. The major artists can even get a cut. Somtimes the artist's career goes south. That's when a record company has to decide if it's better to cut the contract out rather than hope the artist makes a comeback. So let's say an artist is contracted for four records and gets $5 mill to do all four with a side contract that allows the label to cut the artist paying $1 million for each record. The first one is a hit, the second one is a bust. The record company has to decide if they want to spend any more money on the contract. If they don't they let the artist go. On the flip side and artist is bound to the contract. If the artist achieves Madonna like status on the first two records the artist still owes the label 2 more records. Then after the fourth record they can sign a new deal or go to another label. Then the whole thing starts over again. That's why former big names can be cut. They got secondary contracts when they were super hot and they aren't hot enough to justify keeping the artist on the secondary contract.
2. Bad Sales,Poorly Produced CD,after alot of money has been spent. Artist is extremly hard to work with and not meet record contract agreement. The flipside is ,not only do you get dropped. You could get sued for all the money they have invested. It like a bank ,they put the money up ,you make a small amount and really dont make any until they have been paid back fully. Other record company may not touch after you have been let go. Michael Jackson last CD,Good CD,record label in my opinion didnt push it enough,he has cost them alot of money to produce it and he had put his Beatles collection up to assure his success. CD flopped cause of the molestation crap. Record company dropped him and wanted all the money they put in it ,plus wanted his Beatle music catolog.