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Old 04-08-2009, 12:40   #204
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Originally Posted by Millie View Post
As much as I agree that the interview is fake, I have to ask... are you serious?

t.A.T.u. was signed for two albums (with Interscope,) then released Remixes after 200km/h to get out of the Shapovalov-negotiated contract, then signed on for another two more.

So you're saying labels don't usually sign artists for two albums on the fansite of a band that was signed for two albums not once, but twice?
They signed for four albums. After the split up with Shapovalov and Neformat no more being tatu's company they made a new contract, again for four albums. Remixes and the like don't count in this (and for Interscope the Russian ones don't count either), just studio albums. As a matter of fact record companies try to bind artists to them for a long time. What you own you can control, make money out of it and nobody else can interfere. 4 albums with a usual frequency of 2-3 years makes more than 10 years bound to the label (very often longer than the lifetime of the project).