Carly Smithson
Carly Smithson (née Hennessy) is a singer originally from Ireland who is, as of February 2008, a semifinalist on the seventh season of American Idol.
Smithson released an album for MCA Records called Ultimate High in 2001 as Carly Hennessy, before taking her husbands name. The album failed to find an audience despite getting good reviews and MCA Records spending over $2 million on the production and promotion of the album, which led The Wall Street Journal to publish an article about its failure.[1] Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe has asserted to the media that this past was disclosed on the show.
The album sold 378 copies, but is now available on iTunes. To further complicate things, Randy Jackson worked for MCA during the same period of time that Smithson was signed.
References
- ^ Jennifer Ordoñez. ""Pop Singer Fails To Strike a Chord Despite the Millions Spent By MCA"". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved February 26.
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