Taylor Hicks signs record deal
01 June 2006
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'American Idol' winner Taylor Hicks has signed a multi-million dollar record deal.The singer - who polled 36.4 million votes in last week's final - is now on the same label, Arista, as 2005 finalist Carrie Underwood.Hicks, 29, said: "I want to get a quick turnaround on my album. Get it on the shelves within the next five or six months, by the end of the year, something like that."A two track CD featuring his show stopping finale, 'Do I Make You Proud', and a cover of the Doobie Brothers classic, 'Takin' It to the Streets' has already become Amazon.com's fifth-biggest music seller - two weeks before its official release on June 13.Previous 'American Idol' winners and runners-up have sold over 33 million albums - 'Since You've Been Gone' singer Kelly Clarkson has shifted the most with sales of over 7 million.However, fellow season one winner Justin Guarini - who also starred alongside Clarkson in the movie flop, 'From Justin To Kelly' - only sold around 100,000 units.Meanwhile, 'American Idol' runner-up Katharine McPhee, 22, is already being wooed by some of Hollywood's biggest names.She has reportedly already been offered roles by Steven Spielberg and 'Serenity' filmmaker Joss Whedon - who is currently working on the big screen version of 'Wonder Woman'.
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