Estelle's drop joy

21-05-2008 13:15

Estelle says she is glad she was dropped from her record label in 2004.The 'American Boy' singer was dropped by V2 records shortly after releasing her debut album, but says the experience helped her because it is better to start from the bottom and work up.She said: "If you get placed at the top at the start, you'd fall down quickly. You have to be confident to survive in this industry. You have to be screwed greatly by one label to prosper."Estelle is currently involved in a talent search to find an unknown singer to perform with her in Manchester next month.The search will be screened on MTV and Estelle said: "I'm about promoting unsigned talent that is fresh and doesn't come from the Brit School."I want to find somebody like me, in the same headspace, who gets on with it but isn't in the same genre.