The Year In Dropped Artists: Hold On To Your Amerie Imports

As a sort of companion piece to the news that Taylor Hicks and Ruben Studdard had been dropped from J, Entertainment Weekly‘s Hollywood Insider blog ran a list of acts that had been dropped by/defected from major labels in 2007 last week. Frankly, I’m surprised that it isn’t about a mile longer, even though it does run the gamut from on-to-better-things artists (the White Stripes, Radiohead) to bands that seem to have hard luck follow them wherever they go (Mooney Suzuki, Blood Brothers). Full list after the jump.

THE GOOD: This is a pretty depressing list overall, but perhaps Liz Phair getting dropped by her label will make her think twice before recording her next ode to getting down with the Kotaku set, “Mii And You (Pushin’ My Trigger Button).” THE BAD: After all that will-it-or-won’t-it-come-out? drama, it looks like Amerie has been dropped from Sony, thus leaving the status of Because I Love It‘s US release date more unknown than ever. Here’s hoping she’ll make a second mix tape. THE WHAAA? It’s not about the list per se, but the comment section of the EW post has turned into a kinda crazy-ass pissing match between JC Chasez fans and Bo Bice diehards. I mean I loved “Until Yesterday” probably more than anyone else, but really?

Airbourne Alexz Johnson Alkaline Trio Amerie And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead… Annie Steela Ari Hest Aslyn Big Pooh and Little Brother Blood Brothers Bo Bice Brendan James Brett Ryan Christian Daniel Christina Milian CMurder Dandy Warhols DMX Fischerspooner From First To Last Goldie Hedley IMA Robot INXS JC Chasez Jewel J-Kwon Joe Budden Kelis Kevin Devine King Elementary Liz Phair Melissa Auf der Mar Men, Women and Children Moby Mooney Suzuki Natalie Warner Nine Inch Nails Northern State Otep Over It P.O.D. Paris Hilton Paul McCartney Phase 9 Prophet Omega Radiohead Reeve Oliver Ronnie Day Ruben Studdard Shaggy Shout Out Louds Skye Sweetnam Sound Team Sparklehorse Stacie Orrico Sugarcult Summer Obsession The Clipse The Donnas The Music The Outline The Redwalls The Vines What About Frank White Stripes

All the acts that lost major label deals in 2007 [Hollywood Insider]