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...Happening was edited by Tiffany I. Hsieh and compiled by Nathan K. Burstein, Tina Rivers, Jordan Walker, M. Patricia Li, William S. Payne, Simon W. Vozick-Levinson, Scoop A. Wasserstein, Audrey J. Boguchwal, Marin J.D. Orlosky, Alexandra D. Hoffer, Jackeline Montalvo and Steven N. Jacobs...

Author: By Crimson Staff, | Title: Listings, Oct. 17-23 | 10/17/2003 | See Source »

Aiken had been forewarned by Clarkson and Guarini that if he was happy with 50% of his completed album, he'd be "doing real good." The problem, they told him, was that there were too many people wrestling for control of their music. "Simon Fuller did not create American Idol to be in the television business," says Tom Ennis of Fuller's production company, 19 Entertainment. "He created American Idol as a new way to find talent to manage and nurture." 19 is the idols' official record label--RCA is the American distributor--and Fuller, who managed Annie Lennox before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Building A Better Pop Star | 10/13/2003 | See Source »

...Studdard appears to be a Clive Davis kind of guy, then Aiken definitely sides with Fuller. "Simon Fuller is the one person I trust in all this," says Aiken, and the proof is on Measure of a Man, which is the rare pop album completely free of innuendo, let alone sex. Instead of adding edge lyrically, Davis and another A.-and-R. executive, Steve Ferrera, were forced to play with Aiken's sound, using crunchy power chords in place of benign synth pads and encouraging Aiken to put some power into his ballads. Says Aiken: "I'm very satisfied with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Building A Better Pop Star | 10/13/2003 | See Source »

...friendly pop. Aiken got to name his record Measure of a Man, even though Davis lobbied for any other title. The marketing department now says its strategy is to "let Clay be Clay." "Revolution is a strong word," says Aiken. "But RCA would not have picked me or Ruben. Simon Cowell would not have picked us. America has shown them that they don't know what they're talking about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Building A Better Pop Star | 10/13/2003 | See Source »

...weapons for six to nine months more. Yet the former official said Kay and his team would be wasting time and money if they kept their search going. "We've told them everything," he said. "There is nothing left to say." --By James Carney, Timothy J. Burger and Simon Robinson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Verdict On WMD | 10/13/2003 | See Source »

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