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JERMAINE DUPRI QUITS VIRGIN OVER JANET ALBUM?: Exec reportedly exits post as head of urban music after girlfriend’s album flops.
*Fox411 columnist Roger Friedman is reporting that Jermaine Dupri has left his post as head of urban music at Virgin Records following the release of his girlfriend Janet Jackson’s latest album.
Friedman writes: “According to my sources, Dupri quit—i.e. was forced out—after disappointing sales of Jackson's comeback album, ‘20 Y.O.’”
“Three weeks into its release, the album is a dud with less than 500,000 copies sold,” Freidman continues. “I told you in this space last week, before anyone else, that the CD had dropped an astonishing 77 percent in sales in its second week.”
Friedman reminds folks that Dupri has the Midas Touch as far as music production, as he and “American Idol” judge Randy Jackson were behind Mariah Carey’s successful comeback album, “The Emancipation of Mimi.” As previously reported, there was even talk of having Carey join Janet for a duet that would be available on a planned re-release of “20 Y.O.”
“But with Dupri gone, '20 Y.O.' will probably just get written off as a mistake now,” writes Friedman. “This will leave Jason Flom, head of Virgin, to rebuild the urban department at the label—something I'm told he's been itching to do since he took over last year.”
As of EUR's press time, Dupri's camp had not responded to our request for a comment on the matter.
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