Chris Sligh Announces New Deal with Word Records

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Season 6 Idol, Chris Sligh has just announced on twitter he’s signed a new record deal with the Christian major label, Warner Brothers/Word records.

“My new deal is with Warner Bros./Word Records. You’re the first to know!!!” tweeted Chris, “I’m sure this will come out but when I was a kid the first CCM records I ever got had the big ‘ol Word W on the label…”

“At 16 I remember dreaming of someday being a Word artist. Wow. Dream come true!”

Wait, since Chris is disassociating himself from American Idol, should I even be blogging this news? Heh. Just kidding (sort of) Good luck on your new label, Chris.

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  • Bearcatgrad9912

    All I know is that while his music might be something I would normally support and purchase, the way he comes off has turned me completely off to him. I refuse to support his career, not because he expresses his opinions but because of his obsession with taking everyone he can in other seasons down to prop himself up. I know what I’ve read and even in context, that is what he is doing.

  • SpenserJ

    The only thing I can come up with is this theory: Chris Sligh never cared about Idol as much as everyone else did, not as much as we Idol fans do and certainly not as much as the other contestants did. We took that as arrogance and un-earned moxie. But I think the truth of it is that Chris didn’t care because Chris maybe realized what all of us tend to forget: doing well on Idol doesn’t really help you that much in the real world. But we love Idol and we love it a lot. And we all wish WE had a chance to be in front of 30 million people and so we punish him for wasting the chance to be more famous.

    I find Idol to be entertaining TV. I don’t much care about whether or not it helps anyone in the real world. And, I would never want to be on TV for any reason.

    I think Chris cared about AI very much. I also thinks he looks for approval. That’s why he’s always re-explaining himself or retracting or committing AI-icide. It’s not because he’s confident, doesn’t need it and doesn’t care. It’s a product of raging insecurities.

    I’m not a fan of his music, and he certainly wasn’t one of my favorites his season. But, I did get the opportunity to meet him and seemed like a super nice guy. My only problem with him is that as soon as people get annoyed with his little quips – he backtracks. Just freaking own it man. He reminds me of a girl who always needs to be told she’s pretty. And it bugs.

  • http://mjsbigblog.com/luvadamlamberts-american-idol-tour-2009-washington-dc-re-cap.htm luvadamlambert

    MrRJ,have you read some if his comments? He’s way worse than VFTW…i think it’s acceptable from hu personality to call him an a$$ hole

    No matter how much I despise him, though, I’m genuinely happy he’s signed…

  • safeandsound

    You guys are certainly entitled to your opinion. I disagree.

    Spenser, Chris hasn’t edited or deleted comments since his time right after Idol. He hasn’t retracted anything that I know of. When tabloids and the View were talking about his top 10 Idol blog this summer, not a word of it changed. It seems to me like he learned his lesson in retraction and editing. He says what he says and stands by it. I think you might be judging something that he has worked on.

    I won’t defend him anymore. It sounds like most of you have made your decision about him and can’t be swayed. And that’s okay. I have, too, just the opposite way.

    But Bearcat, I would challenge you to show me a place where he’s put other contestants down. He’s said true things about his career vs theirs, but stating fact isn’t putting someone down.

    And LUV, you’re obviously a Glambert and you’re entitled to your opinion. I think your term of affection for Chris is a little over the top but perhaps your generation is different from mine (I’m 56). I personally think that the same term of affection could be used for Adam in some of the ways he presented himself. The difference between the two guys is that Chris has handled most of his mess-ups in a very small online community. Whereas Adam’s follies have come in a very public way. I’d think that as a Glambert fan you’d identify with someone who sticks their foot in their mouth.

    Anyway, good luck…I won’t comment again for fear it may come across as Pro-Chris spam.

  • breakdown

    There is no such thing as moving on from Idol. He cared very much about winning in his season and tried to get various fanbases on his side but they wouldn’t bite. So he bit when he could.

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