November 5th, 2011 at 8:12 pm by
Anne

It was only 2 short years ago (although it seems much longer, right?) that Adam Lambert was runner-up on American Idol and now a lawsuit from a former company he worked with, Colwel Platinum Entertainment, claims he was still under contract with them at the time which would make him ineligible to have been on American Idol. Shut. the. front. door.
In the last short while a new album 'Beg For Mercy' has been available for sale that Adam tweeted:
Beg For Mercy project is same as ‘Take One’. some songs I worked on 5 yrs ago and never finished. This release comes as a surprise to me…”
I bet the lawsuit (which was filed Tuesday) came as an even bigger surprise. The lawsuit came after Adam's people advised Amazon.com that they had to take sales of the album down. They had begun production on the album (finally) in July of 2011. Colwel Platinum states Adam had an agreement with one of their operations Welsford Music Productions and as such was in violation of the American Idol contract:
"Upon further information and belief, the rules governing appearances on and participation in American Idol when Lambert was a contestant provided, among other things, that contestants were ineligible if 'as of the date of [the] audition, [they had]…a music recording contract…or any other contractual arrangement that would prohibit [them] from entering into a…recording contract…" A violation of this provision was grounds for disqualification."
Apparently in 2007 and 2008 Adam had written songs with Welsford and performed some of those songs after that time period. Additionally they claim Adam was paid $200,000 for this music. The company is stating they own 50% of all publishing rights to the songs they worked on with Adam and has the right to publish them.
Earlier today Adam tweeted:
"Remember than in any dispute, reserve judgment until all the facts surface from ALL parties. Guilt and innocence come with a complete story." He followed it up with another message that said, "Eyes on the prize."
All I know is this: Adam is coming out with an album in February or March of 2012 and I really hope this lawsuit does not interfere with that because this biotch wants to buy it and see him on the subsequent tour that is bound to happen. I know I'm not alone in my feeling, right kittens?
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