India Arie & Heather Headley Are Moving On
Two of my favorite, and most underrated women in the women in the music business today, India Arie and Heather Headley, have both parted ways with their respective record labels. India has left Universal Motown Records for parent company Universal Records. The singer reportedly no longer wanted to work with Sylvia Rhone, the head of Motown, because of creative differences the two had over India’s last album, “Testimony”, which debuted at #1 on the charts. India felt Testimony didn’t do as well as it could because of poor promotion on the part of the label. Sylvia Rhone has a reputation for being “difficult” and shelving and/or delaying albums. During her Elektra Records tenure she shelved/delayed albums from Nicole Wray, Gina Thompson, and Lil’ Mo. Most recently Mya’s “Liberation” album was shelved which was due to be released through Universal Motown Records.
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