# Is American Idol The Only Way To Make It In The Music Industry Today?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 2, 2006, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-american-idol-the-only-way-to-make-it-in-the-music-industry-today/350928 "2006-04-02T07:36:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Guy\_Incongnito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4af34b/32.png) [@Guy\_Incongnito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Incongnito)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-american-idol-the-only-way-to-make-it-in-the-music-industry-today/350928/21 "2006-04-04T13:03:02Z")

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> [@Hampshire](#):
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> I’ll agree and add that vocal quality is fading into the background as a requirement for making popular music . . . for every talented singer there are 5 more that would have been booted out of AI auditions that are currently putting out chart topping hits ( . . . Fiddy Sent)

:dubious: You do know that 50 Cent is a rapper, don’t you? That’s like criticizing Frank Sinatra for not being able to play the violin.

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**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-american-idol-the-only-way-to-make-it-in-the-music-industry-today/350928/22 "2006-04-04T15:50:03Z")

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Well, one girl seems to have stumbled across another way:

[http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/04/web.thom/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/04/web.thom/index.html)

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> LONDON, England – A British singer has signed up by a major record label after broadcasting live performances from her living room on the Internet.
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> Sandi Thom, 24, is now on the books of RCA/SonyBMG after signing with the label at her flat on Monday night.
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> She built up a daily audience of more than 100,000 people around the world.

Pretty cool.

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