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LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - "American Idol" winner Ruben Studdard has signed with legendary producer Clive Davis' J Records label on the heels of his victory in the talent-search series.
Runner-up Clay Aiken, meanwhile, has signed with RCA Records, home to the first "Idol" winner, Kelly Clarkson. Both J and RCA are part of the RCA Music Group, which has exclusive rights to sign the show's finalists.
Davis will executive produce Studdard's full-length album, which is scheduled for a September release, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Simon Fuller, the one-time Spice Girls manager who created the "Idol" concept, will be a consultant on the album.
Singles from both singers will hit stores in coming weeks. They won't be released simultaneously, as judge Simon Cowell announced in Wednesday's (May 21) finale of "American Idol," but rather in consecutive weeks.
Studdard's single, "Flying Without Wings," will drop Tuesday, June 3. Aiken's song arrives a week later. The Reporter says the song will be "This Is the Night," although Aiken said on CBS' "Early Show" Friday that it would be his version of "Bridge Over Troubled Water."
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