
New reports on LeToya’s official fansite allege that the singer is still having problems with her record label Capitol. The site is run by somebody who works for LeToya, so you can guarantee that anything printed on there is accurate and has probably been co-signed by LeToya herself.
According to the site, Capitol are refusing to promote LeToya’s sophomore album Lady Love due to costs, and reluctantly commissioned a video for the third single “Regret” after fans petitioned online and the song managed to reach the top ten with no promotion or video from them.
Not only that, but “Regret” has now reached #3 on urban radio play charts, and now pop want the song to. The only problem is that Capitol are refusing to pay any money to promote “Regret” there or to have it officially sent out to pop radio.
There’s also an official remix with a new beat and lyrics but Capitol are refusing to pay for its official release, so until they do it will remain unheard.
LeToya is one of the only R&B artists to ever get a top 10 hit on the R&B charts with ZERO promotion and no music video. The song has also crossed over onto the Hot 100, reaching #78, and it should rise once the official video is released this Friday on BET’s 106 & Park.
Capitol really need to get their act together with this. I know that they’ve probably already invested a bit of money on the album, but “Regret” is turning out to be a huge hit and a few extra g’s to send it out to radio and release a remix isn’t going to send them broke.
I actually heard a while back that LeToya wanted “Regret” as the first single from her album, but other people were pushing for “Not Anymore”. Maybe now the labels ego is hurt because their single choice flopped, whilst Letoya’s choice has become a big hit with no promotion and no airplay from some of the biggest stations in the country. Team Toy!