Universal Chairman Comments On Mariah Carey & Robbie Williams

The Guardian spoke with Universal chairman Lucian Grainge who addressed how competing label EMI handled the Mariah Carey contract that blew up in their faces. Grainge said, “My opinion is that you need record guys running record companies. They understand the music and the deal and the artist, and they do it week in, week out.” As for another EMI artist who’s mulling his future with the troubled label, Robbie Williams, he said, “It’s no secret that I’d love to sign him. And if he does, I’ll break him in America.” Read more.