The Next Destiny's Child? Beyonce Signs 3 Teen Artists for $1.5M
The next Destiny's Child may be emerging after Beyoncé signed three teen artists to her management company, Parkwood Entertainment.
The R&B diva discovered two singing sisters from California -- Chloe Bailey, 17, and Halle Bailey, 15 -- on YouTube. The pair received more than 10 million views for their cover of her song, "Pretty Hurts."
According to legal documents obtained by New York Post's Page Six, the Bailey sisters received a $1 million deal "for up to six albums" through the length of their contract. Beyoncé is entitled to 15 percent of their gross earnings.
"We cannot think of a better person to help guide the girls," father Douglas Bailey said, adding his daughters "have been singing, dancing and acting together since they were toddlers" and "worship" Queen Bey.
The third young talent is Sophie Beem, 14, a singer-songwriter from New York. At the age of 11, she found her passion for singing at a performing arts camp. Since then, she was a top 40 contestant on "The X Factor" in 2012 and now performs regularly at concert halls.
"There are some people who are born to do this, and you are one of them," the television music competition's judge Simon Cowell said at the time.
Beem has a $560,000 contract with the management company, which stated in court papers that she is not "ready to being recording music" and "Parkwood Music believes that Sophie's music will be best showcased with a band."
The "7/11" singer requested approval of the deals totaling $1.5 million from a Manhattan judge since the girls are minors. She will mentor them and manage their careers.
Parkwood Entertainment was founded in 2008, producing Bey's 2011 album "4," 2013's self-titled "Beyoncé," as well as her films "Cadillac Records" and "Obsessed," TV specials and music videos.
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