Shayne Ward has revealed the brutal way he was dropped from his record label following a mysterious three-year career freeze that derailed his rise to superstardom after The X Factor.
The Manchester-born singer shot to fame in 2005 when he won the second series of the ITV talent show, mentored by Louis Walsh. His winner’s single That’s My Goal went straight to Christmas number one, selling more than 700,000 copies in its first week and becoming one of the decade’s fastest-selling singles. His self-titled debut album followed in April 2006, topping the UK chart, while 2007’s Breathless debuted at number two and went platinum in the UK and five-times platinum in Ireland.
