Niall Horan has reportedly signed a huge record deal with Universal Music.
It had been rumoured that the former One Direction member was in talks to sign a deal with Simon Cowell’s label Syco, but now a source has revealed to the Daily Star on Sunday that the Mullingar native will be teaming up with Universal– a direct competitor of Syco.
Simon is said to be disappointed with this news, because he really wanted the 23-year-old to sign for his label, but the competition pipped him to the post.
“This will come as a real blow to Cowell who has been talking to Niall for months, wanting him to sign a deal with his label Syco.
“He made a number of big money offers to try and persuade Niall to sign up but, in the end, Universal came in and put even more money on the table. They’re chuffed to have got one over on Cowell and have taken one of 1D,” the source said.
Just in July the X-Factor judge told People Magazine that we could expect to hear music from Niall very soon.
“I think they’re all gonna do great. Niall is the most loyal. We are expecting to announce something soon with him. I’ve always known he’s loyal,” he said.
Poor Simon, but we’re delighted for Niall nonetheless.
