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Jamie Walters was poised to be the next big star. Instead, he ended up a pop music oddity: the double one-hit wonder. Becoming the Ike Turner of the Beverly Hills 90210-verse will do that to you.

Diddy do it? You’ll have to be more specific. He’s facing quite a bit of legal jeopardy.

Diddy ruin his career? Yeah, probably…

Lou Pearlman was one of the most influential music moguls of his time. And one of the biggest fraudsters.

George Michael was on the verge of being the biggest pop star in the world — until his lawsuit against Sony.

Michelle Branch has always had a strong following. Too bad contract law has always been stronger.

Be Here Now was a perfect disaster in many ways.

Lip syncing and not performing on albums are nothing new. But when Milli Vanilli did it, people lost their minds.

How an iconic, generation-defining song helped break up the band that recorded it.

Limp Bizkit were everywhere in the late 90s/early 00s. Then they fell off the face of the earth.

Was Billy Idol ahead of his time with Cyberpunk? Of course. But that doesn’t mean the album is good or deserved to be successful.