Daughtry signs deal

July 12, 2006 at 12:00a.m.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Coming in fourth place on "American Idol" isn't so bad.
Chris Daughtry has signed with music mogul Clive Davis in conjunction with 19 Recordings Unlimited, the label managed by "Idol" creator Simon Fuller, RCA Records announced Monday. The 26-year-old North Carolina native will form a band "and has already begun to work with A-list collaborators" to write and record material for an album.
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