A Record Label Rejected Madonna. She Kept the Letter.

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In 2001, a single piece of paper sold at a famous auction house – not a painting, not a manuscript, just a rejection letter. The person being rejected in it went on to sell over ten million records with the very songs that letter said were missing. This week: the executive, the letter, and the auction. Sources: • Healthy Celeb: https://healthyceleb.com/9-popular-artists-who-were-rejected-by-record-labels/ • NME: https://www.nme.com/photos/14-record-labels-who-rejected-bands-who-went-on-to-be-massive-1427448 • Gemtracks: https://www.gemtracks.com/resources/guides/view.php?title=artists-who-were-rejected&id=7024 Note: This is what the internet told me. The internet has been wrong before. So have I. Sources are above if you want to fact-check me yourself.