Lin Yu-Chun and Susan Boyle can now both call the same record
company home.
Lin, the YouTube sensation who performed a rousing
rendition of "I Will Always Love You" on a Taiwanese talent show last
month, has signed with Sony Music Entertainment, the company announced
Thursday.
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Lin,
24, will release his debut album in July, and the disc will contain
songs in English and Chinese.
"I still can't believe this is
real," he said in a statement.
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Sony
did not specify whether Lin's cover of Whitney Houston's signature tune will be on the
album or under which record label Lin is signed. Boyle is signed to
Sony's Syco Music and Columbia Records.
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Lin
drew comparisons to Boyle last month after doing his best
Whitney-circa-1992 impression on Taiwan's Super Star Avenue. He
was voted off the competition a week later.
Boyle's debut album,
I Dreamed a Dream, has sold 2 million copies worldwide since
its November release.