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"Matt Cardle is said to be &amp;quot;relieved&amp;quot; after parting ways with his record label. It was reported last week that the X Factor winner had decided against renewing his contract with Columbia due to creative differences.  Cardle is apparently happy to finally have control over his music after feeling like a &amp;quot;commodity&amp;quot; at Columbia. &amp;quot;Matt felt like Simon Cowell never wanted him to win The X Factor,&amp;quot; a source told the Daily Star Sunday. &amp;quot;When he did, it was clear that executives at the label didn&amp;#039;t know what to do with him. &amp;quot;Matt is adamant the decision to part ways was mutual. To be honest, he&amp;#039;s thrilled to be working with a new team who see him as a long-term serious artist and not just another commodity. &amp;quot;Matt has lots of ideas in the pipeline and he can&amp;#039;t wait to get back out there and show people the kind of musician he really is. He&amp;#039;s already been busy recording new tracks for his second album.&amp;quot; Cardle recently had a home studio installed as he continues work on his next record. Watch Matt Cardle&amp;#039;s video for &amp;#039;Amazing&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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