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"America&amp;#039;s Got Talent star Jackie Evancho has signed a major record deal.  The 10-year-old soprano shot to fame when she was discovered via the YouTube auditions on the most-recent season of the NBC competition. She went on to finish runner-up to blues singer Michael Grimm.  She has now signed with Syco/Columbia Records to release an album.  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s already been an amazing journey for Jackie and we are so proud of and happy for her,&amp;quot; said her parents Mike and Lisa Evancho. &amp;quot;Everyone at Syco/Columbia shares our excitement about her future and we are pleased and honored to be working with such a great music company.&amp;quot; Rob Stringer, the chairman of Columbia/Epic Label Group, added that Evancho has &amp;quot;a rare and precious talent&amp;quot; and the firm is &amp;quot;excited to help develop that talent in her future recording career&amp;quot;.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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