Record boss: 'Greedy artists need to work harder'

Lily Allen, Coldplay, Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue are among a number of acts under threat because of radical plans by British music label EMI to drop recording artists who are "not working hard enough" for their label.

New boss Guy Hands, who took over the company in August, has slammed greedy singer/songwriters signed to any of the company's subsidiary labels - including EMI records and Parlophone - for requesting huge advances and giving little in return.