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`I went into TV as a necessity'
This autumn, five years after making his TV debut on Pop Idol 2001, Simon Cowell - the A&R man whose track record spans Sinitta, Robson & Jerome, 5ive, Il Divo, Westlife and Kelly Clarkson - is the most famous music industry executive in the world. Besides playing a part in the launch of X Factor and American Idol, his fingerprints could be found on five of the biggest-selling albums in the UK last Christmas. Two of these were among the biggest acts in the US last year, Kelly Clarkson and Il Divo. And his success is not limited to A&R either. His Syco operation - a joint venture with Sony BMG - is also a model of the modern record ...