MacDonald says album 'did well on its own'

Amy MacDonald has insisted that media promotion cannot be credited for the success of her debut album.

The Scottish singer's 2007 LP This Is The Life has sold over 500,000 copies in the UK so far, but she has received little media coverage compared to artists like Kate Nash and Adele.

"With a lot of artists, everyone knows who they are before there's even any music out," Amy told FT.com. "It happens every year, when people predict who's going to be big in the next year.

"I was never part of that little gang, the 'Next big thing' or 'Watch-out-for' ... I just had my album released and it was left to do well on its own."

MacDonald also complained about the media's focus on "talentless" celebrities, claiming that unsigned artists should receive more coverage.

"You have people like Jade Goody and whoever's getting married to Wayne Rooney getting classed as celebrities and I just think it's a real shame, because they're in the public eye for being completely talentless," she explained.

"When I see so many unsigned bands and struggling musicians who will probably never make it, then you've got these girls that just flaunt themselves."

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