"She didn’t like her last single, No More, and felt the album had been rushed. Rodney Jenkins wanted to produce the record but EMI said no. Jamelia was gutted about that."

The mum-of-two is set to go to Poland on Friday for the Eska Awards, their equivalent of the Brits.

"It’s Jamelia’s decision not to carry on with EMI. She feels they’re at the end of the road," the source added.

Her spokesperson refused to comment on the reports.

Jamelia to play charity gig - Mar 9 2007
Jamelia has signed up to play at the Hard Rock Cafe in London in aid of music therapy charity Nordoff Robbins.

British rock band Ocean Colour Scene will also perform as part of the restaurant’s March On Stage series, which is held in aid of the charity.

Jamelia will play at the Park Lane venue on March 21, and Ocean Colour Scene will go on stage on April 5.

Nordoff Robbins is the UK’s leading independent provider of music therapy services and provides more than 30,000 music therapy sessions for children and adults in need each year.

Hard Rock Cafe London is also selling collector pin badges and is hosting a limited edition Epiphone guitar raffle to raise money for Nordoff Robbins.

Tickets for the gigs, priced £25 each, will go on sale from February 19 and are available at www.aloud.com.

Jamelia bares all for Peta - Mar 12 2007
Pop songstress Jamelia has teamed up with animal rights group Peta to bare all for a new anti-fur advert, declaring the fur trade is "inhumane" and "evil".

The mum-of-two was shot by famous photographer and fellow animal lover Mary McCartney, posing nude with a bunny next to the slogan ’Be Comfortable In Your Own Skin And Let The Animals Keep Theirs’.

"The reason I don’t wear fur is because I feel that the way fur is retrieved from the animals is inhumane, evil, and I totally do not agree with it," the star told Peta.

"I think it’s disgusting, I’m totally against it. Doing the job that I do I have been offered fur in the past but now I feel that designers know better than to send it my way because it’s only gonna get sent back.

"I have never worn fur and would never wear fur."

Jamelia strips off for anti-fur drive - Feb 12 2007
R&B star Jamelia has posed nude with a rabbit perched on her back in support of an anti-fur campaign.

The singer, who is shortlisted in the British female solo artist category for the Brit Awards, was photographed by Mary McCartney.

She is the latest star to support People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) in its anti-fur drive.

The campaign group released her image today to coincide with the start of London Fashion Week.

The singer said: "The reason I decided to bare all for Peta was because I was educated about the inhumane ways animals used for their fur are treated, and I think it’s disgusting.

"I think if you have a heart, then you just wouldn’t wear fur."

A headline to the picture says: "Be comfortable in your own skin, and let animals keep theirs."

Jamelia follows Sadie Frost, Pamela Anderson, Kim Basinger and Christy Turlington who have all stripped off for previous Peta pictures.

The animal rights group actively campaigns against the use of fur in fashion.

It says animals used for their fur are trapped, drowned or beaten to death in the wild and gassed, strangled or electrocuted on fur farms.