Network

In 1981, Coury created a new record label, Network Records. One of the label's initial successes was the release of the hit " Flashdance... What a Feeling " by Irene Cara , whom Coury had signed to his label in 1982, and which became part of the soundtrack of Flashdance in 1983. The song won the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1984. The soundtrack album received a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year and won for Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special . The album peaked at No. 1 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and sold more than 20 million copies worldwide, also making it one of the best selling albums of all time . Other releases of Network Records include Irene Cara's debut album Anyone Can See , Del Shannon 's Drop Down And Get Me album, produced by Tom Petty and featuring the hit single " Sea Of Love ", Days of Innocence debut album by Australian band Moving Pictures which became multiplatinum, and Todd Rundgren 's band Utopia 's album self-titled Utopia in 1982, all of which hit the charts. In 1985, Irene Cara sued Coury, who had signed her to his Network Records. In a $10 million breach-of-contract suit, Cara alleged that Coury was cheating her out of her royalties. The jury awarded her $1.5 million but the label went bankrupt and never paid her. Cara said she believed Coury had blackballed her in the industry.

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