Hits magazine is reporting that James Taylor will be the next artist signed to Starbucks’ Hear Music label.
Starbucks will be announcing its second signing on Wednesday.
The company, which had partnered with other labels to release albums by Ray Charles, Herbie Hancock and others, became a standalone unit with Paul McCartney's "Memory Almost Full."That album has sold 450,000 copies since it was released on June 5.
Taylor most recently recorded for Columbia. A number of pundits have suggested that free agent Joni Mitchell might also  join the label.