Webcast singer bags record deal

A singer has been given a major record deal after broadcasting gigs over the web from her living room.

It's the first time in history anyone has signed to a major record label just because of webcasts.

Sandi Thom, 24, was signed by RCA after a series of gigs she did were watched by 100,000 people every night.

Lots of record labels approached Sandi, and even though she told GMTV her life had changed, she said: "I don't think I have quite realised it just yet."

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Sandi, who lives in south London, achieved fame through a series of online gigs called Twenty One Nights.

She follows in the footsteps of bands like the Arctic Monkeys who have used the web to get themselves well known, rather than going on TV.