Ms. Spears's label, Jive Records, declined to comment.
A spokesperson for Columbia Records declined to comment on her time with the label.
Mr. Riggle, citing the confidentiality of educational records, declined to identify the suspended students or say how many there were.
Andrew and Berry, both of whom also have previously unblemished records, declined to comment until the proceedings are concluded.
Although their number of hit records declined in the late 1980s, they performed in successful concert tours across the US and Europe.
Sales of heavy metal records declined sharply in the late 1970s in the face of punk, disco, and more mainstream rock.
Despite its high reproductive potential [e.g. [ 27]], the Danish European brown hare has, according to annual harvest records, declined dramatically since 1955.
The category that includes credit cards fell by $13.7 billion, a record decline in dollar terms.
Commercial-property values have dropped by 43%, a record decline, since their peak in June 2007.
That was the first drop since February, reflecting a record decline in computer prices.
