In general, it's not easy at all. Record labels can't survive without selling records. If your music is not good enough to sell records, then you probably wont be signed to a label. Generally it takes years of making music, and performing shows and selling cds. Thise shows labels that you can earn, and make you more likely to get signed.
On the other hand you have talentless kids like Justin beener or whoever that made a YouTube video and now they have a record deal. Is the record deal he has good? Not at all, but he has it.
capitol record
They are signed to Atlantic Records.
Jessica Simpson singer from Wichita ,KS signed a major record label
All Things Fresh is his own record label but he's signed to Young Money
Roadrunner and EMI
to record label of Gustavo
Syco Simon Cowells record label
As of May 2012, Jessica Sanchez has not yet signed with a record label.
Pink is signed to LaFace Records and Arista Record.
Polyvinyl Record Co.
capitol record
Il Divo is signed to the record label known as Syco Entertainment. This record label is co-owned by Sony Music Entertainment as well as Simon Cowell.
Aftermath Dr dre label
RCA
Polydor
They are signed to Atlantic Records.
Jessica Simpson singer from Wichita ,KS signed a major record label