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Originally Posted by HybridTheory
Is that quite low compared to western artists? ¥400 million is about 1.7 million pounds?
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Depends on who exactly do you want to compare. The entertainment industry in Japan isn't as big as in USA, it's natural the performers cash sagnificantly less in comparison (although some definately get more for the same gigs - i.e. tv comedians), besides Ayu is obviously less popular now, she's not everywhere like she used to be.
Also, there's the tendency in the west that recording artists do not get paid a lot despite high record sales, depending on how much input they have in their work and what kind of deals they have. Seeing how Ayu doesn't sell as much as she used to and how she seems to be getting more and more expensive on avex, I think she's doing pretty fine when it comes to earnings.