Reports have emerged that Adele's manager, Jonathan Dickins, earned £27,457 ($51,500 NZD) per day and paid himself £6 million ($11 million NZD) more than the "Hello" singer herself received in 2019.
Adele hasn't released an album since her astronomically popular "25" in 2015, a fact that saw her take a pay cut of over £10 million ($18 million) in 2019, according to the Daily Mail, the same year her manager is said to have reported dividends of that amount.
The Daily Mail also reports that Dickins's firm, September Management Ltd, which also represents other artists including Halsey, Glass Animals, Bakar and Rick Rubin, had assets worth £29.7 million ($55.7 million) at the end of 2019, in records filed to Companies House.
Adele's own earnings are managed by her two companies Melted Stone Ltd and Melted Stone Publishing Ltd. In spite of the long break between albums and her substantial 2019 pay cut, Adele was reportedly able to pay herself dividends of £4.75 million ($8.9 million) from two of her companies last year. However, public financial records show that the figures are down from the massive £14.4 million ($27 million) she received in 2018.
