Sony paid George Michael £11 million in 1988. 6 years later he had spent about £3 million in court trying to leave Sony, and he lost. Part of the judge's reasoning was a £1 million advance he asked Sony for in February 1992, 8 months before he sued. In the video below, filmed with David Frost after the ruling, he says the £11 million was never a gift, because Sony had already collected it from his record sales. "No one ever did me a favour and said, here George, here's £11 million. Let's see if we make it back." He signed his first deal at 18, with Wham!, and says every deal after it was an extension of that one. Faith sold 14 million copies, and his 8-album contract could have held him to Sony until the end of 2003. He called it "professional slavery" and sued in October 1992. Sony had the paperwork. He renegotiated in 1988 and again in 1990, both times with top lawyers and better terms, and the judge found the deal fair for a star his size. He also ruled that by asking for that £1 million under the contract, George had confirmed it, even though he gave the money back in August. Counting Sony's side, he guessed the whole case at £6 million to £7 million. He refused to record for Sony, and in July 1995 Virgin and DreamWorks took over his contract. Billboard's sources later put the price paid to Sony at $30 million to $40 million. In 2004 he signed with Sony again. I think the most expensive thing George Michael signed was the 1988 raise. Every renegotiation that pays you more also renews everything you didn't change, and money you take under a contract tells a court you accepted it. If you ever plan to leave a deal, stop taking its money first. By the end of the clip he calls himself "a very well-paid slave." So was it slavery, or a contract he renewed twice for more money? I post one story like this every day: a famous name, the money they made, and who ended up with it.

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