In reply to NICKY.

having a power to handpick pple or to oversee recording process doesnt translate into earning higher royalty. in her album, the only credit she gets is just "vocal - rihanna/performer-rihanna" thats it.. THE REAL money comes from songs publishing right and writing credit... rihanna might earns 15 - 20% of royalty from her album n singles sales.. but u need 2 take note.. out of tht percents.. Producer gets 3% cuts.. which is cut her royalty to 12 -15&.. then again, she needs to pay for recording fees, promotion, music video (usually 50% recouped by Label).. yess she directed her own music videos... IT IS BECAUSE SHE PAID THEM' ... basically label pay NOTHING.. because all the money they invested will be PAID FULLY by RIHANNA.. and she will only gets her royalty after ALL THE THINGS MENTIONED are PAID.. LABEL the end of the day..will gET EVERY PENNY they invested along with their profit (more thn 50% of album sales)..

note: label also deducts 20 - 25% oFF from RIRI royalty as PACKAGING cost (even digital singles sales also received packaging cost)..we can say tht DEF jam.. ripp OFF rihanna.. well its also happen to most singers.. rememmber TOny Braxton, TLC filed for bankruptcy.. eventhough the sells more hn 40 million albums.. they just earned small amount of royalty.. because their label recouped everthing..