Nearly three years have passed since she released the album that made her a worldwide star.
But if Adele has allowed her singing career to take a backseat to motherhood since then, it certainly hasn’t dented her earning power.
The 25-year-old raked in £30million last year as the royalties of her record-breaking release 21 continued to pour in.
It was a 65 per cent increase on the year before and meant she could pay herself a £12million windfall – even after paying over £5million in corporation tax. This means she now earns more than £32,000 a day.
According to her latest accounts, the star’s company Melted Stone saw its post-tax profits shoot up from £2.1million to £13.8million in just 12 months.
The accounts said the huge turnover ‘reflects the worldwide success of the sound recording 21’.
The fact it has taken until now for the profits of her old record sales to reach her bank account was due to ‘the time delay associated with the pay through of royalty income’, the accounts said.
In addition to these millions, Adele’s other company Melted Stone Publishing – which takes the profits of her lyrics and sheet music – made £5.2million in a year.
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