Do you think that Simon Cowell is bigger than Bruce Springsteen?
Music producer simon has said that he should be paid upto five times more than $100m for signing Bruce by their record label Sony BMG.

Simon said that he sells more records than Bruce Springsteen.
He said in the last five years he has sold over 100m records and if Bruce got $100m then he should have got $500m.

The X Factor winners from more than 30 different countries are all signed to the label.
Simon is responsible for signing the winner of American Idol and the runners up are also distributed by labels which are also part of the Sony Group.

In December last year, Cowell struck a deal with ITV to remain on The X Factor in the UK until 2009, reportedly worth £20m

He has a separate deal with the Fox network in the US to appear as a judge on American Idol

What do you think should he be paid more?
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