A hefty Price Tag: Jessie J forced to pay £1m to the manager who discovered her at the age of 15
- Raymond Stevenson will receive 20 per cent her debut album earnings
- He found The Voice judge when she was a student at the Brit School
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Singer Jessie J is to hand over £1million to the manager who discovered her to bring a two-year legal battle to an end.
Raymond Stevenson discovered the star when she was a 15-year-old student at the Brit School and says he helped to guide her through a 'self discovery' when she was a teenager.
Now The Voice judge must hand over 20 per cent of her £5million earnings from her triple-platinum selling debut album Who You Are to Stevenson.
Jessie J has been in a two-year legal dispute with former manager Raymond Stevenson
The Voice judge was discovered by Stevenson at the age of 15 before finding fame
Raymond Stevenson will receive 20 per cent of Jessie's earnings from her debut album
He landed a record deal for the Essex-born singer, who has had two number one singles, when she was 19 and paid £70,000 of his own money to get her out of it when the label went bust.
Mr Stevenson, who owns management company 141a, previously said: 'I don't think there is a dispute about our involvement and what we did for her over five years, and 20 per cent represents that.'
Stevenson helped Jessie - real name Jessica Cornish - get signed by a major record label in the US after British music bosses turned her down.
She was then signed by Crown management, who also manage Union J, who got her a deal with Universal Records.
A music industry source told The Sun: 'Jessie is signed to the type of huge label who usually just push people around and get what they want.
'Ray is extremely well-respected, but he runs a relatively small operation and Jessie's people thought he would just roll over.'
A joint statement from Jessie J and 141a to the newspaper said: 'The parties have reached an amicable solution.'
Stevenson also said: '141a is very proud of Jessie's achievements - she is a very talented artist.'
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