Britney Spears demanded higher 'X Factor' salary than Jennifer Lopez?

Britney Spears reportedly demanded that her X Factor salary be higher than American Idol's Jennifer Lopez before signing on for the series.

Spears apparently initially instructed her legal team not to accept a deal less than $20m (£12.7m), which is the sum Lopez made for her second season of American Idol.



The X Factor and Spears eventually settled on $15m (£9.6m). That sum is thought to be more than Lopez made for her initial American Idol season in 2011.

Spears's representatives did not comment directly to TMZ on the salary report.

Fellow X Factor judge Demi Lovato apparently reached a considerably smaller deal for $1m (£637,592) to join the series.



Lovato, Spears, Simon Cowell and LA Reid kicked off their first The X Factor open auditions in Austin, TX late last week.

The X Factor returns to Fox this fall.