Overview
- Lance Bass told The Zach Sang Show on Thursday, October 8 that the group received a $35 per diem and that their first group check was about $10,000 after years of No. 1 albums and sold‑out tours.
- Bass said he still gets residuals but called them small and added that he made far more money after *NSYNC went on hiatus in 2002.
- He blamed the record label and the band’s manager Lou Pearlman for capturing the bulk of the earnings, noting Pearlman later was convicted in 2008 of fraud and died in prison in 2016.
- The claims sit in stark contrast to the group’s commercial record, including No Strings Attached selling a then‑record 2.4 million copies in its first week and the No Strings Attached tour grossing over $70 million.
- Reporting reinforces a wider industry pattern in which young acts sign deals that leave them with modest pay and few protections, forcing members to rebuild careers and prompting renewed public discussion about artist compensation even though no new legal action has been reported.