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Amy Winehouse has been paid an astonishing £1million for just two hours on stage.
The 27-year-old singer, who has battled high-profile drink and drug addictions, performed a show in Moscow for a mystery Russian businessman.
It was Miss Winehouse's first full performance in two years and was described as 'fantastic' by one member of the crowd.
Among the guests were billionaire businessman Mikhail Prohorov and Sergei Kapkovym, head of the Russian Football Association.
Winehouse was flown from London to the Russian capital by private jet on Thursday. She was put up at an exclusive £1,700 per night hotel in the city centre - but still managed to be there and back in the a single day.
The troubled star has been one of most popular singers for Russian oligarchs after it was revealed her grandmother used to be a Russian emigrant.
This weekend's show in Moscow was Miss Winehouse's first private concert since billionaire Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich paid her £1.5million to sing at the launch of his girlfriend Daria Zhukova's Moscow art gallery in 2008.
A friend of the singer said the star was delighted to be back on stage, saying: 'It was a fantastic performance'. 'Amy was brilliant and went down very well with the crowd. She has a real following in Russia and no one was disappointed judging by the reaction she got.
'It was certainly a lot of money for such a short trip, but she is clearly glad to be back on stage. 2011 is going to be a big year for her.'
Her Moscow show was the first in a series of lucrative gigs over the coming weeks. Next month she is set to pocket £300,000 from a series of six shows in Brazil.
The singer is currently recording the long-awaited follow-up to 2006 album Back To Black. The as-yet-untitled album has yet to be given a release date.