[raverbashing]

Please enlighten us to the proportion of money that goes to the artist vs. how much goes to the record label.

10% goes to the artist, maybe? Even less?

I'm sincerely curious, I'm buying an album at iTunes right now

[res0nat0r]

Does it matter? The artist and label legally agreed to a contact between the two parties. Sure you don't like it and think that the label is making more money than you think it should, but the artist legally allowed that price difference to happen.