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Til death do us part, in sickness and in health, for richer for poorer. It all sounds idyllic doesn't it...until you're staring down the barrel of a multi-million dollar payout and endless pages of tabloid gossip when it's all gone wrong. Here are ten of the most talked about divorces in pop...

Mick Jagger & Jerry Hall

Not known for being able to keep it in his trousers, Sir Mick allegedly fathered a child with a Brazilian model. Jerry Hall booted him out and banked $25 million for doing so.

Paul McCartney & Heather Mills

She reminded him of his late wife and he was her childhood idol. But in four years it all went pear shaped, Mills limped away with $38.5 million dollars and became hugely unpopular in the process

Madonna & Guy Ritchie

Madonna went from married mother of two to single mother of three almost overnight when she split with the English film director and adopted an African orphan. Ritchie gracefully accepted back his freedom...as well as $76 million in divorce settlements.

Neil Diamond & Marcia Murphey

After 27 years and two sons, Diamond jumped ship, signing a cheque for $150 million and saying “she is the most wonderful woman, who stood by me through rough times, so she deserves every penny of it.” If she was that wonderful Neil...

Pink

Met professional motocross racer Carey Hart in 2001. They married in 2006 and it was all over two years later, as documented in Pink's hit, “So What.” Carey appeared in the video for extra authenticity and weirdness.

Mariah Carey & Tommy Mottola

There's no question that hopping in the sack with one of the most influential men in music was going to help Carey's career in the early days. And it did, to the tune of 175 million records.

Phil Collins & Jil Tavelman

The Genesis frontman stumped up $34 million when he left his second wife Jil Tavelman for 22 year old Orianne Cevey in 1994. But that obviously didn't hurt him enough because...

Phil Collins & Orianne Cevey

...he left her on 2007 for a bill of a reported $50 million. A Groovy Kind of Love it obviously wasn't...

Britney Spears & Jason Alexander

The princess of pop, as she was at the time, was asking for trouble when she wed her childhood friend in Vegas in 2004 – which might explain why the arrangement had been annulled within 55 hours.

Michael Jackson & Lisa Marie Presley

The collision of quite possibly two of the weirdest worlds ever known. Lasted just under two years but it was a miracle they got that far given the allegations surrounding Jackson's sexual preferences circulating at the time.