financially viable. in two thousand and eighteen the music initiative had a budget of some seven million euros to support newcomers artists with foreign roots and the export old german music. then little more artists making a living from music could also bring more records abroad and with greater artistic creativity then we have to help them especially now in the digital age and contemporary music is. particularly important for promoting our culture in this context so it makes sense to support this. cause. the underlying idea is to provide an initial financial injection for artists once they're successful hopefully no extra support will be needed casing point pop music . receive support in two thousand and ten since then their track little numbers made it into the top ten as far away as japan.