How much was Lata paid for a song?

Lata Mangeshkar, born Hema Mangeshkar on September 28, 1929, is an Indian singer-songwriter, playback vocalist, and composer. She is widely considered as one of India’s most accomplished and influential vocalists.

Her contribution to the Indian music industry in a career spanning eight decades gained her honorific titles such as the “Queen of Melody”, “Nightingale of India”, and “Voice of the Millennium”.

On January 8, 2022, Mangeshkar tested positive for COVID-19 with minor symptoms and was taken to Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital’s intensive care unit.

She was kept in the intensive care unit and showed signs of “limited improvement” in her health. The medics treating her had removed her from the ventilator on 28 January when her health “improved significantly”; nevertheless, she was back on the ventilator on 5 February, when her condition deteriorated and was receiving “intense therapy”.

How much was Lata paid for a song?

“Lata Mangeshkar used to charge Rs 20,000 and later she used to earn Rs 50,000 every song,” a musician exclusively told IndiaToday.in.

Despite the fact that she had ceased singing in recent years, her salary today may have ranged from Rs 1 to Rs 1.5 million.