Playback singer and sometimes composer Lata Mangeshkar was born in India on September 28, 1929, and she passed away on February 6, 2022.
She is regarded by many as one of India’s best and most influential vocalists. Her eight-decade career in the Indian music industry earned her honorific titles like “Queen of Melody,” “Nightingale of India,” and “Voice of the Millennium.”
How much was Lata paid for a song?
A musician exclusively revealed to IndiaToday.in, when elaborating on the same subject, “Lata Mangeshkar used to charge previously Rs 20,000 and later she used to earn Rs 50,000 every song. Despite the fact that she had ceased singing in recent years, she may have made between Rs 1 and Rs 1.5 lakh today.
Although she mostly worked in Marathi, Hindi, and Bengali, Lata recorded songs in more than 36 different Indian languages as well as a few other tongues.
She spoke English, Indonesian, Russian, Dutch, Nepali, and Swahili, among other languages. Throughout her career, she won several awards and honours. She received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award from the Indian government in 1989.
