World Music Day | Sonu Nigam, Shaan, Sameer & Sanjay Tandon on fight for royalties | ISAMRA & IPRS

It’s unlikely for a music aficionado in India to not know about the issue surrounding the distribution of royalties for music creators and not just music labels and producers, which started in the 1960s. With music societies like the Indian Performing Right Society (IPRS) and the Indian Singers and Musicians Rights Association (ISAMRA) spearheading the mission, the industry has come a long way.
On World Music Day, singers Sonu Nigam and Shaan, lyricist Sameer Anjaan and ISAMRA Founder, Director and CEO Sanjay Tandon, in an exclusive sit-down with Soumya Vajpayee, Associate Editor, Hindustan Times HT City, delve into the topic of music copyright and how these societies - which are of the musicians, for the musicians and by the musicians - safeguard the democracy of music in India by ensuring justice for all the stakeholders, including composers, singers and lyricists.
Interview by: Soumya Vajpayee, Associate Editor, Hindustan Times
Location courtesy: ITC Maratha, Andheri (East), Mumbai
Video team: Studio7
#sonunigam #musicday #shaan #music #musician #singer #songs

[@Nina-oi1qk]

Poor Sonu, he paid a tough price at the peak of his career, being boycotted by music companies. I am amazed that he is not bitter or angry at the world or music companies. Truly brave guy.

[@sudhangshudas3099]

That's what grateful people always do. Lots to learn from him.

[@vishu77z]

Not true. Royalty issue happened in 2012-2013, Sonu was not getting work in Bollywood even before that issue happened. During those days Atif Aslam and other Pakistani singers were dominating bollywood along with Neeraj Shridhar and Mohit Chauhan.

[@kkayy4]

​​​@@vishu77zplease do some research on his songs during that period . Yes Atif had songs then but believe me when I said Sonu Nigam was singing twice Atif was. Please do not spread misinformation. Atif , Mohit and Neeraj Shridhar were in trend bas Sonu Nigam was never out of it . Please check the number of songs he had compared to others. You did not follow him that's why you do not know and as such you should not spread half info.

[@vishu77z]

@@kkayy4 Sir, Atif and other Pakistani singers started dominating Bollywood music after 2005, major role in this transformation happened due to Pritam. Atif has dominated from 2005-2013, Woh Lamhe, Tere bin, O Mere Khuda from Prince, Tera hone laaga hoon from Ajab Prem ki Ghazab kahani, Jeene laga hoon etc along with Atif there were other Pakistani singers like Shafqat Amanat Ali who sang hit songs of Pritam like Teri Jhuki Nazar, Allah Waariyan, Phir le aaya Dil etc. After Atif, pritam explored talents like Mohit Chauhan and Neeraj Shridhar who gave back to back hits like, Tum se Hi, Kyon from Barfi, Love Mera Hit hit, Tum Mile, Character Dheela from Ready film and numerous other hits. Since 2013 to the present times, Arijit took over bollywood and gave back to back chartbusters and soulful melodies. I don't know about chartbusters of Sonu sir in these time period.

[@kkayy4]

@@vishu77z yes you don't know about it does not mean he does not have them .Exactly my point . I cannot list them all here but you can always improve your information through the internet.

[@qasambaloch4654]

My favorite singer sonu nigam

[@Achiever22]

Sonu Nigam and Shaan please stick together like this..❤❤

[@Nina-oi1qk]

so cute that Sonu ji gave a shout out to Shaan's son, Mahi, who is just starting his career.

[@Achiever22]

@@Nina-oi1qk I thought it's a new song by shaan 🥲🥲

[@Nina-oi1qk]

@@Achiever22 no no its Shaan;s son Mahi, he is a very good singer. I know that years ago when Mahi was small, he has sung Kal ho na ho and Sonu had that song as his caller ring tone. so sweet.

[@Achiever22]

@@Nina-oi1qk really? I didn't know about that caller tune thing. Soo sweet of him. I wish their friendship goes stronger 💕

[@Nina-oi1qk]

@@Achiever22 The caller tune story was in a Shaan interview with Rajeev Masand

[@qasambaloch4654]

Sonu nigam is a top singer

[@debojitduttaofficial754]

Love n respect beshumar to God of Music Dr Sonu Nigam sir n the entire team n all its legendary stalwart members Hats off n grand salute Totally stand with all of you sir Pranam n Charansparsh ❤️🙏💐🥰🎵🎻🎸🎶🎼😇

[@BeatLearning726]

Sonu ji.... Lots of love.....🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍 Hamare legend is getting old... 🤍

[@debojitduttaofficial754]

Our ever beloved God of Music Sonuji is eternally evergreen n forever young deep from within the inner soul ❤🙏😇🥰❤️💐

[@Abhi-28]

Sonu ji.. 💯♥️

[@solaceBLISSOfficial]

Shaan Sonu anjan ji and the CEO.... A very bold n honest move!!!!

[@PulkitKocharofficial]

Thank you, Saumya, for highlighting this important part of the music industry's history!

[@AnuradhaPaltabla]

Excellent interview and initiative by dear Soumya Vajpayee to put attention on this much needed issue of artist copyrights... kudos to Javed aktarji, Sanjay ji, Sonu ji and Shaanji for spearheading this superb initiative... Future generations will thank u for your hard work & efforts❤

[@bharatagarwal6693]

Sonu nigam ji only

[@Nina-oi1qk]

Shaan is so cute and positive !! I love his relationship with Sonu !! Such good friends

[@namrataguptakhanificouldac100]

Thoroughly enjoyed the interview; it was incredibly informative.

[@EduchatInsights-iu9uq]

More than Sonu, shaan paid the price. Almost every music label ignored him

[@Nina-oi1qk]

It was worse for Sonu because he was actively targeted by the music labels and producers and boycotted. He lost work because of the boycott while lesser singers were promoted and lauded and he was badmouthed. The media was just vicious in how they targeted him. Half the current crop of singers would be nowhere if Sonu and Shaan were not ignored for 10 years. It is actually a terrible situation. I am shocked that they are so positive and hold no grudges.

[@AnikaRahman-xh9wc]

​@@Nina-oi1qk sonu nigam achieved huge success in his career and still he is in the industry. But I feel sad for shan,kk that he didn't gain as success as sonu and now out of industry.

[@Nina-oi1qk]

@@AnikaRahman-xh9wc I guess so; Sonu Nigam sustained his lows of his career with his incredible concerts and made a lot of independent and devotional music which is very popular on streaming platforms, but Shaan was not able to do this sadly. His old songs are so amazing, people still listen to them. RIP to the incredible KK.

[@AnikaRahman-xh9wc]

@@Nina-oi1qk yes. And sonu nigam also sings in other languages but shaan deserves also. A good news is that pritam has worked with him in chando c. After a long time.

[@AK-xb5jx]

shaan never was given much chances its not about bycot ..shaan himself says after 3 idoit song he was not given song and before 3idoit shaan always had less songs......while sonu nigam was at peak of his career in 2013 he had songs in Kick , yeh jawani hai dewani , main tera hero , herpanti etc but all of these songs got dubbed due to his stance on illegal contracts and royalty

[@25snehu]

Thanks Soumya, for getting this amazing story told...was wondering why the media hasn't ever covered the epic fight for copyright...

[@anshikasrivastava5141]

These artists sacrificed their wholesome career for fighting for right reasons.. Today's artists should be grateful to them.

[@kalpss6746]

This is such a great service to all concerned in the music world . God bless all who worked for this

[@unknownname5951]

Songs like subhanallah, galat baat hai, hangover, gerua, rabba from heropanti and many many more were in Sonu Nigam's voice but bcoz of his stand for royalty, music companies dubbed all of them with other singers. Hope one day we get to hear all these songs in Sonu's voice ❤

[@Monidip_D]

Us hisab se sab ka gaana replace hota hai. To sabka gaana aayga kya? Gerua he himself rejected.

[@nostalgicvibes8751]

@@Monidip_D ssonu ka gana roaylty stance ke wajah se replace huwa .....baqi ka scene alag hota hai .....t series banned sonu songs in 2013 2014

[@singeradityasingh2392]

Loved the interview, Sanjay ji , an incredible person.. and the legends of hindi music Sonu ji Shaan ji & Sameer ji... Are at that place & heights for a reason 👏👏👏 they are committed to their work

[@TiwariAnuradha]

So much information..! Very well executed, best interview so far…! Congratulations Soumya and thank you for bringing this forward.

[@PreethiAshokMusic]

Thank you and so proud of you.. Sanjayji, sonuji,Shaan ji,Sameer ji 👏👏🙏🙏😊

[@chandramohanjha6914]

Kumar sanu, sameer, nadeem, sonu nigam,arjit singh🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@kkayy4]

Share this as much as possible and make this mainstream

[@rishiraaj.580]

90s Best period of music Industry. 🎵🎸🎺👍

[@sonunigamuniverse308]

Sonu sir ❤❤

[@VharpEntertainment]

Mukhesh Rafi Saab kishore da Or ab or iske baad koi nahi Shan sonu shanu

[@tumerabro]

All Legends ❤❤❤

[@unknownname5951]

Legends🙌

[@ayushzade1964]

What an interesting topic it 2as just loved it 🎉❤

[@shibbhowmik8062]

Miss u KK Sir.... Miss u a lot! 💔💔💔😢

[@amitakapur5892]

Well explained 👏👏

[@RJMithuTX]

This was any absolutely fantastic and deeply informative conversation with the greats. Special mention for Sanjay Tandon and his entire team. Outstanding achievement. More power to all of them and their mission!! Great job HT city in getting these stalwarts to talk about it!

[@Malshe]

I so enjoyed this discussion

[@rishiraaj.580]

Nice , Informative 👍

[@guroonath]

Great initiative. Good wishes to the music fraternity. In the end they sang "Jeena yahan marna yahan". Thankfully the original composers and lyricist are not alive to demand royalty.

[@kahanigaanonki-anjalikumar4491]

Thank you for covering this topic. Very important and useful 👍

[@sulekhawani1600]

Well explained, informative, well chosen topic

[@indranildasgupta810]

Fantastic initiative......now genuinely hope that this new AI converted voice of Legendary singers voices used for todays songs and singers need to stop immediately...This is another rubbish cropping up....

[@kkayy4]

Apart from everything , I love the setup.

[@Nina-oi1qk]

do you mean the decor of the room? sorry I did not understand what you mean by "set up"?

[@kkayy4]

@@Nina-oi1qk yes

[@Nina-oi1qk]

@@kkayy4 ah ok! yes, it's a nice room , good design.

[@VharpEntertainment]

14:40 yha se kuch samjh mai aaya

[@nilamkishore55]

❤❤❤❤

[@limitlessfunnyvideos8441]

Best interview

[@RohanMaharajShinde]

Shaan sir... golden voice of india ❤❤

[@rohitmygurudevrafisaab2028]

Is pahal me or bhi log kyun nahi shamil hue ..jaise singers like Shreya Alka kavita ji asha ji sunidhi ji n kailash kher , Udit ji babul suprio ROHIT MISHRA N HIMMESH RESHMIYA JI KUMAR SANU ABHIJIT ARIJIT ETC ?????❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@kkayy4]

Not everyone has the guts. Kavita ji and Alka ji , ashaji are a part of the board at ISAMRA though. Uditji , bul supriyo are members I guess.

[@anuragmehra604]

❤Waah

[@ashishvaishya9591]

🎉🎉🎉❤

[@ydswathi6846]

🙏🙏

[@rabbs74]

Superrrr ❤❤❤

[@harisha_arts]

❤❤❤

[@Kamlesh76]

Great Work ❤🌷🙏

[@Halloffame-es8cp]

Time flies🤐

[@creativejay9057]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@kahanigaanonki-anjalikumar4491]

Who can register and how to register with these copyright organisations ?

[@rahulbedi3819]

👏🏻

[@falgunishah5749]

Whem i started singing on starmaker link was given to share on u tube for ehat van any one reply ?

[@this_is_krishna]

14:59 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@VharpEntertainment]

15:10 pita lyricist or mata composer hai or music director teacher Or bete singer Yani team work Kya sir aap bhi galat उदहारण de rahe hai।

[@kkayy4]

48:57 that cheekiness

[@VharpEntertainment]

Royalty thik hai Magar jab Lyrics writer composer or singer recording ke time paisa na le Kiyonki Studio mai royalty ke hakdaar hai Dholak ki team proconist ki team chouras ki team Kya inke liye yeh niyam hai Sahir ji ne jo kaam kiya wo aap log nahi kar paoge Kahe ki रॉयल्टी Kaam karte ho aap lo or paisa lete ho Is baat par rafi saab ne lata ji ki baat ठुकराई rafi saab ne Par rafi saab apni kamai se Puri team ko saport karte hai Aap logo ne kabhi studio ke sathi कलाकारों के soncha

[@VharpEntertainment]

Or song gane ke baad jab badhe badhe show karte hai singer uska peyment kya us geet banane wale ko dete hai। Jinhone record ko lonch kiya। Us zamane main cassate or cd dvd ki marketing mai kitna kharcha aata tha Duplicater wise bhi tips Venus hmv ka nuksaan kar rahe the Us par T सीरीज bhi In कंपनियों ke record ke same to same audio bna kar bussnes kar rha tha Puncho un music compny se kaise kaam karte the।

[@VharpEntertainment]

Rafi Saab kishore da Ke baad yeh log misaal hai Ratan hai

[@VharpEntertainment]

Pura program forward karna padh rha Koi hindi bol hi nahi Rha

[@Nina-oi1qk]

Sonu Hindi bol rahe hain

[@VharpEntertainment]

Anchor hindi boliye Hindi song ke singer ke sath ho Engilsh ka use na karen Aam insaan ke liye program banao Videsh ke liye

[@kiranponnaluri7205]

With due respect, Hindustan ke har insaan hindi nahi samajh paate. Yeh mudda Hindi se bhi badaa hai.

[@user-ee2wr7nr6t]

लता जी बहुत पहले ही कह चुकी।

[@falgunishah5749]

Humare artium ne liye par phir kuch nahi hua

[@jaisinghrathore6027]

Pls talk in Hindi or in English. You all are Hindi singer & lyricist.

[@himanshusingh06]

Sameer is interrupting other panelists a lot. He always does that. Lack of mannerism.

[@worldfact4848]

Lol😂😂

[@falgunishah5749]

Is insaan ne mere paisevkis liye liye he sirf bolly wood thik hua he aam insaan se kyun paise liye jo is proffession mein nahi starmaker par propose karne ka riwaj he kis liye hume pura features samjhaye

[@Musiclover-qs4bx]

दोस्तों सबको मालूम है कि आप लोग बहुत पढ़े लिखे हो। लेकिन अगर इंटरव्यू हिंदी में ले लेते तो और भी ज्यादा अच्छा होता. यह एंकर्स को भी सोचना चाहिए कि आपका इंग्लिश बोलने से आपका इज़्ज़त बढ़ नहीं जाएगा या फिर हिंदी बोलने से आपका इज़्ज़त घट नहीं जाएगा। सोनू निगम तो अच्छी खासी हिंदी बोल रहे हैं लेकिन यह महिला खुद को इंग्लिश का बड़ा ज्ञाता दिखा रही है। सोनू निगम इतने बड़े होकर भी हिंदी में जवाब दे रहे हैं और दोनों एंकर लगातार अंग्रेजी बोले जा रहे हैं. ऐसा लग रहा है कि यह अंग्रेजी बोलने की कंपटीशन चल रही है कि कौन ज्यादा बढ़िया अंग्रेजी बोल सकता है. बेवकूफीयत की भी हद होती है।

[@AK-xb5jx]

lol grow up ...what the issue is being discussed and what you are talking about ,,,,

[@dimpibaghel6053]

Relax rahiye...aisa koi compulsion ni h ki hindi me hi interview hona chahiye...apki baat ko doharate huye... english bolne se aap Kam Indian aur zyada showoff ni bn jayenge thk waise hi jaise Hindi bolne se aap zyada Indian aur simple nahi ban jaayenge.. ajkl Hindi English aur hinglish me baatein hoti hain kyunki interview sbke liye h n sbko har bhasha ache se aati ho ye zaruri nahi hai..

[@Nina-oi1qk]

Hindustan Times is an English news media.

[@ROHANKUMAR-sk2bt]

Anchor khud ko dikhana chah rahe hain ki main Sonu Nigam Shaan se jyada educated hoon. 😅

[@dimpibaghel6053]

@@ROHANKUMAR-sk2bt hey bhagwan...ab is taraf k bina matlab ki faltu soch k liye kya hi bolein.. 😂😂..pehli baat to aap ye jaan lijiye k anchor sirf ek h yaha ..aur wo h wo lady...jo dusre uncle h wo bhi guest hai aur inke copyright cause k leader h..anchor ko help ki h unhone inke fight ko smjhne k liye ...dusri baat ye k itna zabardasti sochne ka kya mtlb..Sonu shaan Hindi bol rhe h na..to aap unki baat suniye n enjoy kijiye..

[@falgunishah5749]

Salike ki baat mat karo kon sa salika khud ki jeb bharne ka ?

[@Pankajpandey3125]

😂

[@vipin1673]

Oh madam kisi ke b naam se phele usko jo samman mila hai vo lagana allow nhi aap Sonu Nigam padam shri bol sakte ho English to zaad rhe ho but aapko ye nhi pata ha

[@PulkitKocharofficial]

ye sab cheezon se upar uth jao, log izzat se naam leke bhi beizzati kardete hain, inhone iss cheez pe baat ki, sabko ikathe kakre interview kiya, yehi bahut izzat ki baat hai.