Singer Kanika Kapoor has made shocking revelations about the payment structure for singers in India. The Baby Doll singer, in conversation with Uorfi Javed on her show Bunking with Uorfi, spoke about how singers are grossly underpaid in the industry and revealed how they truly earn their livelihood.

Kanika Kapoor reveals how much Indian singers earn

When Uorfi asked Kanika about a viral song of hers for which she didn’t get paid, Kanika admitted that singers don’t usually get paid for their songs. She added, "Singers don’t really get paid. Main saare contracts dikhaati hu, 101 rupees milte hain. (I can show you all the contracts. I was paid Rs 101). They say that they are doing you a favour. I can talk to you about the greatest singer of India. I am not going to give names, but very obvious. I don’t think that even he is being paid for most of his greatest songs ever. Or has any publishing, or has any royalty structure. There is nothing like that in India today."

Kanika clarified that while she hasn’t seen every singer’s contract, the reality remains that many artists are only paid as little as Rs 101.