Ten years ago, the Indian Singers’ Rights Association (ISRA), a Non-profit making Company Limited by Guarantee under the Companies Act, 1956, was formed under the Chairmanship of Bharat Ratna  Lata Mangeshkar who together with Asha Bhosle, Alka Yagnik, Sonu Nigam, Sanjay Tandon, Usha Mangeshkar, Suresh Wadkar, Pankaj Udhas, Anup Jalota, Talat Aziz, Kumar Sanu, Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Kavita Krishnamoorty, Shaan, Hariharan, Jassi, Sunidhi Chauhan, Mahalaxmi Iyer among others,  to fight for Singers' rights and to collect their royalty and distribute the same to them.

Today, as ISRA turns 10, the Performer’s Right Society for Singers, turned Indian Singers and Musician Rights Association (ISAMRA), including musicians under its wings.

To bless ISAMRA on its birthday, over 100 Indian singers including  Anup Jalota, Sanjay Tandon, Sonu Nigam, Suresh Wadkar, Shailendra Singh, Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamoorthy, Shaan, Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu, Hariharan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Lalit Pandit, Shankar Mahadevan, Himesh Reshammiya, Shahid Rafi, Amit Kumar, Sumit Kumar, Meet Bros,  Nitin Mukesh,  Sudesh Bhosale, Jaspinder Narula,  Mahalakshmi Iyer, Saumya Raoh, Aditi Singh Sharma, Shahid Mallya, Roopkumar Rathod, Usha Timothy among others gathered at Raheja Classique, Mumbai.

For the uninitiated,

ISRA is the only Performer’s Copyright Society

that in its 10 years of existence, has emerged stronger amid challenges soaring to greater heights.

After establishing the Singers' Right to Receive Royalty by procuring two Judgements from the Hon. 

The Hon’ble Minister for Commerce and Trade Shri Piyush Goyal had announced this Historic Achievement in April 2023 of 50 Crore plus Royalty for the Indian singers, creating history.

The latest is that  Musicians will now start getting Royalties from ISRA. To enable this, ISRA  is rechristened ISAMRA (Indian Singers’ And Musicians’ Rights Association). ISAMRA represents Singers and Musicians of not only India but of the entire world. The organisation,  by virtue of Reciprocal today controls 95 per cent of the Performer’s (Singer’s) Rights and has members  from North, South, East & West of the Country.

ISAMRA is also affiliated  with 18 foreign societies, signifying its global presence.