IIFA Award for Best Female Playback Singer
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| IIFA Award for Best Female Playback Singer | |
|---|---|
.jpg) The 2025 Recipient: Shreya Ghoshal | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by a Female Playback Singer |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | International Indian Film Academy |
| First award | Alka Yagnik for "Taal Se Taal", Taal (2000) |
| Currently held by | Shreya Ghoshal for "Ami Je Tomar 3.0", Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 (2025) |
| Website | IIFA Awards |
The IIFA Award for Best Female Playback Singer is given by the International Indian Film Academy as part of its annual award ceremony for Hindi films, to recognise a female playback singer who has delivered an outstanding vocal performance in a film song. The winner is chosen by viewers, and is announced at the annual ceremony. Shreya Ghoshal holds the record for most wins in this category (10). Ghoshal also holds the record for most nominations (29).
The first recipient of the award was Alka Yagnik, who was honoured at the 1st IIFA Awards in the year 2000. The most recent recipient of the award is Shreya Ghoshal, who was honoured at the 25th IIFA Awards in the year 2025.[1]
Superlatives
[edit]| Superlative | Singer | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Most awards | Shreya Ghoshal | 10 |
| Most nominations | 29 | |
| Most consecutive wins | Shreya Ghoshal (2012-2014) | 3 |
| Most consecutive nominations | Shreya Ghoshal (2006-2016) | 17 |
| Most wins in a decade | Shreya Ghoshal (2000s) | 4 |
| Most nominations in a single year | Shreya Ghoshal (2008) | 4 |
| Youngest winner | Meghna Mishra (2018) | 16 |
| Youngest nominee | Sunidhi Chauhan (2001) | 18[2] |
| Oldest winner | Asha Bhosle (2002) | 69 |
| Oldest nominee | Lata Mangeshkar (2007) | 78 |
| Most nominations without ever winning | Rekha Bhardwaj | 4 |
Award was introduced in 2000 and records after 2000 till date are as follows.
- Shreya Ghoshal is the most awarded singer in this category with ten wins, followed by Alka Yagnik, Sunidhi Chauhan and Kanika Kapoor, who each have two wins. Ghoshal is also the singer with the most consecutive wins with three (2012–2014).
- Ghoshal is the singer who received the most nominations in a single year, with being nominated for four songs in a single year (2008). She also holds the record of getting nominated for consecutively 11 years from 2006 till 2016, resulting in 17 nominations and 5 wins. Additionally, with 29 nominations, she is the most nominated singer in this category.
Most Wins
[edit]| Winner | Number of Wins | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Shreya Ghoshal | 10 | 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2020, 2023, 2025 |
| Alka Yagnik | 2 | 2000, 2001 |
| Sunidhi Chauhan | 2005, 2007 | |
| Kanika Kapoor | 2015, 2017 |
Multiple Nominees
[edit]| Rank | Singer | Number of nominations | Number of wins |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shreya Ghoshal | 29 | 10 |
| 2 | Sunidhi Chauhan | 17 | 2 |
| 3 | Alka Yagnik | 13 |
List of Winners
[edit]† - indicates the performance also won the Filmfare Award
‡ - indicates the performance was also nominated for the Filmfare Award
2000s
[edit]2010s
[edit]2020s
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "IIFA Awards 2025: Laapataa Ladies Sweeps With 10 Awards. Kartik Aaryan Named Best Actor. Check Full List Of Winners". www.ndtv.com. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ There were no nominations released in 2018 and Meghna Mishra, aged 16, was just declared the winner. Similarly, Shreya Ghoshal, at age 19, was declared winner in 2003 without any nomination. Ghoshal received her first nomination in 2004, at the age of 20.
- ^ "IIFA Awards 2020 - Popular Award Winners". IIFA Awards. 25 November 2021. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ "IIFA Awards 2023: Here's the full list of winners". Mid-Day. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- ^ "IIFA 2024 full list of nominations: Ranbir Kapoor, Ranveer get Best Actor nods; Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt for Actress". Hindustan Times. 19 August 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.