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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 |
TheIIFA Award for Best Female Playback Singer is given by the International Indian Film Academy as part of itsannual award ceremony forHindi 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 wasAlka Yagnik, who was honoured at the1st IIFA Awards in the year 2000. The most recent recipient of the award isShreya Ghoshal, who was honoured at the25th IIFA Awards in the year 2025.[1]
| 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.
| 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 |
| Rank | Singer | Number of nominations | Number of wins |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shreya Ghoshal | 29 | 10 |
| 2 | Sunidhi Chauhan | 17 | 2 |
| 3 | Alka Yagnik | 13 |
† - indicates the performance alsowon theFilmfare Award
‡ - indicates the performance was alsonominated for theFilmfare Award