The IIFA Award for Best Female Playback Singer given to chosen by the viewers and the winner is announced at the ceremony. The first recipient of the award was

Alka Yagnik Alka, AlkA or ALKA may refer to: People * Alka Ajith (born c. 1997), Indian multilingual playback singer * Alka Amin (active from 2011), Indian television actress * Alka Balram Kshatriya, Indian politician, Member of the Parliament of India repr ...

, who was honoured at the 1st IIFA Awards in the year 2000. The most recent recipient of the award is

Asees Kaur Asees Kaur (born 26 September 1988) is an Indian singer. She has participated in various singing reality shows including ''Indian Idol'' and'' Awaz Punjab Di''. In 2021, her song "Raatan Lambiyan" from ''Shershaah'', with Tanishk Bagchi, became ...

, who was honoured at the

22nd IIFA Awards The 22nd International Indian Film Academy Awards, also known as the IIFA, was held on 3–4 June 2022, postponed from the original 18–19 March 2022 date, and the 19–21 May 2022 date. Furthermore, it was supposed to be held in 2021, before b ...

in the year 2022.

Superlatives

Award was introduced in 2000 and records after 2000 till date are as follows.

Shreya Ghoshal Shreya Ghoshal (born 12 March 1984) is an Indian singer and television personality. One of the highest-paid and most well-established playback singers of Indian cinema, she has received four National Film Awards, four Kerala State Film Awards ...

with 8 wins, hold the record for most awards in this category.

Sunidhi Chauhan Sunidhi Chauhan (pronounced ; born 14 August 1983) is an Indian playback singer. Born in Delhi, she began performing in local gatherings at the age of 5 and made her career debut at the age of 13, with the film '' Shastra'' (1996). During the ...

and

Kanika Kapoor Kanika Kapoor (born 21 August 1978) is an Indian singer. She was born and raised in Lucknow. In 2012, she relocated to Mumbai to become a singer. Kapoor's first song "Jugni Ji" (2012) was for a music videowhich became a commercial success. In 2 ...

have won the award two times.

won the award in a record of three consecutive years (2012–14).

's four nominations out of the five nominations in 2008 also give her the record for most number of Best Female Playback Singer nominations in a single year.

holds the record of getting nominated for consecutively 11 years from 2006 till 2016, resulting in 17 nominations and 5 wins.

Most Wins

Multiple Nominees

List of Winners

† - indicates the performance also ''won'' the

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‡ - indicates the performance was also ''nominated'' for the

2000s

2010s

2020s

References

External links

Official site
{{IIFAAwardBestFemalePlaybackSinger International Indian Film Academy Awards Music awards honoring women Indian music awards