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The IIFA Best Female Playback Award is chosen by the viewers and the winner is announced at the ceremony.
Superlatives
| Superlative | Singer | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Most awards | Shreya Ghoshal | 7 |
| Most nominations | Shreya Ghoshal | 20 |
| Most consecutive wins | Shreya Ghoshal Template:Small | 3 |
| Most consecutive nominations | Shreya Ghoshal Template:Small | 17 |
| Most wins in a decade | Shreya Ghoshal Template:Small | 4 |
| Most nominations in a single year | Shreya Ghoshal Template:Small | 4 |
| Youngest winner | Meghna Mishra Template:Small | 16 |
| Youngest nominee | Sunidhi Chauhan Template:Small | 18[1] |
| Oldest winner | Asha Bhosle Template:Small | 69 |
| Oldest nominee | Lata Mangeshkar Template:Small | 78 |
| Most nominations without ever winning | Rekha Bhardwaj | 4 |
Award was introduced in 2000 and records after 2000 til date are as follows.
Shreya Ghoshal with 7 wins, hold the record for most awards in this category. Alka Yagnik, Sunidhi Chauhan and Kanika Kapoor have won the award two times. Shreya Ghoshal won the award in a record of three consecutive years (2012–14).
Shreya Ghoshal'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. Shreya Ghoshal holds the record of getting nominated for consecutively 11 years from 2006 till 2016, resulting in 17 nominations and 5 wins.
Most Wins
| Winner | Number of Wins | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Shreya Ghoshal | 7 | 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014 |
| Alka Yagnik | 2 | 2000, 2001 |
| Sunidhi Chauhan | 2005, 2007 | |
| Kanika Kapoor | 2015, 2017 |
Multiple Nominees
| Rank | Singer | Number of nominations | Number of wins |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shreya Ghoshal | 20 | 7 |
| 2 | Sunidhi Chauhan | 17 | 2 |
| 3 | Alka Yagnik | 13 | 2 |
List of Winners
† - indicates the performance also won the Filmfare Award
‡ - indicates the performance was also nominated for the Filmfare Award
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See also
References
- ↑ 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.
External links
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