Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer
Rank Singer Number of nominations Number of wins
1 Alka Yagnik 36 7
2 Shreya Ghoshal 24 6
3 Asha Bhosle 20 7
4 Lata Mangeshkar 19 4
5 Kavita Krishnamurthy 18 4
6 Sunidhi Chauhan 16 2
7 Anuradha Paudwal 10 4
8 Alisha Chinai 6 1
9 Hemlata 5 1
10 Sharda 4 1
10 Salma Agha 4 1
10 Usha Uthup 4 1
Multiple nominees
The Filmfare Best Female Playback Award is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a female playback singer who has delivered an outstanding performance in a film song. Although the award ceremony was established in 1954, the category for best playback singer was introduced in 1959. The award was initially common for both male and female singers until 1967. The category was divided the following year, and ever since there have been two awards presented for male and female singers separately.