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IIFA Award for Best Male Playback Singer
The IIFA Award for Best Male Playback Singer is chosen by the viewers and the winner is announced at the ceremony. Arijit Singh holds the record for most wins in this category (5). Singh also holds the record for most nominations (15). Udit Narayan was first ever winner of the award in first edition of the award ceremony in 2000.
| IIFA Award for Best Playback Singer – Male | |
|---|---|
The 2023 Recipient: Arijit Singh | |
| Awarded for | Best Performance by a Male Playback Singer |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | International Indian Film Academy |
| First awarded | Udit Narayan for "Chand Chhupa" Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (2000) |
| Currently held by | Arijit Singh for "Kesariya" Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva (2023) |
| Website | http://www.iifa.com |
Superlatives edit
| Superlative | Artist | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Most awards | Arijit Singh | 5 |
| Most nominations | 15 | |
| Most nominations without ever winning | KK | 6 |
List of winners edit
† - indicates the performance also won the Filmfare Award
‡ - indicates the performance was also nominated for the Filmfare Award
2000s edit
| Year | Singer | Song | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 (1st) | |||
| Udit Narayan† | Chand Chupa Badal Mein | Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam | |
| KK | "Tadap Tadap" | Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam | |
| Kumar Sanu | "Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyan" | Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam | |
| 2001 (2nd) | |||
| Lucky Ali | Ek Pal Ka Jeena | Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai | |
| Abhijeet | "Tum Dil Ki Dhadkan Mein" | Dhadkan | |
| Sonu Nigam | "Panchhi Nadiyan Pawan Ke Jhoken" | Refugee | |
| Udit Narayan | "Aaja Mahiya" | Fiza | |
| "Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (Sad Version) | Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai | ||
| 2002 (3rd) | |||
| Sonu Nigam | Suraj Hua Maddham | Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... ‡ | |
| Sonu Nigam | "You Are My Soniya" | Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... | |
| Srinivas | "Kaisi Hai Yeh Rut" | Dil Chahta Hai | |
| Udit Narayan | "Udja Kale Kawan - Folk" | Gadar: Ek Prem Katha ‡ | |
| "Bole Chudiyan" | Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... | ||
| "Mitwa" | Lagaan † | ||
| 2003 (4th) | |||
| Sonu Nigam | Saathiya | Saathiya † | |
| 2004 (5th) | |||
| Sonu Nigam | Kal Ho Naa Ho | Kal Ho Naa Ho † | |
| Amitabh Bachchan | "Main Yahan Tu Wahan" | Baghban | |
| KK | "Tu Aashiqui Hai" | Jhankaar Beats | |
| Udit Narayan | "Koi Mil Gaya" | Koi... Mil Gaya | |
| "Tere Naam" | Tere Naam ‡ | ||
| 2005 (6th) | |||
| Kunal Ganjawala | Bheegay Hooth Tere | Murder † | |
| Sonu Nigam | "Main Hoon Na" | Main Hoon Na ‡ | |
| Udit Narayan | "Aakhe Bandh Karke" | Aitraaz | |
| "Lal Dupatta" | Mujhse Shaadi Karogi | ||
| "Yeh Tara Woh Tara" | Swades | ||
| 2006 (7th) | |||
| Himesh Reshammiya | Aashiq Banaya Apne | Aashiq Banaya Apne † | |
| Atif Aslam | "Woh Lamhe Woh Baatein" | Zeher ‡ | |
| Rahat Fateh Ali Khan | "Jiya Dhadak Dhadak Jaye" | Kalyug | |
| Shaan and KK | "Dus Bahane" | Dus | |
| Sonu Nigam | "Piya Bole" | Parineeta | |
| 2007 (8th) | |||
| Shaan | Chand Sifarish | Fanaa † | |
| A. R. Rahman and Naresh Iyer | "Ru Baroo" | Rang De Basanti | |
| KK | "Tu Hi Meri Shab Hai" | Gangster | |
| Sonu Nigam | "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna" | Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna | |
| Zubeen Garg | "Ya Ali" | Gangster ‡ | |
| 2008 (9th) | |||
| Shaan | Jab Se Tere Naina | Saawariya † | |
| Neeraj Shridhar | "Bhool Bhulaiyaa" | Bhool Bhulaiyaa | |
| KK | "Ajab Si" | Om Shanti Om ‡ | |
| Sukhwinder Singh | "Chak De! India | Chak De! India ‡ | |
| Wajid Ali | "Soni De Nakhre" | Partner | |
| 2009 (10th) | |||
| Javed Ali | Jashan-e-Baharaa | Jodhaa Akbar | |
| Atif Aslam | "Pehli Nazar Mein" | Race | |
| Farhan Akhtar | "Socha Hai" | Rock On!! ‡ | |
| KK | "Khuda Jaane" | Bachna Ae Haseeno ‡ | |
| Sukhwinder Singh | "Haule Haule" | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi † |
2010s edit
2020s edit
| Year | Singer | Song | Movie | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (21st) | ||||
| Arijit Singh | "Ghungroo" | War | ||
| Arijit Singh | "Dil Hi Toh Hai" | The Sky Is Pink | ||
| B Praak | "Teri Mitti" | Kesari ‡ | ||
| Divine, Naezy and Ranveer Singh | "Mere Gully Mein" | Gully Boy | ||
| Sachet Tandon | "Bekhayali" | Kabir Singh ‡ | ||
| 2021 | AWARDS NOT HELD DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC | |||
| 2022 (22nd) | ||||
| Jubin Nautiyal[1] | "Raatan Lambiyan" | Shershaah | ||
| Arijit Singh | "Lehra Do" | 83 | ||
| "Rait Zara Si" | Atrangi Re | |||
| "Aabaad Barbaad" | Ludo | |||
| B Praak | "Mann Bharya" | Shershaah | ||
| 2023 (23rd) | ||||
| Arijit Singh[2] | "Kesariya" | Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva | ||
| Aditya Rao | "Behene Do" | Rocketry: The Nambi Effect | ||
| Arijit Singh | "Deva Deva" | Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva | ||
| Mohit Chauhan | "Gehraiyaan (Reprise)" | Gehraiyaan | ||
| Kanish Seth | "Rangisari" | Jugjugg Jeeyo | ||