The Filmfare Best Female Playback Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Malayalam films. The first Malayalam award was given in 2007. Before that, since 1997 till 2005, a common award for playback was available for both Male and Female singers of all the four South Indian languages.

Superlatives

Winners

The following is a list of the award winners and the film and song for which they won.

Nominations

The nominees were announced publicly only from 2009. The list along with winners:

2000s

2009: K. S. Chithra – "Oduvil Oru" – Thirakkatha

2010s

2010: K. S. Chithra – "Kunnathe Konna" – Pazhassi Raja 2011: Shreya Ghoshal – "Kizhakku Pookkum" – Anwar 2012: Shreya Ghoshal – "Paattil Ee Paattil" – Pranayam 2013: Shweta Mohan – "Shyama Hare" – Arike 2014: Vaikom Vijayalakshmi – "Ottakku Padunna" – Nadan 2015: Shreya Ghoshal – "Vijanathayil" – How Old Are You? 2016: Shreya Ghoshal – "Kaathirunnu" – Ennu Ninte Moideen 2017: Chinmayi – "Oonjalil Aadi" – Action Hero Biju 2018: K. S. Chithra – "Nadavathil Thurannilla" – Kambhoji 2019: Anne Amie – "Aararo" – Koode

2020s

2022: K. S. Chithra – "Theerame" - Malik 2023: Mridula Warrier – "Mayilpeeli Ilakunnu" - Pathonpatham Noottandu 2024: K. S. Chithra – "Muttathe Mulla" - Jawanum Mullapoovum