The IIFA Award for Best Female Playback Singer given to chosen by the viewers and the winner is announced at the ceremony. Shreya Ghoshal holds the record for most wins in this category (9). Ghoshal also holds the record for most nominations (27). The first recipient of the award was Alka Yagnik, who was honoured at the 1st IIFA Awards in the year 2000. The most recent recipient of the award is Shreya Ghoshal, who was honoured at the 23rd IIFA Awards in the year 2023.

Superlatives

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

Most Wins

Multiple Nominees

List of Winners

† - indicates the performance also won the Filmfare Award ‡ - indicates the performance was also nominated for the Filmfare Award

2000s

2010s

2020s