Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer

Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer
The 2024 recipient: Shilpa Rao
Awarded forBest Performance by a playback singer female
CountryIndia
Presented byFilmfare
First awardedLata Mangeshkar,
"Aaja Re Pardesi"
Madhumati (1959)
Currently held byShilpa Rao,
"Besharam Rang"
Pathaan (2024)
WebsiteFilmfare Awards

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.