# Mirchi Music Awards

Mirchi Music Awards are presented annually by Radio Mirchi to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film music industry of India. The awards, given in seventeen different categories, were instituted to award the best of 2008. In 2010, the Southern edition of the awards – Mirchi Music Awards South was launched, to award the best of 2009. through which artists from the four South Indian film industries—Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam—are being honoured. In 2012, the Bengali edition of the awards – Mirchi Music Awards Bangla was launched, to award the best of 2011. The 2019 Mirchi Music Awards is co-powered by Smule, the world's largest music social network, and will have the winner of the Smule Mirchi Cover Star perform on stage at the event.

## Ceremonies

| Ceremony | Date | Host(s) | Sponsor(s) |
| 1st Mirchi Music Awards | 28 March 2009 | Shaan and Tulip Joshi | Tata Indicom |
| 2nd Mirchi Music Awards | 10 February 2010 | | Airtel |
| 3rd Mirchi Music Awards | 27 January 2011 | Shaan and Sonu Nigam | Uninor |
| 4th Mirchi Music Awards | 21 March 2012 | Shaan and Usha Uthup | Royal Stag |
| 5th Mirchi Music Awards | 7 February 2013 | Ayushmann Khurana and Meiyang Chang | Royal Stag |
| 6th Mirchi Music Awards | 27 February 2014 | Sonu Nigam | Royal Stag |
| 7th Mirchi Music Awards | 26 February 2015 | Ayushmann Khurana, Aditya Narayan and Karishma Tanna | Royal Stag |
| 8th Mirchi Music Awards | 29 February 2016 | Sonu Nigam | Royal Stag |
| 9th Mirchi Music Awards | 18 February 2017 | Sonu Nigam | Royal Stag |
| 10th Mirchi Music Awards | 28 January 2018 | Sonu Nigam | Royal Stag |
| 11th Mirchi Music Awards | 16 February 2019 | Sonu Nigam | Pepsi |
| 12th Mirchi Music Awards | 19 February 2020 | Shekhar Ravjiani, Neeti Mohan & Aparshakti Khurana | Smule |
| 13th Mirchi Music Awards | 3 February 2021 | Sonu Nigam | Smule |
| 14th Mirchi Music Awards | 19 March 2022 | Sonu Nigam | Malabar Gold and Diamonds |
| 15th Mirchi Music Awards | 3 November 2023 | RJ Prerna | |
| 16th Mirchi Music Awards | 12 December 2024 | | |

## Jury

The jury for both editions of the awards consists of several experts from the Bollywood music industry. Javed Akhtar, poet and lyricist, is the chairman of the jury. The other members are (listed alphabetically) music composers Aadesh Shrivastava, Pandit Sujit Ojha, Anu Malik, Lalit Pandit and Louis Banks, playback singers Alka Yagnik, Kailash Kher, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Sadhana Sargam, Shankar Mahadevan, Sukhwinder Singh, Suresh Wadkar & Udit Narayan lyricist Prasoon Joshi, and directors Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and Ramesh Sippy.

## Critics' Choice Awards

* Song of The Year
* Album of The Year
* Male Vocalist of The Year
* Female Vocalist of The Year
* Music Composer of The Year
* Lyricist of The Year
* Upcoming Male Vocalist of The Year
* Upcoming Female Vocalist of The Year
* Upcoming Music Composer of The Year
* Upcoming Lyricist of The Year

## Technical Awards
### Sound Engineer of the Year

| Year | Recipient | Song | Film |
| 2014 | Satchith Harve and Praveen Muralidhar | "Manwa Laage" | Happy New Year |

### Song Mixing

| Year | Recipient | Song | Film |
| 2011 | Vijay Dayal & Mark 'Exit' Goodchild | "Chammak Challo" | Ra.One |
| 2010 | Salman Khan Afridi & Farhad K Dadyburjor | "Dil To Bachcha Hai" | Ishqiya |
| 2009 | H. Sridhar, S. Sivakumar, Deepak. P. A., Vivianne Chaix | "Dilli 6" | Delhi-6 |
| 2008 | H. Sridhar | "Jashn-e-Bahara" | Jodhaa Akbar |

### Programming and Arranging

| Year | Recipient | Song | Film |
| 2016 | Santosh Mulekar & Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy | "Kaaga" | Mirzya |
| 2014 | Bharat Goel & Meet Bros Anjjan | "Baby Doll" | Ragini MMS 2 |
| 2011 | Abhijeet Nalani & Giorgio Tuinfort | "Chammak Challo" | Ra.One |
| 2010 | Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy | "Noor E Khuda" | My Name is Khan |
| 2009 | A. R. Rahman | "Masakali" | Delhi-6 |
| 2008 | T. R. Kishna Chettan | "Jashn-e-Bahara" | Jodhaa Akbar |

### Film Background Score

| Year | Recipient | Film |
| 2022 | Pritam | Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva |
| 2021 | Sandeep Shirodkar | Tanhaji |
| 2020 ( Film Background Score of the Decade) | Shantanu Moitra | Madras Cafe |
| 2019 | Mangesh Dhakde | Article 15 |
| 2018 | Sanchit Balhara | Padmaavat |
| 2017 | Vishal Bhardwaj | Rangoon |
| 2016 | Tubby-Parik | Mirzya |
| 2015 | Sanchit Balhara | Bajirao Mastani |
| 2014 | Vishal Bhardwaj | Haider |
| 2013 | Shantanu Moitra | Madras Cafe |
| 2012 | Clinton Cerejo | Kahaani |
| 2011 | Ram Sampath | Delhi Belly |
| 2010 | Sandeep Shirodkar | Dabangg |
| 2009 | Raju Singh | Raaz 2 |
| 2008 | A. R. Rahman | Jodhaa Akbar |

## Listeners' Choice Awards
### Song of The Year

| Year | Song | Film | Composer | Writer |
| 2023 | "Phir Aur Kya Chahiye" | Zara Hatke Zara Bachke | Sachin-Jigar | Amitabh Bhattacharya |
| 2022 | (Not Awarded) | (Not Awarded) | (Not Awarded) | |
| 2020-2021 | "Chaka Chak" | Atrangi Re | A.R. Rahman | Irshad Kamil |
| (Song of the Decade) | "Agar Tum Saath Ho" | Tamasha | A.R. Rahman | Irshad Kamil |
| 2019 | "Bekhayali" | Kabir Singh | Sachet–Parampara | Irshad Kamil |
| 2018 | "Dil Chori" | Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety | Yo Yo Honey Singh | Yo Yo Honey Singh (Adtnl: Singhsta & Oye Sherraa) |
| 2017 | "Phir Bhi Tumko Chaahunga" | Half Girlfriend | Mithoon | Manoj Muntashir |
| 2016 | "Soch Na Sake" | Airlift | Amaal Mallik | Kumaar |
| 2015 | "Agar Tum Saath Ho" | Tamasha | A. R. Rahman | Irshad Kamil |
| 2014 | "Muskurane" | CityLights | Jeet Gannguli | Rashmi Singh |
| 2013 | "Sunn Raha Hai" | Aashiqui 2 | Ankit Tiwari | Sandeep Nath |
| 2012 | "Radha" | Student of the Year | Vishal–Shekhar | Anvita Dutt |
| 2011 | "Naadan Parindey" | Rockstar | A. R. Rahman | Irshad Kamil |
| 2010 | "Sheila Ki Jawani" | Tees Maar Khan | Vishal–Shekhar | Vishal Dadlani |
| 2009 | "Iktara" | Wake Up Sid | Amit Trivedi | Javed Akhtar |
| 2008 | "Kabhi Kabhi Aditi" | Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na | A. R. Rahman | Abbas Tyrewala |

### Album of The Year

| Year | Film | Artist |
| 2020-2021 | Atrangi Re | A.R. Rahman |
| ( Album of the Decade) | Aashiqui 2 | Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari, Jeet Gannguli |
| 2019 | Kabir Singh | Sachet–Parampara, Amaal Mallik, Mithoon, Vishal Mishra, Akhil Sachdeva |
| 2018 | Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety | Yo Yo Honey Singh, Amaal Mallik, Zack Knight, Guru Randhawa, Rochak Kohli, Rajat Nagpal, Saurabh-Vaibhav |
| 2017 | Jagga Jasoos | Pritam Chakraborty |
| 2016 | Dangal | Pritam Chakraborty |
| 2015 | Roy | Amaal Mallik, Meet Bros Anjjan, Ankit Tiwari |
| 2014 | Ek Villain | Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari & Soch (Band) |
| 2013 | Aashiqui 2 | Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari & Jeet Gannguli |
| 2012 | Student of the Year | Vishal–Shekhar |
| 2011 | Rockstar | A. R. Rahman |
| 2010 | Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai | Pritam Chakraborty |
| 2009 | Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani | Pritam Chakraborty |
| 2008 | Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na | A. R. Rahman |

## Special awards
### Jury Award for Outstanding Contribution to Hindi Film Music

| Year | Award recipient | Profession |
| 2019 | Amar Haldipur | Music Composer |
| 2018 | Rajendra Singh Sodha | Musician |
| 2017 | Ameen Sayani | Radio Announcer |
| 2016 | Y. S.Mulky | Musician |
| 2015 | Yogesh | Lyricist |
| 2014 | Burjor Lord | Musician |
| 2013 | Sumit Mitra | Musician |
| 2012 | Babloo Chakroborty | Musician |
| 2011 | Babla Shah | Music composer |
| 2010 | Charanjit Singh | Musician |
| 2009 | Kersi Lord | Music composer, arranger |
| 2008 | Manohari Singh | Music arranger |

### Best item number song

| Year | Song | Recipient | Film |
| 2011 | "Ooh La La" | Bappi Lahiri, Shreya Ghoshal Rajat Arora Vishal–Shekhar | The Dirty Picture |

### Lifetime Achievement Award / K. L. Saigal Sangeet Shehenshah Award

The award was given to Indian playback singer Lata Mangeshkar in 2008. The award was renamed in 2009 as K. L. Saigal Sangeet Shehenshah Award, in honour of singer Kundan Lal Saigal. The award was given to Indian Playback singer K. J. Yesudas in 2010.
| Year | Award recipient | Profession |
| 2022 | Suman Kalyanpur | Singer |
| 2020 | Bhupinder Singh | Singer |
| 2019 | Usha Mangeshkar | Singer |
| 2018 | Usha Khanna | Music Composer |
| 2017 | Bappi Lahiri | Music Composer, Singer |
| 2016 | Usha Uthup | Singer |
| 2015 | Rajesh Roshan | Music composer |
| 2014 | Javed Akhtar | Lyricist |
| 2013 | Anand Ji | Music Director |
| 2012 | Asha Bhosle | Singer |
| 2011 | Mohammed Zahur Khayyam | Music composer |
| 2010 | Ravi | Music composer |
| 2009 | Manna Dey | Singer |
| 2008 | Lata Mangeshkar | Singer |