Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Tamil

The Tamil Filmfare Best Female Playback Award is given by Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Tamil films. The first Tamil award was given in 2006. However, since 1997 till 2005, a common award for playback was available for both male and female singers of all the four South Indian languages.

Superlative Artist Record
Most wins Chinmayi 3
Most nominations Shreya Ghoshal 7
Most nominations without a win Saindhavi 4
Most consecutive nominations Chinmayi, Shweta Mohan
Most consecutive wins Swetha Mohan 2
Youngest winner Uthara Unnikrishnan 10
Youngest nominee
Oldest winner Bombay Jayashri 37
Oldest nominee K. S. Chithra 59

Chinmayi has the most wins (3).

Superlatives and multiple wins
Artist Record
Chinmayi 3 wins
Swetha Mohan & Shreya Ghoshal 2 wins

Multiple nominations

Winners
Year ImageSingerFilmSong
2020-2021 Dhee[1]Soorarai Pottru"Kaattu Payale"
2019 Chinmayi[2] 96"Kaathale Kaathale"
2018 Shashaa Tirupati[3]Kaatru Veliyidai"Vaan Varuvan"
2017 Shweta Mohan[4]Kabali"Maaya Nadhi"
2016 Shweta Mohan[5]Thanga Magan"Enna Solla"
2015 Uthara Unnikrishnan[6]Saivam"Azhagu"
2014 Shakthisree Gopalan[7]Kadal"Nenjukullea"
2013 NSK Ramya[8]Neethaane En Ponvasantham"Satru Munbu"
2012 Chinmayi[9]Vaagai Sooda Vaa"Sara Sara"
2011 Shreya Ghoshal[10]Angadi Theru"Un Perai Sollum"
2010 Chinmayi[11]Aadhavan"Vaarayo Vaarayo"
2009 Deepa Miriam[12]Subramaniyapuram"Kangal Irandal"
2008 Sadhana Sargam[13]Kireedam"Akkam Pakkam"
2007 Shreya Ghoshal[14]Sillunu Oru Kadhal"Munbe Vaa"
2006 Binny Krishnakumar[15]Chandramukhi"Raa Raa"
2003[N 1] Anuradha Sriram[16]Gemini"Nenju Thudikkuthu"
2002 Bombay Jayashri[17]Minnale"Vaseegara"
1999 Vasundhara Das[18]Mudhalvan"Shakalaka Baby"

Nominations

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

2000s

2009: Deepa Miriam – "Kangal Irandal" from Subramaniyapuram

2009: Chinmayi – "Vaarayo Vaarayo" from Aadhavan

2010s

2010: Shreya Ghoshal – "Un Perai Sollum" from Angaadi Theru

2011: Chinmayi – "Sara Sara" from Vaagai Sooda Vaa

2012: NSK Ramya – "Satru Munbu" from Neethaane En Ponvasantham

2013: Shakthisree Gopalan – "Nenjukulle" from Kadal

2014: Uthara Unnikrishnan – "Azhagu" from Saivam

2015: Shweta Mohan – "Enna Solla" from Thanga Magan

2016: Shweta Mohan – "Maya Nadhi" from Kabali

2017: Shashaa Tirupati – "Vaan Varuvaan" from Kaatru Veliyidai

2018: Chinmayi – "Kaathale Kathale" from 96

2020s

2020-2021: Dhee – "Kaattu Payale" from Soorarai Pottru

See also

Notes
  1. Between the introduction of an award for playback singing in 1997 and 2005, awards were not consistently provided every year and a single award was made available for both male and female singers for all the four South Indian languages.

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