12th Mirchi Music Awards


The 12th Smule Mirchi Music Awards or simply Mirchi Music Awards 2020, was the 12th edition of the Mirchi Music Awards and took place on 19 February 2020. The award ceremony was hosted by Aparshakti Khurana, Neeti Mohan, and Shekhar Ravjiani at Yash Raj Studios, Mumbai. The title sponsor was Smule, replacing Pepsi.

Winners and nominees

Winners are indicated in bold.

Song of the year

Kalank by Arijit Singh

Album of the Year

Kesari - Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Chirrantan Bhatt, Gurmoh, Jasbir Jassi, Jasleen Royal, Tanishk Bagchi, Kumaar, Kunwar Juneja, Manoj MuntashirBharat - Vishal–Shekhar, Ali Abbas Zafar, Julius Packiam, Irshad KamilGully Boy - Ankur Tewari, Divine, Dub Sharma, Ishq Bector, Jasleen Royal, Ace aka Mumbai, Chandrashekar Kunder, Hardeep, Kaam Bhaari, Karsh Kale, Midival Punditz, Mikey McCleary, Naezy, Prem, Sez on the Beat, Raghu Dixit, Rishi Rich, Spitfire & Viveick Rajagopalan, Javed Akhtar, 100 RBH, Aditya Sharma, Arjun, Bhinder Khanpuri, Blitz, Desi Ma, Gaurav Raina, Maharya, MC Altaf, MC TodFod, MC Mawali, Noxious D, Tapan Raj, D-Cypher, BeatRawKabir Singh - Akhil Sachdeva, Amaal Mallik, Mithoon, Sachet–Parampara & Vishal Mishra, Irshad Kamil, Kumaar, Manoj MuntashirKalank - Pritam, Amitabh Bhattacharya

Listeners Choice Song of the Year

Bekhayali by Sachet Tandon

Listeners Choice Album of the Year

Kabir SinghBharatGully BoyKalank
  • ''Kesari''

Listeners Choice Independent Music Category

"Vaaste" by Dhvani Bhanushali

Male Vocalist of the Year

Arijit Singh - "Kalank" from Kalank

Female Vocalist of the Year

Shreya Ghoshal for "Ghar More Pardesiya"

Music Composer of the Year

Pritam - "Kalank" from Kalank

Lyricist of the Year

Amitabh Bhattacharya - "Kalank" from Kalank

Upcoming Male Vocalist of the Year

Abhijeet Srivastava for "Chashni"
  • Amit Gupta for "Radhe Radhe"
  • Divne, Naezy & Ranveer Singh for "Mere Gully Mein"
  • Shantanu Sudame for "Manzar Hai Yeh Naya"

Upcoming Female Vocalist of the Year

Aakanksha Sharma for "Tum Chale Gaye"
  • Swati Mehul for "Naah Goriye"
  • Hriti Tikadar for "Jiya"
  • Deepanshi Nagar for "Mann Mein Shiva"
  • Sarodee Borah for "Sapne Jo Bhi"

Upcoming Lyricist of the Year

Sahib for "Lahu Ka Rang Kara"
  • Bharaga v Purohit for "Bala song"
  • Ari Leff, Michael Pollack & Gurpreet Saini for "Dil Na Jaaneya"
  • Splitfire" for "Asli Hip Hop"
  • Divne & Naezy for "Mere Gully Mein"

Upcoming Music Composer

Piyush Shankar for "Naina Yeh"
  • Splitfire for "Asli Hip Hop"
  • Divine, Naezy & Sez for "Mere Gully Mein"
  • Gurmoh for "Deh Shiva"
  • Payal Dev for "Tum Hi Aana"
  • Shidharth Bhavsar for "Aaj Jage Rahna"
  • Sanjoy Bose for "Ore Chanda"

Recreated Song of the Year

"Hume Tumse Pyar Kitana" by Shreya Ghoshal

Independent Music Category

Jaan Meri by Anuradha Palakurtihi
  • "Awaara Shaam Hai" by Piyush Mehroliya
  • "Filhall" by B Praak
  • "Ishq Ne" by Anuradha Palakurtihi
  • "Woh Baarishein" by Arjun Kanungo

Source - E Times

Jury

Grand Jury

Source - E Times

Special Awards

Jury Award for Outstanding Contribution to Hindi Film Music

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

Special Jury Award for Golden Era Album of the Year (1959)

  • Anari & Sujatha for ''1959''

Best Raag Inspired Song of the Year

Make It Large Award

Mirchi Social Media Icon of the Year

Mirchi Trendsetters Album of the year

Technical Awards

Song Producer - Programming and Arranging

Song Engineer - Recording and Mixing

  • Vijay Dayal for the song "Jugaarafiya"

Background Score