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- "Chashni" by Abhijeet Srivastava
- "Apna Time Aayega" by Ranveer Singh
- "Tujhe Kitna Chahne Lage" by Arijit Singh
- "Challa" by Romy, Shashwat Sachdev & Vivek Hariharan
- "Ghungroo" by Arijit Singh & Shilpa Rao
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 BhattacharyaListeners Choice Song of the Year
Bekhayali by Sachet Tandon- "Slow Motion" by Shreya Ghoshal & Nakash Aziz
- "Apna Time Aayega" by Ranveer Singh & Divine
- "Ve Maahi" by Arijit Singh & Asees Kaur
- "Coca Cola Tu" by Neha Kakkar & Tony Kakkar
Listeners Choice Album of the Year
Kabir SinghBharatGully BoyKalank- ''Kesari''
Listeners Choice Independent Music Category
"Vaaste" by Dhvani Bhanushali- "Dheeme Dheeme" by Tony Kakkar
- "Lehenga" by Jass Manak
- "Makhna" by Honey Singh & Neha Kakkar
- "Paagal" by Badshah
Male Vocalist of the Year
Arijit Singh - "Kalank" from Kalank- Arijit Singh - "Tujhe Kitna Chahne Lage" from Kabir Singh
- Ranveer Singh & Divine - "Apna Time Ayega" from Gully Boy
- B Praak - "Teri Mitti" from Kesari
- Romy, Vivek Hariharan, Shashwat Sachdev - "Challa" from ''Uri: The Surgical Strike''
Female Vocalist of the Year
Shreya Ghoshal for "Ghar More Pardesiya"- Neha Bhasin for "Chashni"
- Parampara Thakur for "Mere Sohneya"
- Shreya Ghoshal for "Tabaah Ho Gaye"
- Shilpa Rao for "Ghungroo"
Music Composer of the Year
Pritam - "Kalank" from Kalank- Sachet–Parampara - "Bekhayali" from Kabir Singh
- Mithoon - "Tujhe Kitna Chahne Lage" from Kabir Singh
- Pritam - "Ghar More Pardesiya" from Kalank
- Shashwat Sachdev - "Beh Chala" from ''Uri: The Surgical Strike''
Lyricist of the Year
Amitabh Bhattacharya - "Kalank" from Kalank- Irshad Kamil - "Bekhayali" from Kabir Singh
- Manoj Muntashir - "Teri Mitti" from Kesari
- Prasoon Joshi - "Bharat" from Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi
- Raj Shekhar - "Beh Chala" from ''Uri: The Surgical Strike''
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- "O Saki Saki" by B Praak, Tulsi Kumar & Neha Kakkar
- "Akhiyon Se Golu Maare" by Mika Singh & Tulsi Kumar
- "The Jawani Song" by Payal Dev & Vishal Dadlani
- "Mungda" by Jyotica Tangri, Shaan & Subhro Ganguly
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 TimesSpecial 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
- "Dhola" from '''Yeh Hai India'''
Make It Large Award
Mirchi Social Media Icon of the Year
Mirchi Trendsetters Album of the year
Technical Awards
Song Producer - Programming and Arranging
- DJ Phukan, Prasad Sashte, Prakash Peters & Sunny MR for the song "Ghar More Pardesiya"
Song Engineer - Recording and Mixing
- Vijay Dayal for the song "Jugaarafiya"
Background Score
- Mangesh Dhakde for ''Article 15''