Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer

Superlatives

• Kishore Kumar and Arijit Singh hold the record for the most wins in this category, with eight, followed by Mohammed Rafi with six. Kumar Sanu and Udit Narayan have each won the award five times, while Mukesh has received it four times and Mahendra Kapoor three times.
• Mohammed Rafi dominated the 1960s with five wins. In the 1970s, Kishore Kumar and Mukesh each won the award three times. Kishore Kumar continued his success into the 1980s, winning five times during that decade. Kumar Sanu led the 1990s with five awards, including a record of five consecutive wins from 1991 to 1995. In the 2000s, Udit Narayan, Sonu Nigam, and Shaan each won the award twice. Arijit Singh dominated the 2010s with five wins during the decade.
• In terms of nominations, Kishore Kumar leads with 28, followed by Arijit Singh with 24, Mohammed Rafi with 21, Udit Narayan & Sonu Nigam with 20 each, both Mukesh and Kumar Sanu with 14 nominations each.
• Udit Narayan is the only singer to have received nominations and won the award in three different decades, and he is also the only Nepali-origin singer to have won in this category.
• Kumar Sanu and Arijit Singh share the record for the most consecutive wins, with five wins in a row. Kishore Kumar won the award four times consecutively from 1983 to 1986.
• Mukesh remains the only playback singer to have won this award posthumously, receiving it in 1977.
• In 2006, Himesh Reshammiya became the first music director to win the award for Best Male Playback Singer.
• Two singers have achieved the distinction of receiving all nominations in a single year:
• * In 1969, Mohammed Rafi was the sole nominee with three nominations.
• * In 1985, Kishore Kumar held all four nominations, all from the film Sharaabi.

Winners and nominees

1950s

2020s