Winners and nominees
| ‡ | Indicates the winner |
|---|---|
| † | Indicates a posthumous winner |
1950s
Note: The category for Best Playback Singer was established in 1959, and until 1967 both male and female singers used to compete for a single award.
| Year | Photos of winners | Singer | Song | Film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 (6th) | Award Won by a Female Singer | |||
1960s
| Year | Photos of winners | Singer | Song | Film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 (7th) |  | Mukesh ‡ | "Sab Kuch Seekha Humne" | Anari |
| Talat Mahmood | "Jalte Hain Jiske Liye" | Sujata | ||
| 1961 (8th) |  | Mohammed Rafi ‡ | "Chaudhvin Ka Chand" | Chaudhvin Ka Chand |
| Other Nominees were Female Singers | ||||
| 1962 (9th) | Mohammed Rafi ‡ | '"Teri Pyari Pyari surat ko " | Sasural | |
| Mohammad Rafi | "Husn Wale Tera" | Gharana | ||
| Mukesh | "Hothon Pe Sacchai" | Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai | ||
| 1963 (10th) | Award Won by a Female Singer | |||
| Mohammed Rafi | "Ae Gulbadan" | Professor | ||
| 1964 (11th) | Mahendra Kapoor ‡ | "Chalo Ek Bar Phir Se" | Gumrah | |
| Mohammed Rafi | "Mere Mehboob Tujhe" | Mere Mehboob | ||
| 1965 (12th) | | Mohammed Rafi ‡ | "Chahunga Main Tujhe" | Dosti |
| Mukesh | "Dost Dost Na Raha" | Sangam | ||
| 1966 (13th) | Award Won by a Female Singer | |||
| Mohammed Rafi | "Chho Lene Do" | Kaajal | ||
| 1967 (14th) | | Mohammed Rafi ‡ | "Baharon Phool Barsao" | Suraj |
| Other Nominees were Female Singers | ||||
| 1968 (15th) | Mahendra Kapoor ‡ | "Neele Gagan Ke Tale" | Hamraaz | |
| Mahendra Kapoor | "Mere Desh Ki Dharti" | Upkar | ||
| Mukesh | "Sawan Ka Mahina" | Milan | ||
| 1969 (16th) | | Mohammed Rafi ‡ | "Dil Ke Jharokhe Mein" | Brahmachari |
| Mohammed Rafi | "Babul Ki Duvayen" | Neel Kamal | ||
| "Main Gaoon Tum So Jao" | Brahmachari | |||
1970s
| Year | Photos of winners | Singer | Song | Film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 (17th) |  | Kishore Kumar ‡ | "Roop Tera Mastana" | Aradhana |
| Manna Dey | "Kaal Ka Paiya" | Chanda Aur Bijli | ||
| Mohammed Rafi | "Badi Mastani Hai" | Jeene Ki Raah | ||
| 1971 (18th) | | Mukesh ‡ | "Sabse Bada Nadan" | Pehchan |
| Mohammed Rafi | "Khilona Jankar" | Khilona | ||
| Mukesh | "Bas Yehi Apradh" | Pehchan | ||
| 1972 (19th) |  | Manna Dey ‡ | "Ae Bhai Zara Dekh Ke Chalo" | Mera Naam Joker |
| Kishore Kumar | "Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana" | Andaz | ||
| "Yeh Jo Mohabbat Hai" | Kati Patang | |||
| 1973 (20th) | | Mukesh ‡ | "Jai Bolo Beimaan ki" | Be-Imaan |
| Mukesh | "Ek Pyar Ka Nagma Hain" | Shor | ||
| Kishore Kumar | "Chingari Koi Bhadke" | Amar Prem | ||
| 1974 (21st) | – | Narendra Chanchal ‡ | "Beshak Mandir Masjid" | Bobby |
| Kishore Kumar | "Mere Dil Mein Aaj" | Daag: A Poem of Love | ||
| Manna Dey | "Yaari Hai Imaan Mera" | Zanjeer | ||
| Mohammed Rafi | "Hum Ko Jaan Se Pyaari Hai" | Naina | ||
| Shailendra Singh | "Main Shayar To Nahin" | Bobby | ||
| 1975 (22nd) | Mahendra Kapoor ‡ | "Aur Nahi Bus Aur Nahi" | Roti Kapda Aur Makaan | |
| Kishore Kumar | "Gaadi Bula Rahi Hai" | Dost | ||
| "Mera Jeevan Kora Kagaz" | Kora Kagaz | |||
| Mohammed Rafi | "Accha Hi Hua Dil Toot Gaya" | Maa Bahen Aur Biwi | ||
| Mukesh | "Main Na Bhooloonga" | Roti Kapda Aur Makaan | ||
| 1976 (23rd) | | Kishore Kumar ‡ | "Dil Aisa Kisi Ne" | Amanush |
| Kishore Kumar | "Main Pyaasa Tu Sawan" | Faraar | ||
| "O Manjhi Re" | Khushboo | |||
| Manna Dey | "Kya Mar Sakegi" | Sanyasi | ||
| R. D. Burman | "Mehbooba O Mehbooba" | Sholay | ||
| 1977 (24th) | | Mukesh (posthumous) † | "Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Mein" | Kabhi Kabhie |
| Kishore Kumar | "Mere Naina Sawan Bhadon" | Mehbooba | ||
| Mahendra Kapoor | "Sunke Teri Pukar" | Fakira | ||
| Mukesh (posthumous) | "Ek Din Bik Jaayega" | Dharam Karam | ||
| "Main Pal Do Pal Ka Shayar Hoon" | Kabhi Kabhie | |||
| K. J. Yesudas | "Gori Tera Gaon" | Chitchor | ||
| 1978 (25th) | | Mohammed Rafi ‡ | "Kya Hua Tera Wada" | Hum Kisise Kum Naheen |
| Kishore Kumar | "Aap Ke Anurodh Pe" | Anurodh | ||
| Mohammed Rafi | "Parda Hai Parda" | Amar Akbar Anthony | ||
| Mukesh (posthumous) | "Suhaani Chandni" | Mukti | ||
| K. J. Yesudas | Ka Karoon Sajni Aye Na Baalam | Swami | ||
| 1979 (26th) | | Kishore Kumar ‡ | "Khaike Paan Banaraswala" | Don |
| Kishore Kumar | "O Saathi Re" | Muqaddar Ka Sikandar | ||
| "Hum Bewafa Harghiz Na" | Shalimar | |||
| Mohammed Rafi | "Aadmi Musafir Hai" | Apnapan | ||
| Mukesh (posthumous) | "Chanchal Sheetal" | Satyam Shivam Sundaram |
1980s
| Year | Photos of winners | Singer | Song | Film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 (27th) |  | K. J. Yesudas ‡ | "Dil Ke Tukde" | Dada |
| Kishore Kumar | "Ek Rasta Hai Zindagi" | Kaala Patthar | ||
| Mohammed Rafi | "Chalo Re Doli Uthao" | Jaani Dushman | ||
| Nitin Mukesh | "Aaja Re Mere Dilbar" | Noorie | ||
| 1981 (28th) | | Kishore Kumar ‡ | "Hazaar Raahen Mud Ke Dekhi" | Thodisi Bewafaii |
| Kishore Kumar | "Om Shanti Om" | Karz | ||
| Mohammed Rafi (posthumous) | "Dard-e-Dil" | |||
| "Maine Puchha Chand Se" | Abdullah | |||
| "Mere Dost Kissa" | Dostana | |||
| 1982 (29th) |  | Amit Kumar ‡ | "Yaad Aa Rahi Hai" | Love Story |
| Jagjit Singh | "Hothon Se Chhoo Lo Tum" | Prem Geet | ||
| Kishore Kumar | "Hamen Tum Se Pyaar Kitna" | Kudrat | ||
| "Chhoo Kar Mere Man Ko" | Yaarana | |||
| S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | "Tere Mere Beech Mein" | Ek Duuje Ke Liye | ||
| 1983 (30th) | | Kishore Kumar ‡ | "Pag Ghungroo Bandh" | Namak Halaal |
| Amit Kumar | "Yeh Zameen Gaa Rahi Hai" | Teri Kasam | ||
| Suresh Wadkar | "Mein Hoon Prem Rogi" | Prem Rog | ||
| "Meri Kismat Tu" | ||||
| 1984 (31st) | Kishore Kumar ‡ | "Agar Tum Na Hote" | Agar Tum Na Hote | |
| Kishore Kumar | "Shayad Meri Shaadi" | Souten | ||
| Shabbir Kumar | "Jab Hum Jawaan Honge" | Betaab | ||
| "Parvaton Se Aaj Mein" | ||||
| "Yaad Teri Aayengi" | Ek Jaan Hai Hum | |||
| 1985 (32nd) | Kishore Kumar ‡ | "Manzilein Apni Jagah Hain" | Sharaabi | |
| Kishore Kumar | "De De Pyaar De" | Sharaabi | ||
| "Inteha Ho Gayi" | ||||
| "Log Kehte Hai" | ||||
| 1986 (33rd) | Kishore Kumar ‡ | "Saagar Kinare" | Saagar | |
| Shabbir Kumar | "Tum Se Milkar Na Jane Kyon" | Pyaar Jhukta Nahin | ||
| Suresh Wadkar | "Main Hi Main Hoon" | Ram Teri Ganga Maili | ||
| 1987 | NO CEREMONY | |||
| 1988 | NO CEREMONY | |||
| 1989 (34th) |  | Udit Narayan ‡ | "Papa Kehte Hain" | Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak |
| Amit Kumar | "Ek Do Teen" | Tezaab | ||
| Mohammed Aziz | "Dil Tera Kisne Toda" | Dayavan | ||
1990s
| Year | Photos of winners | Singer | Song | Film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 (35th) |  | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam ‡ | "Dil Deewana" | Maine Pyar Kiya |
| Amit Kumar | "Tirchhi Topiwale" | Tridev | ||
| Mohammed Aziz | "My Name Is Lakhan" | Ram Lakhan | ||
| Suresh Wadkar | "Lagi Aaj Sawan Ki" | Chandni | ||
| 1991 (36th) |  | Kumar Sanu ‡ | "Ab Tere Bin" | Aashiqui |
| Amit Kumar | "Kaisa Lagta Hai" | Baaghi: A Rebel for Love | ||
| Suresh Wadkar | "O Priya Priya" | Dil | ||
| 1992 (37th) | Kumar Sanu ‡ | "Mera Dil Bhi" | Saajan | |
| Hariharan | "Kabhi Main Kahoon" | Lamhe | ||
| Pankaj Udhas | "Jeeye To Jeeye" | Saajan | ||
| S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | "Tum Se Milne Ki Tamanna Hai" | |||
| Sudesh Bhonsle | "Jumma Chumma" | Hum | ||
| 1993 (38th) | Kumar Sanu ‡ | "Sochenge Tumhe Pyaar" | Deewana | |
| Udit Narayan | "Pehla Nasha" | Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar | ||
| Vinod Rathod | "Aisi Deewangi" | Deewana | ||
| 1994 (39th) | Kumar Sanu ‡ | "Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhen" | Baazigar | |
| Kumar Sanu | "Baazigar O Baazigar" | Baazigar | ||
| Udit Narayan | "Phoolon Sa Chehra Tera" | Anari | ||
| "Jaadu Teri Nazar" | Darr | |||
| Vinod Rathod | "Nayak Nahin Kahlnayak Hoon Main" | Khalnayak | ||
| 1995 (40th) | Kumar Sanu ‡ | "Ek Ladki Ko Dekha" | 1942: A Love Story | |
| Kumar Sanu | "Kuch Na Kaho" | 1942: A Love Story | ||
| Abhijeet | "Ole Ole" | Yeh Dillagi | ||
| S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | "Hum Aapke Hain Koun" | Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! | ||
| Udit Narayan | "Tu Cheez Badi" | Mohra | ||
| 1996 (41st) | | Udit Narayan ‡ | "Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna" | Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge |
| Hariharan | "Dil Ne Dil Se" | Haqeeqat | ||
| Kumar Sanu | "Tum Mile Dil Khile" | Criminal | ||
| "Tujhe Dekha To" | Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge | |||
| Udit Narayan | "Raja Ko Rani Se Pyaar" | Akele Hum Akele Tum | ||
| 1997 (42nd) | Udit Narayan ‡ | "Pardesi Pardesi" | Raja Hindustani | |
| Abhijeet | "Yeh Teri Aankhen Jhuki Jhuki" | Fareb | ||
| Hariharan and Suresh Wadkar | "Chappa Chappa Charkha Chale" | Maachis | ||
| Udit Narayan | "Ho Nahi Sakta" | Diljale | ||
| "Ghar Se Nikalte Hi" | Papa Kahte Hain | |||
| 1998 (43rd) |  | Abhijeet ‡ | "Main Koi Aisa Geet Gaaon" | Yes Boss |
| Hariharan | "I Love My India" | Pardes | ||
| Kumar Sanu | "Do Dil Mil Rahe Hain" | |||
| Sonu Nigam and Roop Kumar Rathod | "Sandese Aate Hai" | Border | ||
| Udit Narayan | "Dil To Pagal Hai" | Dil To Pagal Hai | ||
| 1999 (44th) |  | Sukhwinder Singh ‡ | "Chaiyya Chaiyya" | Dil Se.. |
| Aamir Khan | "Aati Kya Khandala" | Ghulam | ||
| Kamaal Khan | "O O Jaane Jaana" | Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya | ||
| Kumar Sanu | "Ladki Badi Anjaani Hai" | Kuch Kuch Hota Hai | ||
| Udit Narayan | "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai" |
