Winners and nominees
- Winners are highlighted first in gold, followed by the other nominees.
† – Indicates the performance also won the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
‡ – Indicates the performance was also nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director
1990s
| Year | Photos of winners | Lyricist | Song | Film | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 |  | Javed Akhtar † | "Sandese Aate Hai" | Border | [1] |
| Anand Bakshi ‡ | "Bholi Si Surat" | Dil To Pagal Hai | |||
| Anand Bakshi | "Dil To Pagal Hai" | ||||
| Anand Bakshi ‡ | "I Love My India" | Pardes | |||
| Sameer | "Sona Kitna Sona Hai" | Hero No. 1 | |||
| 1999 (2nd) |  | Sameer ‡ | "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai" | Kuch Kuch Hota Hai | [2] |
2000s
| Year | Photos of winners | Lyricist | Song | Film | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 ( 3rd) |  | Anand Bakshi † | "Ishq Bina" | Taal | [3] |
| Anand Bakshi ‡ | "Taal Se Taal" | Taal | |||
| Dev Kohli | "Biwi No.1" | Biwi No.1 | |||
| Israr Ansari ‡ | "Zindagi Maut Na Ban Jaye" | Sarfarosh | |||
| Mehboob | "Chand Chupa Badal Mein" | Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam | |||
| 2001 (4th) | | Javed Akhtar † | "Panchhi Nadiya" | Refugee | [4] |
| 2002 (5th) | Javed Akhtar ‡ | "Radha Kaise Na Jale" | Lagaan | [5] | |
| 2003 (6th) |  | Gulzar † | "Saathiya" | Saathiya | [6] |
| 2004 (7th) |  | Amrita Pritam | "Charka Chalati Hai" | Pinjar | [7] |
| 2005 (8th) | | Javed Akhtar | "Yeh Jo Des Hai Tera" | Swades | [8] |
| 2006 (9th) | | Gulzar † | "Kajra Re" | Bunty Aur Babli | [9] |
| 2007 ( 10th) |  | Prasoon Joshi | "Masti Ki Paathshaala" | Rang De Basanti | [10] |
| Gulzar ‡ | "Beedi Jalaile" | Omkara | |||
| Javed Akhtar ‡ | "Mitwa" | Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna | |||
| Mir Ali Hussain | "Yeh Honsla" | Dor | |||
| Swanand Kirkire | "Bande Mein Tha Dum" | Lage Raho Munna Bhai | |||
| 2008 ( 11th) | Prasoon Joshi † | "Maa" | Taare Zameen Par | [11] | |
| Gulzar ‡ | "Tere Bina" | Guru | |||
| Javed Akhtar ‡ | "Main Agar Kahoon" | Om Shanti Om | |||
| Sameer Anjaan ‡ | "Jab Se Tere Naina" | Saawariya | |||
| Sayeed Quadri | "In Dino" | Life in a... Metro | |||
| 2009 (12th) | Not Awarded | ||||
2010s
| Year | Photos of winners | Lyricist | Song | Film | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 (13th) | Not Awarded | ||||
| 2011 ( 14th) | Not Awarded | ||||
| 2012 ( 15th) |  | Irshad Kamil † | "Jo Bhi Main" | Rockstar | [12] |
| 2013 ( 16th) | Not Awarded | ||||
| 2014 (17th) |  | Mithoon † | "Tum Hi Ho" | Aashiqui 2 | [13] |
| 2015 (18th) | Not Awarded | ||||
| 2016 (18th) |  | Varun Grover † | "Moh Moh Ke Dhaage" | Dum Laga Ke Haisha | [14] |
| 2017 (19th) | | Irshad Kamil † | "Jag Ghoomeya" | Sultan | [15] |
| 2018 (20th) |  | Amitabh Bhattacharya † | " Zaalima " | Raees | [16] |
| 2019 | | Gulzar ‡ | "Dilbaro" | Raazi | [17] |
| A. M. Turaz | "Ek Dil Ek Jaan" | Padmaavat | |||
| Amitabh Bhattacharya | "Dhadak" | Dhadak | |||
| Gulzar † | "Ae Watan" | Raazi | |||
| Irshad Kamil ‡ | "Mere Naam Tu" | Zero | |||
| Javed Akhtar | "Main Zinda Hoon" | Paltan | |||
2020s
| Year | Photos of winners | Lyricist | Song | Film | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (22nd) |  | Manoj Muntashir ‡ | "Teri Mitti" | Kesari | [18] |
| Divine & Ankur Tewari † | "Apna Time Aayega" | Gully Boy | |||
| Kumaar | "Ghungroo" | War | |||
| Manoj Muntashir ‡ | "Ve Maahi" | Kesari | |||
| Mithoon ‡ | "Tujhe Kitna Chahne Lage" | Kabir Singh | |||
| 2021 (23rd) | Not Awarded | ||||
| 2022 (24th) | Not Awarded | ||||
| 2023 (25th) | | Amitabh Bhattacharya † | "Kesariya" | Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva | [19] |