12th Smule Mirchi Music Awards 2020: Complete list of winners

The star-studded musical night which is also India’s biggest musical extravaganza, the

12th Smule Mirchi Music Awards 2020

was held today at a studio in Andheri. The night was hosted by Shekhar Ravjiani and Aparshakti Khurana, accompanied by Neeti Mohan.

Several Bollywood A-listers attended the red carpet musical night which created a perfect blend of glamour and cinematic brilliance. Celebrities like Deepika Padukone, Tapsee Pannu, A R Rahman, Neha Bhasin, Shreya Ghoshal, Talat Aziz, Ila Arun, Bappi Lahiri, Anand ji, Sunny Leone, Urvashi Rautela, Raveena Tandon and many more added to the glamour of the night.

The Awards honoured musical talent across many categories like Song of the Year, Album of the Year, Male and Female vocalist, Listener choice awards, Upcoming artist awards and 2 new categories Mirchi’s Social Media Icon of the year and Mirchi Trendsetter Album of the year. The prestigious Lifetime Achievement Awards were presented to none other than Usha Mangeshkar. On receiving the Award, she said, “I am indeed honoured to receive this award. I want to take this opportunity to thank my fans and colleagues for the love and support I have received from them over the years. It has been such a joy to be part of this amazing industry!”

Here we present to you the complete list of winners:

Song of the Year: Kalank (Title Track)
Film: Kalank

Album of the Year: Kesari

Indies Song of the Year: Jaan Meri
Album: Jaan Meri (Album)

Male Vocalist of The Year: Arijit Singh
Song: Kalank (Title Track)
Film: Kalank

Female Vocalist of the Year: Shreya Ghoshal
Song: Ghar More Pardesiya
Film: Kalank

Music Composer of the Year: Pritam
Song: Kalank (Title Track)
Film: Kalank

Lyricist of the Year: Amitabh Bhattacharya
Song: Kalank (Title Track)
Film: Kalank

Listeners' Choice Song of the Year: Bekhayali
Film: Kabir Singh

Listeners' Choice Album of the Year Film: Kabir Singh

Listeners' Choice Independent (Indies) of the year: Vaaste

Upcoming Male Vocalist of the Year: Abhijeet Srivastava
Song: Chashni
Film: Bharat

Upcoming Female Vocalist of the Year: Aakanksha Sharma
Song: Tum Chale Gaye
Film: Marudhar Express

Upcoming Music Composer of the Year: Piyush Shankar
Song: Naina Yeh
Film: Article 15

Upcoming Lyricist of the Year: Sahib
Song: Lahu Ka Rang Kara
Film: Laal Kaptaan

Best Song Producer (Programming & Arranging): DJ Phukan, Prasad Sashte, Prakash Peters & Sunny MR
Song: Ghar More Pardesiya
Film: Kalank

Best Song Engineer (Recording & Mixing): Vijay Dayal
Song: Jugraafiya
Album: Super 30

Best Background Score: Mangesh Dhakde
Film: Article 15

Recreated song of the year: Hume Tumse Pyaar Kitna

Lifetime Achievement Award: Usha Mangeshkar

Special Jury Award for Outstanding Contribution to Hindi Film Music: Amar Haldipur

Special Jury Award for Golden Era Album of the Year (1959): Anari & Sujatha

Best Raag-Inspired Song of the Year: Dhola
Film: Yeh Hai India

Make It Large Award: Deepika Padukone

Mirchi Social Media Icon of the year: Neha Kakkar

Mirchi Trendsetters Album of the year: Gully Boy

Some of the highlights of the evening were electrifying performances by Neha Kakkar, Vishal- Shekhar,

AR Rahman

, Darshan Raval and Meet Bros. The arena got mesmerized with a special unplugged version by Amit Kumar. Performances by Shilpa Rao, Kavita Seth, Aditi Paul, Shruti Pathak, Akriti Kakkar, Kanika Kapoor, Sachet - Parampara, Aaman Trikha, Hamsika Iyer, Asees Kaur, Paroma, Akasa Singh, Sohail Sen, Tulsi Kumar, Mythili Thakur and Bhoomi Trivedi kept the audience entertained throughout the evening. There was a special gag session by Sunil Grover that had the audience in splits.