The IIFA Best Female Playback Award is chosen by the viewers and the winner is announced at the ceremony.
Shreya Ghoshal with 7 wins, hold the record for most awards in this category. Alka Yagnik and Sunidhi Chauhan have won the award two times. Shreya Ghoshal won the award in a record of three consecutive years (2012–14).
Shreya Ghoshal's four nominations out of the five nominations in 2008 also give her the record for most number of Best Female Playback Singer nominations in a single year. Shreya Ghoshal holds the record of getting nominated for consecutively 11 years from 2006 till 2016 (still running), resulting in 17 nominations and 5 wins.
Shreya Ghoshal was the most successful singers in 2000s with four wins. Ghoshal continued her domination in the 2010s with three wins (still going).