12th Mirchi Music Awards

The 12th Smule Mirchi Music Awards or simply Mirchi Music Awards 2020, was the 12th edition of the Mirchi Music Awards and took place on 19 February 2020. The award ceremony was hosted by Aparshakti Khurana, Neeti Mohan, and Shekhar Ravjiani at Yash Raj Studios, Mumbai. The title sponsor was Smule, replacing Pepsi.

Winners and nominees
Winners are indicated in bold.

Song of the year

 * Kalank (Title track) by Arijit Singh
 * "Chashni" by Abhijeet Srivastava
 * "Apna Time Aayega" by Ranveer Singh
 * "Tujhe Kitna Chahne Lage" by Arijit Singh
 * "Challa" by Romy, Shashwat Sachdev & Vivek Hariharan
 * "Ghungroo" by Arijit Singh & Shilpa Rao

Album of the Year

 * Kesari - Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Chirrantan Bhatt, Gurmoh, Jasbir Jassi, Jasleen Royal, Tanishk Bagchi, Kumaar, Kunwar Juneja, Manoj Muntashir
 * Bharat - Vishal–Shekhar, Ali Abbas Zafar, Julius Packiam, Irshad Kamil
 * Gully Boy - Ankur Tewari, Divine, Dub Sharma, Ishq Bector, Jasleen Royal, Ace aka Mumbai, Chandrashekar Kunder (Major C), Hardeep, Kaam Bhaari, Karsh Kale, Midival Punditz, Mikey McCleary, Naezy, Prem, Sez on the Beat, Raghu Dixit, Rishi Rich, Spitfire & Viveick Rajagopalan, Javed Akhtar, 100 RBH, Aditya Sharma, Arjun, Bhinder Khanpuri, Blitz, Desi Ma, Gaurav Raina, Maharya, MC Altaf, MC TodFod, MC Mawali, Noxious D, Tapan Raj, D-Cypher, BeatRaw
 * Kabir Singh - Akhil Sachdeva, Amaal Mallik, Mithoon, Sachet–Parampara & Vishal Mishra, Irshad Kamil, Kumaar, Manoj Muntashir
 * Kalank - Pritam, Amitabh Bhattacharya

Listeners Choice Song of the Year

 * Bekhayali by Sachet Tandon
 * "Slow Motion" by Shreya Ghoshal & Nakash Aziz
 * "Apna Time Aayega" by Ranveer Singh & Divine
 * "Ve Maahi" by Arijit Singh & Asees Kaur
 * "Coca Cola Tu" by Neha Kakkar & Tony Kakkar (rap by: Young Desi)

Listeners Choice Album of the Year

 * Kabir Singh
 * Bharat
 * Gully Boy
 * Kalank
 * Kesari

Listeners Choice Independent Music Category

 * "Vaaste" by Dhvani Bhanushali
 * "Dheeme Dheeme" by Tony Kakkar
 * "Lehenga" by Jass Manak
 * "Makhna" by Honey Singh & Neha Kakkar
 * "Paagal" by Badshah

Male Vocalist of the Year

 * Arijit Singh - "Kalank" from Kalank
 * Arijit Singh - "Tujhe Kitna Chahne Lage" from Kabir Singh
 * Ranveer Singh & Divine - "Apna Time Ayega" from Gully Boy
 * B Praak - "Teri Mitti" from Kesari
 * Romy, Vivek Hariharan, Shashwat Sachdev - "Challa" from Uri: The Surgical Strike

Female Vocalist of the Year

 * Shreya Ghoshal for "Ghar More Pardesiya"
 * Neha Bhasin for "Chashni"
 * Parampara Thakur for "Mere Sohneya"
 * Shreya Ghoshal for "Tabaah Ho Gaye"
 * Shilpa Rao for "Ghungroo"

Music Composer of the Year

 * Pritam - "Kalank" from Kalank
 * Sachet–Parampara - "Bekhayali" from Kabir Singh
 * Mithoon - "Tujhe Kitna Chahne Lage" from Kabir Singh
 * Pritam - "Ghar More Pardesiya" from Kalank
 * Shashwat Sachdev - "Beh Chala" from Uri: The Surgical Strike

Lyricist of the Year

 * Amitabh Bhattacharya - "Kalank" from Kalank
 * Irshad Kamil - "Bekhayali" from Kabir Singh
 * Manoj Muntashir - "Teri Mitti" from Kesari
 * Prasoon Joshi - "Bharat" from Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi
 * Raj Shekhar - "Beh Chala" from Uri: The Surgical Strike

Upcoming Male Vocalist of the Year

 * Abhijeet Srivastava for "Chashni"
 * Amit Gupta for "Radhe Radhe"
 * Divne, Naezy & Ranveer Singh for "Mere Gully Mein"
 * Shantanu Sudame for "Manzar Hai Yeh Naya"

Upcoming Female Vocalist of the Year

 * Aakanksha Sharma for "Tum Chale Gaye"
 * Swati Mehul for "Naah Goriye"
 * Hriti Tikadar for "Jiya"
 * Deepanshi Nagar for "Mann Mein Shiva"
 * Sarodee Borah for "Sapne Jo Bhi"

Upcoming Lyricist of the Year

 * Sahib for "Lahu Ka Rang Kara"
 * Bharaga v Purohit for "Bala song"
 * Ari Leff, Michael Pollack & Gurpreet Saini for "Dil Na Jaaneya"
 * Splitfire" for "Asli Hip Hop"
 * Divne & Naezy for "Mere Gully Mein"

Upcoming Music Composer

 * Piyush Shankar for "Naina Yeh"
 * Splitfire for "Asli Hip Hop"
 * Divine, Naezy & Sez for "Mere Gully Mein"
 * Gurmoh for "Deh Shiva"
 * Payal Dev for "Tum Hi Aana"
 * Shidharth Bhavsar for "Aaj Jage Rahna"
 * Sanjoy Bose for "Ore Chanda"

Recreated Song of the Year

 * "Hume Tumse Pyar Kitana" by Shreya Ghoshal
 * "O Saki Saki" by B Praak, Tulsi Kumar & Neha Kakkar
 * "Akhiyon Se Golu Maare" by Mika Singh & Tulsi Kumar
 * "The Jawani Song" by Payal Dev & Vishal Dadlani
 * "Mungda" by Jyotica Tangri, Shaan & Subhro Ganguly

Independent Music Category

 * Jaan Meri by Anuradha Palakurtihi
 * "Awaara Shaam Hai" by Piyush Mehroliya
 * "Filhall" by B Praak
 * "Ishq Ne" by Anuradha Palakurtihi
 * "Woh Baarishein" by Arjun Kanungo

Source - E Times

Screening Jury
1. Shruti Pathak

2. Abhishek Ray

3. Anand Sharma

4. Akbar Sami

5. Bishwadeep Chatterjee

6. Dominique

7. Nandini

8. Kavita Seth

9. Shibani Kashyap

10. Priya Sarayia

11. Hamsika Iyer

12. Aaman Trikha

13. Manoj Muntashir

14. Mayur Puri

15. Bipin Aneja

16. Brayan

17. Shadab Faridi

18. Brijesh Sandiliyar

19. Antara Mitra

20. Jeetu Shankar

21. Bhoomi Trivedi

22. Paroma Das Gupta

23. Divya Kumar

Grand Jury
1. Kavita Krishnamurthy

2. Ila Arun

3. Vidya Shah

4. Ramesh Sippy

5. Sudhir Mishra

6. Dharmesh Darshan

7. Ahmed Khan

8. Suresh Wadkar

9. Sharvan Rathod (of Nadeem-Shravan)

10. Millind Srivastava (of Anand–Milind)

11. Pritam

12. Louiz Banks

13. Lalit Pandit

14. Raju Singh

15. Sameer Anjaan (lyricist)

16. Irshad Kamil

17. Talat Aziz

18. Roop Kumar Rathod

19. Udit Narayan

20. Pandit Sujit Ojha

21. Vijay Dayal

22. Himesh Reshammiya

Source - E Times

Jury Award for Outstanding Contribution to Hindi Film Music

 * Amar Haldipur

Lifetime Achievement Award / K. L. Saigal Sangeet Shehenshah Award

 * Usha Mangeshkar

Special Jury Award for Golden Era Album of the Year (1959)

 * Anari & Sujatha for 1959

Best Raag Inspired Song of the Year

 * "Dhola" from 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

Song Producer - Programming and Arranging

 * DJ Phukan, Prasad Sashte, Prakash Peters & Sunny MR for the song "Ghar More Pardesiya"

Song Engineer - Recording and Mixing

 * Vijay Dayal for the song "Jugaarafiya"

Background Score

 * Mangesh Dhakde for Article 15