Gima Award 2016 Winner list

GiMA Awards 2016: The Global Indian Music Academy Awards (GiMA Awards) are presented annually by Global Indian Music Academy to honor and recognize best Indian music.
This year Ayushmann Khurrana will host the event held on April 06, 2016 and will have performances by singers like Arijit Singh, Yo Yo Honey Singh, and Sukhwinder Singh while Sonakshi Sinha surprised everyone with her power-packed presentation.
Songs from films like “Piku,” “Dilwale,” “Bajirao Mastani,” “Tanu Weds Manu Returns” and “Dum Laga Ke Haisha” are nominated in most of the categories
The star-studded awards night also featured a special heartfelt tribute to Aadesh Shrivastava by legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan and Udit Narayan, Harshdeep Kaur, Lalit Pandit, Sudesh Bhosle and Divya Kumar in the presence of his family

GIMA Awards 2016 Winners List:

Wizcraft Honour for Best Live Performer: Arijit Singh

Best Music Initiative: NH7 Weekender

Breakthrough Artiste of the Year: Badshah

GiMA MTV Rising Star: Anmol Malik

GiMA MTV Rising Star: Zanai Bhosle

GiMA MTV Viewers choice: "Sooraj Dooba Hai" from "Roy"

GiMA MTV Duet of the Year: "Soch Na Sake" from "Airlift"

Hungama music presents most Streamed Song of the year: "Sanam Re"

Most Popular Radio Song of the Year brought to you by Superhits 93.5 Red FM Bajaate Raho: "Gerua"

Song of the year: Amitabh Bachchan for "Atrangi Yaari" performed by a celebrity for the movie "Wazir"

Film Categories

Best Music Arranger & Programmer: Shai-Pritesh for "Deewani Mastani" from "Bajirao Mastani."

Additional programming by Nitin Shankar

Best Engineer: Tanay Gajjar for "Bajirao Mastani"

Best Background Score: Sanchit Balhara for "Bajirao Mastani"

Best Music Debut: Ami Mishra for "Hamari Adhuri Kahani"

Best Playback Singer – Female: Shreya Ghoshal for "Deewani Mastani" from "Bajirao Mastani"

Best Playback Singer – Male: Papon for "Moh Moh Ke Dhaage" from "Dum Laga Ke Haisha"

Best Duo/Group: Swati Sharma and Brijesh Shandilya for "Banno" from "Tanu Weds Manu Returns"

Best Lyricist: Varun Grover for "Moh Moh Ke Dhaage" from "Dum Laga Ke Haisha"

Best Music Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali for "Bajirao Mastani"

Best Film Song: "Gerua"

Best Film Album: "Roy"

Non-Film Categories

Jagjit Singh Award for Best Music Debut Non – Film Music: Arjun Kanungo for "Baaki Baatein Peene Baad"

Best Pop Song: "Saiyaan Bina" by Sonu Nigam and Bickram Ghosh, and "Dheere Dheere Se Meri Zindagi" by YoYo Honey Singh

Best Rock Song: "Dhima" by Dhruv featuring Ila Arun & Dhruv Ghanekar

Best Music Video: "Main Rahoon Ya Na Rahoon" by Armaan Malik

Best Electronica Single: "Jungle Raja" by Nucleya featuring Divine

Best Fusion Album: "Voyage" by Dhruv featuring various artistes

Best Traditional Folk Single: "Saawan" by Mame Khan

Best Ghazal Album: "ZikrTera" by Roopkumar and Sunali Rathod

Best Devotional Album: "Krishna SudhaRas" by Om Voices, Sonu Nigam, Akriti Kakkar, Shankar Mahadevan, SP Balasubramaniam and Kshitij Tarey

Best Hindustani Classical Album – Instrumental: "Moods" (Rhythm Express) by Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and Pandit Prodyut Mukherji.

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