The IIFA Award for Best Male Playback Singer is chosen by the viewers and the winner is announced at the ceremony. Arijit Singh holds the record for most wins in this category (5). Singh also holds the record for most nominations (15). Udit Narayan was first ever winner of the award in first edition of the award ceremony in 2000.

Udit Narayan Jha is an Indian playback singer whose songs have been featured mainly in Hindi films. He has also sung in various other languages including Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Bengali, Sindhi, Odia, Bhojpuri, Nepali, Malayalam, Assamese, Bagheli and Maithili. He has won four National Film Awards and five Filmfare Awards with twenty nominations among many others. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 2009 and the Padma Bhushan in 2016 for his contribution towards arts and culture. As many as 21 of his tracks feature in BBC's "Top 40 Bollywood Soundtracks of all time".