3rd Mirchi Music Awards


The 3rd Mirchi Music Awards, presented by Radio Mirchi, honored the best of Hindi music from the year 2010. The ceremony was held on 27 January 2011 at the Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai, and was hosted by Shaan and Sonu Nigam. The program featured many performances, including those by Bappi Lahiri, Usha Uthup, DJ Lloyd, Akshay Kumar, Anushka Sharma, Rishi Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra. Several award categories were introduced for the first time, including Best Indipop Song, Best Item Number, Best Raag Inspired Song, Best song in Sufi Tradition, and Best Album of Golden Era. Dabangg won a leading eight awards including Album of the Year and Song of the Year for "Munni Badnaam".
The First Mirchi Music awards was held on 2009 and was hosted by Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM.

Winners and nominees

The winners were selected by the [|members of a jury], chaired by Javed Akhtar. The following are the names of nominees and winners.

Film awards

Technical awards

Non-film awards

Special awards

Listeners' Choice awards

Jury awards

Films with multiple wins and nominations

NominationsFilm
13Dabangg
12My Name Is Khan
6Guzaarish
6Ishqiya
5Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai
5Peepli Live
5Raajneeti
4Raavan
3Karthik Calling Karthik
3Tees Maar Khan
2Aashayein
2Housefull
2Lamhaa
2Mirch

WinsFilm
8Dabangg
2Ishqiya
2My Name Is Khan

Jury

The jury was chaired by Javed Akhtar. Other members were: