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  • Shahid Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor
    Shahid Kapoor and Shraddha KapoorVarinder Chawla
  • Anil Kapoor and Sophie Choudry
    Anil Kapoor and Sophie ChoudryVarinder Chawla
  • Aditi Rao and Akshara Haasan
    Aditi Rao and Akshara HaasanVarinder Chawla
  • AR Rahman, Shaan, Leslie Lewis and Manish Paul
    AR Rahman, Shaan, Leslie Lewis and Manish PaulVarinder Chawla
  • Shankar Mahadevan, Shivamani and Hariharan with their family members
    Shankar Mahadevan, Shivamani and Hariharan with their family membersVarinder Chawla

The much-awaited Gionee Star Global Indian Music Academy (GiMA) Awards ceremony took place on Tuesday, 24 February, in Mumbai.

Many Bollywood celebs and musicians from across the country, including Shahid kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Shaan, AR Rahman, Hariharan, Shankar Mahadevan, Bhushan Kumar, Armaan Malik, Manish Paul, Aditi Rao Hydari, drummer Shivamani, Neha Kakkar, Ankit Tiwari, Mihir Joshi, Arjan Bajwa, Arijit Singh, Hard Kaur, Urvashi Rautela, Raghu Dixit and others attended the grand awards night.

Music sensation Arijit Singh began the fifth edition of the awards with a wonderful performance.

Check out the winners list and photos below:

Best Celebrity Singer of the Year — Shraddha Kapoor  for "Teri Galiyaan" ("Ek Villain")

93.5 Red FM Bajaate Raho Award — Ankit Tiwari for "Galliyan", "Ek Villain"

Best Music Debut (Non Film) Award — Armaan Malik 

Best Background Score — Vishal Bhardwaj for "Haider"

Best Indie Song — PENT4GRAM for "Don't have to lie"

Best Lyricist — Gulzar Sahab for "Bismil", "Haider"

Best Electronica Track — Midival Punditz - Kutle Khan

Best Devotional Album — Shankar Mahadevan for "My Devotional Favourites"

Best Engineer – Film Album — Erric Pillai for "Ek Villian"

Best Music Arranger & Programmer — Amit Trivedi, Sourav Roy for "Queen"

Best Music Debut- Film — Armaan Malik, Sultana, Jyoti Nooran.

Best Hindustani Classical Album – Instrumental — Niladri Kumar for "Sur Yajna"

Best Pop Album —  Papon Angaraag feat. 

Best Rock Album — Mihir Joshi Band for "Mumbai Blues"

Best Film Album — Pritam for "Yaariyan".

Best Fusion Album — AR Rahman, Coke Studio at MTV Season 3

Best Playback Singer Male — Arijit Singh for "Muskurane" from the film "Citylights"

Best Playback Singer Female — Kanika Kapoor for "Baby Doll" from the film "Ragini MMS 2"

Most Streamed Song of the year — "Sunny Sunny", "Yaariyan"

Global Musician Honour — Zakir Hussain

Best Ghazal Album — Hariharan & @ZakirTabla — "Hazir 2"

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