Awards and Accolades!

Asha Bhosle has won eight Filmfare Awards (one special award for "Rangeela"). She won the award in 1967 and 1968. After 1969, Asha went on to win the award 7 times which is the maximum any female singer ever won. After receiving the award in 1977, Asha emulated her elder sister Lata and requested that her name not be considered for the awards hereafter to promote new talent. Asha was later given the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001.List of her Filmfare Awards:

1967- Garibon ki suno(Dus Lakh)
1968- Parde mein rahne do(Shikhar)
1971- Piya Tu Ab To Aaja (Caravan)
1972- Dum Maro Dum (Hare Rama Hare Krishna)
1973- Hone Lagi Hain Raat (Naina)
1974- Chain se Humko Kabhi (Pran Jaaye Par Vachan Na Jaaye)
1977- Yeh Mera Dil (Don)

Asha has won two National Awards:

1981- Dil Cheez Kya Hai (Umrao Jaan)
1986- Mera Kuch Samaan (Ijazat) In 1997, Asha became the first Indian singer to be nominated for the Grammy Award, for Legacy, an album with Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. She has received seventeen Maharashtra State Awards.

She received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2001 for her outstanding contribution to Indian Cinema.

Other Awards:

1987 – Nightingale Of Asia Award (from the Indo-Pak Association, UK)
1989 – Lata Mangeshkar Award (Government of Madhya Pradesh)
1997- Screen Videocon Award (for the album Jaanam Samajha Karo)
1997- MTV Award (for the album Jaanam Samajha Karo)
1997- Channel V Award (for the album Jaanam Samjha Karo)
1999- Lata Mangeshar Award (Government of Maharashtra )
2000- Singer Of the Millennium (Dubai)
2000- Zee Gold Bollywood Award (for Mujhe rang de from Thakshak)
2001– MTV Award (for Kambakht Ishq)
2002– BBC Lifetime Achievement Award (presented by the UK PM Tony Blair)
2002– Zee Cine Award (for Radha kaise na jale from Lagaan)
2002- Zee Cine- Hall Of Fame
2002– Screen Videocon Award (for Radha kaise na jale from Lagaan)
2002– Sansui Movie Award (for Radha kaise na jale from Lagaan)
2002 – Swaralaya Yesudas Award for outstanding contributions to Indian music 2003- Swaralaya Yesudas Award for outstanding contributions to Indian music. 2004- Living Legend Award by the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 2005- MTV Immies, Best Female Pop Act for Aaj Jaane Ki Zid Na Karo. 2005- Most Stylish People in Music.

Asha also holds honorary Doctorates from the University of Amravati and University of Jalgaon in Literature. She has also received the Freddie Mercury Award for Outstanding Achievement in Arts. The Birmingham Film Festival paid her a special tribute in November, 2002.