2008 

Album of the Year
Rock On
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Javed Akhtar

Next in line

• Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na (A R Rahman, Abbas Tyrewala)
• Yuvvraj (A R Rahman, Gulzar)
• Jodha Akbar (A R Rahman, Javed Akhtar)

Complete list...

Song of the Year
kabhii kabhii aditi (Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na)
A R Rahman, Abbas Tyrewala, Rashid Ali

Next in line

• Khudaa jaane (Bachna Ae Haseeno)
• ye tumhaarii merii baate.n (Rock On)
• kahane ko jashn-e-bahaaraa.N hai (Jodha Akbar)
• Khwaajaa (Jodha Akbar)
• ik lau is tarah (Aamir)
• terii or (Singh Is Kinng)
• manamohini more (Yuvvraj)
• jogii aayaa (Black and White)
• in lamho.n ke daaman me.n (Jodha Akbar)
• haa raham ... mahafuuz (Aamir)
• zi.ndagii (Yuvvraj)
• aziim-ush-shaan shaha.nshaah (Jodha Akbar)

Complete list...

Lyricist of the Year
This award is in recognition of overall performance during the year
Javed Akhtar
for Rock On and Jodha Akbar

Music Director of the Year
This award is in recognition of overall performance during the year
A R Rahman
for Ghajini, Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, Jodha Akbar, and Yuvvraj

Female Singer of the Year
This award is in recognition of overall performance during the year
Shreya Ghoshal

Male Singer of the Year
This award is in recognition of overall performance during the year
Sonu Nigam

Best Composed and Arranged Song
It's a tie between
Khudaa jaane (Bachna Ae Haseeno) by Vishal-Shekhar
and
kabhii kabhii aditi (Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na) by A R Rahman

Other commendable efforts

• Khwaajaa (Jodha Akbar) by A R Rahman
• kahane ko jashn-e-bahaaraa.N hai (Jodha Akbar) by A R Rahman
• ik lau is tarah (Aamir) by Amit Trivedi
• aziim-ush-shaan shaha.nshaah (Jodha Akbar) by A R Rahman

Best Written Song
zi.ndagii zi.ndagii (Yuvvraj)
by Gulzar

Other commendable efforts

• ik lau is tarah (Aamir) by Amitabh Verma
• in lamho.n ke daaman me.n (Jodha Akbar) by Javed Akhtar
• aa.Nkho.n se Khwaab (Superstar) by Shabbir Ahmed
• tuu muskuraa (Yuvvraj) by Gulzar
• haule haule (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi) by Jaideep Sahni

Best Sung Song (Solo)
manamohini more (Yuvvraj)
by Vijay Prakash

Other commendable efforts

• ye tumhaarii merii baate.n (Rock On) by Dominique Cerejo
• dil haaraa re (Tashan) by Sukhwinder Singh
• kahane ko jashn-e-bahaaraa.N hai (Jodha Akbar) by Javed Ali
• phir dekhiye (Rock On) by Caralisa Monteiro

Best Sung Song (Duet)
Khudaa jaane (Bachna Ae Haseeno)
by KK, Shilpa Rao

Other commendable efforts

• jogii aayaa (Black and White) by Sadhna Sargam, Sukhwinder Singh
• terii or (Singh Is Kinng) by Shreya Ghoshal, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
• haal-e-dil (Haal-e-Dil) by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shreya Ghoshal
• in lamho.n ke daaman me.n (Jodha Akbar) by Sonu Nigam, Madhushree

Best Sung Song (Group)
haa raham ... mahafuuz (Aamir)
by Murtuza-Qadir, Amitabh Verma, Amit Trivedi

Other commendable efforts

• sakhiyaa.N (Pranali) by Richa Sharma, Mahalakshmi Iyer, Shreya Ghoshal, Sunidhi Chauhan

Satish Kalra Sammaan
RMIM's stamp of approval for entry into Hall of Excellence

[No album was found deserving of this sammaan this year]