Bangladesh National Film Award for best female playback singer has a long history.

The first award was received by Sabina Yasmin, the reigning "Melody Queen of Bangladesh" for Sujan Sakhi.

The next year, Runa Laila achieved this feat for The Rain, released in both Urdu and Bengali.

It was an unusual exploitation by any singer to achieve a National Award within only two years of debut.

In 1978, Sabina Yasmin again earned National Award for Alangkar, she repeated in 1979 for Sundori and 1980 for Kosai.

She became one of the only three female singers to win multiple awards, the other two being giants as Sabina Yasmin and Runa Laila.