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By Priyanka Deshpande
Published Feb 5, 2024
The Indian musicians made the country proud at the 66th annual Grammy Awards 2024 held in Los Angeles.
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Shankar Mahadevan & Zakir Hussain's fusion band ‘Shakti’ bagged the Grammy's award for ‘Best Global Music Album’ for their latest album ‘This Moment’.
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Zakir Hussain also secured the ‘Best Global Music Performance’ & ‘Best Contemporary Instrumental Album’ Grammy for his contribution to ‘Pashto’ alongside Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer, featuring Rakesh Chaurasia. Here’s a look at other Indians who won Grammy’s in the past.
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The first Indian to win the Grammy Award, he has bagged 5 Grammy’s in his music career. He won the first Grammy in 1968 & 2nd in 1973. He won the Best World Music Album in 2002, 2013, & 2014 & Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013.
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Indian orchestral conductor & music director, Zubin Mehta, also won 5 Grammy awards over the years. He won 2 Grammy’s in 1981, 1 in 1982, and 2 in 1990.
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Zakir Hussian apart from the three Grammys in 2024, has bagged two Grammy Awards in 2008 and 1991. He won the Best World Music Album Award in 1992 and won the Best Contemporary World Music Album in 2008.
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Indian music composer AR Rahman won two Grammy Awards in 2008. He bagged the Best Compilation Soundtrack Album & Best Song Written for Visual Media for Slumdog Millionaire.
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Indian music composer, Ricky Kej has bagged 2 Grammy Awards. He won the ‘Best New Age Album’ for Divine Tides in 2022 & for Winds of Samsara in 2015.
PA Deepak has bagged a Grammy for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album in 2008 along with AR Rahman & Best New Age Album in 2022 with Ricky Kej.
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Indian lyricist Gulzar along with AR Rahman won the Grammy for Best Song Written for Visual Media for Slumdog Millionaire in 2008.
Singer Tanvi Shah is the first Indian woman to win a Grammy. won the Grammy for Best Song Written for Visual Media for Slumdog Millionaire in 2008 along with AR Rahman & Gulzar.
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Writer Neela Vaswani in 2015 grabbed a Grammy for the ‘Best Children’s Album’ for her audiobook ‘I Am Malala’.
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Singer Falguni Shah won the ‘Best Children's Music Album’ Award for the album ‘A Colorful World’ in the 2022 Grammy’s.
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A classical music instrumentalist, Bhatt bagged the Best World Music Album for Planet Drum in 1992.
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Indian percussionist, Vinayakram bagged the Best World Music Album for Planet Drum in 1992 along with Zakir Hussian.
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Sound Engineer H Sridhar bagged a Grammy for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album in 2008 along with AR Rahman & PA Deepak.
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