Indian artists secured huge wins on the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, taking dwelling a complete of six Grammys, three of which have been bagged by legendary tabla participant Zakir Hussain alone. The music awards occurred on February 4 on the Crypto.com Area in Los Angeles and was hosted by comic Trevor Noah for the fourth consecutive yr. Shankar Mahadevan and Zakir Hussain's fusion band Shakti received Greatest International Music Album for This Second, beating off competitors from acclaimed releases by musicians of African, Caribbean and Peruvian descent.
The album incorporates a whole of eight songs created by John McLaughlin (guitar, guitar synthesizer), Zakir Hussain (tabla), Shankar Mahadevan (vocalist), V Selvaganesh (percussionist) and Ganesh Rajagopalan (violinist). Shakti launched This Second on June 30 final yr after an extended hole of 46 years, along with his final studio album, Pure Parts, launched in 1977. This marks the fifth win for Indian artists on this class (beforehand referred to as Greatest World Music Album) , with the final victory in 2013 for Ravi Shankar for his album The Residing Room Classes Pt. 1.
Whereas that is the primary Grammy win for Mahadevan, this isn’t the primary rodeo for Zakir Hussain, who had beforehand received in the identical class in 1991, with TH Vinayakram, for Planet Drum, and once more in 1996 for Raga Aberi , alongside L. Shankar and TH Vinayakram.
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— Recording Academy / GRAMMY (@RecordingAcad) February 4, 2024
One other Grammy win for Indian artists this yr comes within the class of Greatest International Music Efficiency for the tune Pashto, which options Hussain, alongside Indian flutist Rakesh Chaurasia (who received two Grammys this time) and American musicians Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer. Different Indian connection songs nominated within the class have been Falu's Grammy-winning Abundance in Millets that includes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Shadow Forces by Arooj Aftab and Vijay Iyer.
The album “As We Converse”, which incorporates the Pashto tune, received the award for Greatest Modern Instrumental Album. It incorporates a dozen songs by Zakir Hussain, Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer and Rakesh Chaurasia. The album gives a mix of Indian and Western musical notes with a sonic tapestry of banjo, tabla, double bass and bansuri (which might be a mix of Indian classical music, Jazz and Bluegrass).
A number of Grammy winner Ricky Kej expressed his pleasure on the victory of Indian artists earlier this morning, applauding Hussain, Mahadevan, Chaurasia, V Selvaganesh and Ganesh Rajagopalan in a publish on X. Bengaluru-based Kej has received his third Grammy for the album “Divine Tides”. ' final yr on the sixty fifth Annual Grammy Awards.
SHAKTI wins a #GRAMMY #GRAMMYs2024 !!! By way of this album 4 sensible Indian musicians received Grammy!! Simply unimaginable. India shines in each route. Shankar Mahadevan, Selvaganesh Vinayakram, Ganesh Rajagopalan, Ustad Zakhir Hussain. Ustad Zakhir Hussain received a second Grammy… pic.twitter.com/dJDUT6vRso
– Ricky Kej (@rickykej) February 4, 2024
India first secured its place on the Grammys in 1968, with Ravi Shankar successful within the Greatest Chamber Music Efficiency class. Since then, Indian artists have received 19 Grammys (excluding the newest wins) in classes similar to Greatest New Age Album, Greatest Music Written for Visible Media, Greatest Compilation Soundtrack Album, and Greatest Classical Vocal Efficiency.
