Indian artists secured massive wins at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, bringing house a complete of six Grammys, three of which have been bagged by the legendary tabla participant Zakir Hussain alone. The music awards befell February 4 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles and was hosted by comic Trevor Noah for the fourth consecutive 12 months. Shankar Mahadevan and Zakir Hussain’s fusion band Shakti gained the Best Global Music Album for This Moment, beating competitors from acclaimed releases by musicians of African, Caribbean, and Peruvian origins.
The album incorporates a complete of eight songs created by John McLaughlin (guitar, guitar synth), Zakir Hussain (tabla), Shankar Mahadevan (vocalist), V Selvaganesh (percussionist), and Ganesh Rajagopalan (violinist). Shakti launched This Moment on June 30 final 12 months after a protracted hole of 46 years, with its final studio album, Natural Elements, releasing in 1977. This marks the fifth win for Indian artists on this class (earlier known as the Best World Music Album), with the final win coming in 2013 for Ravi Shankar for his album The Living Room Sessions Pt. 1.
While it’s the first Grammy win for Mahadevan, this is not the primary rodeo for Zakir Hussain, who had beforehand gained in the identical class in 1991, together with T. H. Vinayakram, for Planet Drum, after which once more in 1996 for Raga Aberi, alongside L. Shankar and T. H. Vinayakram.
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— Recording Academy / GRAMMYs (@RecordingAcad) February 4, 2024
Another Grammy win for Indian artists this 12 months comes within the class of Best Global Music Performance for the tune Pashto, which options Hussain, alongside Indian flautist Rakesh Chaurasia (who gained two Grammys this time) and American musicians Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer. Other songs of Indian connection nominated within the class have been Abundance in Millets by Grammy winner Falu, that includes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Shadow Forces by Arooj Aftab and Vijay Iyer.
The album “As We Speak”, which incorporates the tune Pashto, clinched the award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album. It incorporates a dozen songs by Zakir Hussain, Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer and Rakesh Chaurasia. The album affords a mix of Indian and Western musical notes with a sonic tapestry of banjo, tabla, double bass, and bansuri (that may be a mix of Indian classical, Jazz and Bluegrass music).
Multiple Grammy winner Ricky Kej expressed his pleasure for Indian artists’ win earlier this morning, applauding Hussain, Mahadevan, Chaurasia, V Selvaganesh, and Ganesh Rajagopalan in a put up on X. Bengaluru-based Kej gained his third Grammy for the album ‘Divine Tides’ final 12 months at the sixty fifth Annual Grammy Awards.
SHAKTI wins a #GRAMMYs #GRAMMYs2024 !!! Through this album 4 sensible Indian musicians win Grammys!! Just superb. India is shining in each path. Shankar Mahadevan, Selvaganesh Vinayakram, Ganesh Rajagopalan, Ustad Zakhir Hussain. Ustad Zakhir Hussain gained a second Grammy… pic.twitter.com/dJDUT6vRso
— Ricky Kej (@rickykej) February 4, 2024
India first secured its place at the Grammys in 1968, with Ravi Shankar profitable within the Best Chamber Music Performance class. Since then, Indian artists have gained 19 Grammys (excluding the newest wins) throughout classes equivalent to Best New Age Album, Best Song Written for Visual Media, Best Compilation Soundtrack Album, and Best Classical Vocal Performance.
