Pandit Ravi Shankar to Ricky Kej: Indian artists who have won Grammy Awards
Priyamm Dangi
Feb 6, 2023
Pandit Ravi Shankar
Sitar maestro, the late Pandit Ravi Shankar, was the first Indian to win a Grammy Award in 1968 (‘Best Chamber Music Performance’). He went on to win four more Grammys, including the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’
Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta, an Indian conductor of Western classical music, has won five Grammys. He won his first in 1981 for Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (With Orchestra)
Zakir Hussain
Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain has won two Grammys. In 1991, he bagged the first award - ‘Best World Music Album’ - along with percussionist TH Vinayakram
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
Instrumentalist Vishwa Mohan Bhatt won a Grammy in 1992, under the ‘Best World Music Album’ category
AR Rahman
Legendary composer AR Rahman won two Grammy Awards in 2010 - ‘Best Compilation Soundtrack for a Motion Picture’ (for Slumdog Millionaire) and ‘Best Motion Picture Song’ (for Jai Ho)
Tanvi Shah
Singer Tanvi Shah is the first Indian woman to receive a Grammy Award. She bagged the ‘Best Song Written for Visual Media’ award for the song Jai Ho in 2010
PA Deepak
Mix engineer and record producer PA Deepak also earned his Grammy for Slumdog Millionaire in 2010, under the ‘Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media’ category
H Sridhar
The late chief audio engineer, H Sridhar, won a Grammy - ‘Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media’ - for his contribution to Slumdog Millionaire
Ricky Kej
Composer Ricky Kej had previously won two Grammy Awards - the first being in 2015, under the ‘Best New Age Album’ category
Win at 65th Annual Grammy Awards
He won his third at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards for his globally acclaimed album, Divine Tides, along with Rock legend Stewart Copeland
The true meaning of Divine Tides
The music album Divine Tides is a tribute to ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ - meaning ‘the world is one family’