List of Indian Grammy Award Winners
There are more than 15 Indian Grammy Award Winners that you might not know about.
The Grammy Award or GRAMMY is presented for exceptional achievements in the music industry. It was originally known as the Gramophone Award and still, the trophy depicts a gilded gramophone.
On May 4, 1959, the very first Grammy Award ceremony was held to respect and honours the musical accomplishments of performers for the year 1958.
So, let’s take a look at all the Indian winners of the GRAMMY:
Indian Grammy Award Winners
| Year | Name | Category | Won for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Ravi Shankar | Best Chamber Music Performance | West Meets East |
| 1973 | Ravi Shankar | Album of the Year | The Concert for Bangladesh |
| 1981 | Zubin Mehta | Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist Or Soloists (With Orchestra) | Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration |
| 1981 | Zubin Mehta | Best Engineered Recording, Classical | Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration |
| 1982 | Zubin Mehta | Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance | Verdi: Arias (Leontyne Price Sings Verdi) |
| 1990 | Zubin Mehta | Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist (With Orchestra) | Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 In A Minor/Glazunov: Violin Concerto In A Minor |
| 1990 | Zubin Mehta | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti In Concert |
| 1991 | T. H. Vinayakram and Zakir Hussain | Best World Music Album | Planet Drum |
| 1992 | Vishwa Mohan Bhatt | Best World Music Album | Planet Drum |
| 2002 | Ravi Shankar | Best World Music Album | Full Circle: Carnegie Hall 2000 |
| 2008 | A. R. Rahman, H. Sridhar, P. A. Deepak | Best Compilation Soundtrack Album | Slumdog Millionaire |
| 2008 | A. R. Rahman, Tanvi Shah, Gulzar | Best Song Written for Visual Media | Slumdog Millionaire |
| 2008 | Zakir Hussain | Best Contemporary World Music Album | Global Drum Project |
| 2013 | Ravi Shankar | Lifetime Achievement Award | Honorary |
| 2013 | Ravi Shankar | Best World Music Album | The Living Room Sessions Pt. 1 |
| 2015 | Ricky Kej | Best New Age Album | Winds of Samsara |
| 2015 | Neela Vaswani | Best Children’s Album | I Am Malala |
| 2022 | Ricky Kej, along with Stewart Copeland, P. A. Deepak | Best New Age Album | Divine Tides |
| 2022 | Falu | Best Children’s Music Album | A Colorful World |
As of 2022, there are 14 Indians who have won the GRAMMY.
Falu is the recent winner of the award (in 2022) for the album named A Colorful World.
Ravi Shankar was the very first Indian to win the Grammy Award in 1968. He won the award for the album named “West Meets East” in the category of “Best Chamber Music Performance”.
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Is there any record of Sonu Nigam receiving the Grammy awards …. I do not find anz !!
Yes