Grammy Awards 2024: Indian singer Shankar Mahadevan and tabla player Zakir Hussain have received the Grammy Award. While Zakir won this award in 3 categories, Shankar Mahadevan received the Grammy in the category of Best Global Music Album for his band ‘Shakti’s album ‘This Moment’. There are total 8 songs in this album.
Artists like Shankar Mahadevan, Zakir Hussain, V Selvaganesh and Ganesh Rajagopalan work together in this band. Apart from this band, flute player Rakesh Chaurasia has also won two Grammy Awards. In this way, overall 5 Indian artists have received the Grammy in the 66th Grammy Awards.
Ustad Zakir Hussain won 3 grammy awards
Zakir won 3 grammy awards in the 66th grammy awards. He shared the Grammy with flute player Rakesh Chaurasia in the Best Global Music Performance category for ‘Pashto’. Apart from this, the album ‘This Moment’ of his band ‘Shakti’ won the Grammy in the category of Best Global Music Album. Ustad Zakir Hussain also won a Grammy in the Contemporary Instrumental Album category for ‘As We Speak’.
Earlier, Zakir had collaborated with T.H. for the album ‘Planet Drums’ in 1991. Won a Grammy with ‘Vikku’ Vinayakram. In 2008 also he received a Grammy for ‘Global Drum Project’. Earlier, India had also got two wins in the Grammy Awards 2022. Then P.A. Deepak, Ricky Cage and Stewart Copeland’s ‘Divine Tides’ won in the ‘Best New Age Album’ category.
Taylor Swift’s album ‘Midnights’ received the Album of the Year award
American singer Taylor Swift has received the Album of the Year award for her album ‘Midnights’ at the 66th Grammy. He has created a record in this category by winning the Grammy for the fourth time. She also won a Grammy in the Best Pop Vocal Album category at the awards night. This is the 14th Grammy Award of Taylor’s career.
This is the 66th edition of the Grammy Awards. Grammy is the biggest award given in the world of music. The awards ceremony was held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Many big artists including SZA, Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, Oprah Winfrey, Meryl Streep attended the event. Many of these artists also gave stage performances.
