Indian who have won the Grammy
In the 57-year history of the Grammy Awards, only nine Indians have had the honour of being Grammy Award winners and that too only when they collaborated with other western musicians.
News Nation Bureau | Updated : 09 February 2015, 01:17:45 PM
Pandit Ravi Shankar
Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar was the first Indian to bag the Grammy in 1967 for his performance West Meets East.
Zakir Husain
Tabla wizard Zakir Hussain won his first Grammy in 1992 for his album Planet Drum.
Vikku Vinayakram
The first South Indian musician won the Grammy for Planet Drum, in which he played ghatam and morsing.
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, won the Grammy along with guitar guru Ry Cooder for A Meeting by the River in 1994.
AR Rehman
The noted musician won the Grammy for Soundtrack composition for Slumdog Millionaire
Late H Sridhar
The sound engineer got the Grammy for Soundtrack composition for ''Slumdog Millionaire''
PA Deepak
Deepak won the 2010 Grammy Award for the Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media for the movie Slumdog Millionaire
Ricky Kej
Ricky Kej won the Grammy in Best New Age Album trophy for Winds of Samsara
Neela Vaswani
Vaswani won the trophy in the Best Children’s Album category for I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education And Changed The World.
