India’s Night At Grammy 2024: Zakir Hussain And Shankar Mahadevan Bag ‘Best Global Music Album’

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India’s Night At Grammy 2024: Zakir Hussain And Shankar Mahadevan Bag ‘Best Global Music Album’

India’s Night At Grammy 2024: Zakir Hussain And Shankar Mahadevan Bags ‘Best Global Music Album’ (image-twitter/gqindia)

The Grammy honorary award of this year not just included Taylor Swift and Miley Cirus, but Indian musicians Shankar Mahadevan and Zakir Hussain”s fusion band ‘Shakti’ too bagged the Grammy’s award for the ‘Best Global Music Album’ on Monday.

Shakti group’s album ‘This Moment’ released on June 30 last year also won the ‘Best Global Music Album’ award. Meanwhile, Zakir Hussain also secured the ‘Best Global Music Performance’ Grammy for his contribution to ‘Pashto’ alongside Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer, featuring Rakesh Chaurasia.

Apart from the Indian stars, at the 66th Grammy Awards which took place in Los Angeles, Taylor Swift won Album of the Year for Midnights. And thus she became the first person to win the category four times. The pop singer also won Best Pop Vocal Album. She made history on the 66th Grammy night by clinching her 14th Grammy award on Monday.

Meanwhile, Miley Cyrus won her first-ever Grammy for the Best Pop Solo Performance for Flowers. Just hours later, she won her second Grammy, for Record of the Year.

Unlike the usual Grammy nights, women ruled the Grammys this year with Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, SZA, and Miley Cyrus taking home their night’s major awards. The event kicked off with a performance by Dua Lipa singing a medley. The award was presented by Celine Dione. She received a standing ovation, surprising everyone, as she took the stage.

Other female winners of the night included Lainey Wilson for best country album, Karol G for best música urbana album, Laufey for best traditional pop vocal album and Coco Jones for best R&B performance, reports the Guardian.

Here is the full list of winners:

Album Of The Year – Taylor Swift, Midnights

Record Of The Year – Miley Cyrus, Flowers

Song Of The Year – Billie Eilish, What Was I Made For?

Best New Artist – Victoria Monét

Best Pop Vocal Album – Taylor Swift, Midnights

Best Pop Solo Performance – Miley Cyrus, Flowers

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance – SZA Featuring Phoebe Bridgers, Ghost in the Machine

Producer Of The Year, Non-classical- Jack Antonoff

Songwriter Of The Year, Non-classical– Theron Thomas

Best Rap Album – Killer Mike, Michael

Best Rap Performance – Killer Mike ft. André 3000, Scientists & Engineers

Best Country Solo Performance – Chris Stapleton, White Horse

Best Rock Album – Paramore, This Is Why

Best Rock Performance – Boygenius, Not Strong Enough

Best R&B Album – Victoria Monét, Jaguar II

Best R&B Song – SZA, Snooze

Best Country Album – Lainey Wilson, Bell Bottom Country

Best Progressive R&B Album – SZA, SOS

Best Música Urbana Album – Karol G, Mañana Será Bonito

Best R&B Performance – Coco Jones, ICU

Best Alternative Music Album – Boygenius, The Record

Best African Music Performance – Tyla, Water

Best Score Or Soundtrack For Visual Media – Oppenheimer, Ludwig Göransson, Composer

Best Folk Album – Joni Mitchell, Joni Mitchell at Newport (Live)

Best Dance/Electronic Recording – Skrillex, Fred again.. And Flowdan, Rumble

Best Pop Dance Recording – Kylie Minogue, Padam Padam

Best Dance/Electronic Music Album – Fred again.., Actual Life 3

Best Traditional R&B Performance – PJ Morton Featuring Susan Carol, Good Morning

Best Rap Performance – Killer Mike featuring André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane, Scientists & Engineers

Best Melodic Rap Performance – Lil Durk featuring J Cole, All My Life

Best Rap Song – Killer Mike featuring André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane, Scientists & Engineer

Best Country Song – Chris Stapleton, White Horse

Best Song Written For Visual Media – What Was I Made For? from Barbie the Album, Billie Eilish O”Connell and Finneas O”Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)

Best Comedy Album – Dave Chappelle, What”s In A Name?

Best Global Music Album – Shakti, This Moment

Best Musical Theater Album – Some Like It Hot

Best Alternative Music Album – Boygenius, The Record

Best Alternative Music Performance – Paramore, This Is Why

Best Rock Song – Boygenius, Not Strong Enough

Best Metal Performance – Metallica, 72 Seasons

Best Country Duo/Group Performance – Zach Bryan featuring Kacey Musgraves, I Remember Everything

Best Spoken Word Poetry Album – J. Ivy, The Light Inside

Best Jazz Performance – Samara Joy, Tight

Best Jazz Vocal Album– Nicole Zuraitis, How Love Begins

Best Jazz Instrumental Album – Billy Childs, The Winds Of Change

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album- The Count Basie Orchestra Directed By Scotty Barnhart, Basie Swings The Blues

Best Latin Jazz Album –  Miguel Zenón And Luis Perdomo, El Arte Del Bolero Vol. 2