NEWS – The 2024 Grammy Awards were given away

GRAMMY AWARDS

• Annual awards ceremony recognizing outstanding achievements in the music industry
• Presented by the Recording Academy, a professional organization of musicians, producers, recording engineers, and other recording professionals
• First held in 1959 – one of the longest-running and most esteemed music awards globally
• Often serve as a platform for artists to address social and cultural issues. Performances and acceptance speeches may touch on topics such as diversity, inclusion, and activism
• The first Indian to win a Grammy Award was sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar in 1967 for Best Chamber Music Performance + Album of the Year for “West Meets East”

2024 HIGHLIGHTS

• Album of the Year – Taylor Swift album Midnights (4^th time – most wins)
• Indian musicians Shankar Mahadevan and Zakir Hussain, along with their fusion band Shakti, won Best Global Music Album – This moment –