♦ Indian-American vocalist and entrepreneur Chandrika Tandon won the Grammy award for the album Triveni in the Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album category.
♦ The 67th edition of the biggest musical awards, organised by the Recording Academy was held on 3 February 2025 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
♦ Chandrika, also a global business leader and the older sister of former CEO of PepsiCo Indra Nooyi, won the award along with her collaborators, South African flautist Wouter Kellerman and Japanese cellist Eru Matsumoto.
♦ Tandon achieved her second Grammy nomination when she was named during Grammy 2025 nominations. She bagged her first Grammy nomination for the 2009 album Soul Call.
♦ Before Chandrika Tandon, India has had several musicians honored with the coveted Grammy Awards. There are more than 25 Grammys to the country’s credit.
♦ Late musician Ravi Shankar holds the maximum number of Grammys in India - he has five of those to his credit.
♦ Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain has four to his credit while Ricky Kej holds three Grammys to his credit. AR Rahman, Gulzar and Shankar Mahadevan also hold Grammys to their credit.
Posted Date: February 3, 2025
