The 67th Grammy Awards is scheduled to take place on Sunday, February 2nd, 2025 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, and we surely cannot keep calm with all the line up of Indian and Indian origin artists who have been nominated in the Grammy 2025 across categories.
A prestigious and globally renowned music ceremony that honors the best recordings, artists and music compositions, the Grammy nomination list was announced through a Youtube livestream earlier, on November, 8, 2024. With the Grammy awards date corresponding with the Indian Standard Time (IST) on Monday, February 3rd, 2025, the music's biggest night is all set to premiere at 6:30 am in India. With audiences and music lovers from across the world excited about the Grammy 2025 awards, Indian audiences can watch the show live on the official website of Grammy.com as well as on the Youtube channel of the Recording Academy.
With the most amazing lineup of global artists who are all set to perform at the 2025 Grammys, this year the global music ceremony will be hosted by South African comedian and actor Trevor Noah. Marking his fifth consecutive year as the host of the renowned Grammy Awards, the various performers at the Grammy 2025 awards is another impressive highlight of the global event. Global music icons such as Billie Eilish, Charli XCX, Shakira, Sabrina Carpenter, Benson Boone, Chappell Roan and Teddy Swims are all set to light up the stage at the music’s biggest night.
Indian and Indian origin artists nominated at the Grammy Awards 2025
With the nominations for the 67th Grammy awards having been announced already, these nominations bring forth a delight for all the Indian audiences with the sheer number of both new and familiar faces. With several Indian artists in Grammy awards holding significant nominations across various categories, the Indian and Indian origin names at the Grammy 2025 are definitely holding the spotlight this time.
With the Indian talent shining bright as always, there are a total of six Indian artists in Grammy awards nominations who are in for a global glory at the international stage. Here’s all you need to know about the Indian music icons who have very successfully put the country on the global music stage, and are making waves with their latest achievements.
Ricky Kej
Ricky Kej, a renowned and familiar Indian name on the global music map, he is a three time Grammy winner and continues to chart out new paths and achievements when it comes to music. Constantly creating a place for himself on the international stage, Ricky Kej has been very impressively redefining global music. Hailing from the city of Bengaluru in India, Ricky Kej has been nominated for the Grammy 2025 award for Break of Dawn in the Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album category. This marks the musician’s fourth time in the Grammy nomination list.
Ricky Kej had won his first Grammy award in the year 2015 for Winds of Samsara with Woulter Kellerman. An environmentalist, who is known for creating a beautiful fusion of Indian classical and world music, Ricky Kej works towards a cause which clearly reflects in his music. Working towards creating a change and inspiring audiences worldwide, Ricky Kej’s name in the Grammy nomination list is definitely a well deserved spot.
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Anoushka Shankar
A renowned Indian artist in Grammy Awards, Anoushka Shankar has been very efficiently carrying forward her father, Ravi Shankar’s legacy. Having received two nominations, one for her album, Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn in the Best New Age, Or Chant Album category, and the other nomination for featuring on British multi-instrumentalist and vocalist John Jacob’s song, named A Rock Somewhere, Anoushka Shankar is in the competition for winning an ward for the Best Global Music Performance category. Known for her exceptional sitar compositions, Anoushka Shankar is known to seamlessly blend classical and contemporary music.
Radhika Vekaria
An Indian origin artist who has been nominated in the Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album category for her music album named warriors Of Light, this album features Radhika Vekaria’s vocals in numerous languages that includes Sanskrit, Hindi, Tamil and English. This is her second music album, after her 2020 debut album named Sapta: The Seven Ways.
Radhika Vekaria was born in the UK and currently hails from Los Angeles. Her mother and grandmother are also known to be connoisseurs of classical Indian music.
Varijashree Venugopal
A Bengaluru based Indian artist in Grammy Awards who is a vocalist, flutist and a composer, Varijashree Venugopal has earned her very first nomination in the 2025 Grammys. Nominated along with Anoushka Shankar in the Best Global Music Performance category for A Rock Somewhere, Varijashree’s name in the Grammy nomination list surely fills up with great pride.
Chandrika Tandon
Chandrika Tandon is an entrepreneur and an artist who has been nominated for the Best New Age, Ambient, Or Chant Album category for her album, Triveni. This album is a collaborative work of her with flutist Wouter Kellerman and cellist Eru Matsumoto. Chandrika Tandon hails from the city of Chennai and has been trained in music under classical singer, Shubra Guha. She was earlier nominated in 2010 for the Grammy awards for her album Om Namo Narayana: Soul Call.
Noshir Mody
Born in Mumbai, Noshir Mody is another Indian talent to be nominated for the 67th Grammy awards. Nominated under the Best Global Music Performance category for the song, Kashira by Masa Takumi, Noshir has worked on the song along with Ron Korb and Dale Edward Chung. A self taught musician, the Grammy 2025 awards marks his very first nomination.
Disclaimer: The information in this article is accurate as of the date of publication only.