AR Rahman Wins Double Grammy
Music maestro A R Rahman continued his winning spree by striking double gold at the 52nd Grammy Awards in
Rahman, 44, registered an early win in both the categories he was nominated for, the ‘Best Compilation Soundtrack for a Motion Picture’ category and in the ‘Best Motion Picture Song’ for ‘Jai Ho’.
He shares the award with lyricist Gulzar and Tanvi Shah, who penned the Spanish lyrics of the international hit.
Sarod maestro Amjad Ali, who was nominated in the Best Traditional World Music Album category for his album “Ancient Sounds”, lost out to Douga Mansa by Mamadou Diabate.
Tabla maestro Hussain, who had won a Grammy last year, was nominated in the Best Classical Crossover Album category for his album “The Melody of Rhythm”, failed to register a win this year. He lost out to Yo-Yo Ma’s “Songs Of Joy And Peace”.
But it was a golden moment for Rahman. His win was reminiscent of the victory at the Oscars last year where the ‘Mozart of Madras’ had bagged two Academy awards for his composition in ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ besides winning a Golden Globe and a BAFTA award.
“This is insane, God is great again,” an elated Rahman said while accepting the golden gramophones at the Staples Centre in
The composer also thanked his friends and family members after his historical win.
“Hey guys in
“Jai Ho” has been sung by Sukhvinder Singh, Mahalaxmi Iyer, Tanvi Shah, Vijay Prakash and Rahman himself.
Rahman beat Steve Jordan for “Cadillac Records,” Quentin Tarantino for ‘Inglourious Basterds’, the producers of ‘Twilight’ and ‘True Blood’ to bag the award in the best compilation soundtrack for a motion picture category.
In the best song category his competitor were Bruce Springsteen for his song ‘The Wrestler’ from the Oscar-nominated movie of the same name.
Rahman’s Grammy win was similar to his triumph at the Oscars last year where he picked up the best original score statuette before winning the Oscar for ‘Jai Ho’, which has become an international anthem.
This is Rahman’s first Grammy win and the musician joins the league of stalwarts like Pandit Ravi Shankar, Zakir Jussain, Vikku Vinayak and Vishvamohan Bhatt, the previous Grammy winners from
Selected early winners:
Pop Vocal Album: The E.N.D., The Black Eyed Peas
Male Pop Vocal Performance: Make It Mine, Jason Mraz
Rock Song: Use Somebody, Kings of Leon
R&B Album: BLACKsummers’night, Maxwell
R&B Song: Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It), Beyoncé Knowles
Rap Album: Relapse, Eminem
Rap Song: Run This Town, Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West
Female Country Vocal Performance: White Horse, Taylor Swift
Male Country Vocal Performance: Sweet Thing, Keith Urban
Latin Pop Album: Sin Frenos, La Quinta Estacion
Contemporary Jazz Album: 75, Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate
Classical Album: Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio from Symphony No. 10
Traditional Gospel Album: Oh Happy Day, various artists
Dance Recording: Poker Face, Lady Gaga
Electronic Dance Album: The Fame, Lady Gaga
Alternative Music Album: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, Phoenix
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