During the premiere ceremony of the 66th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, US, Zakir Hussain secured the Best Global Music Performance Grammy for his contribution to “Pashto” alongside Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer, featuring Rakesh Chaurasia.

Notably, Hussain’s impressive track record now boasts three GRAMMY wins, while Rakesh Chaurasia, a virtuoso flute player celebrated his achievement with a total of two 

Taking to X, Grammys shared the post and wrote, “Congrats Best Global Music Album winner – ‘This Moment’ Shakti. #GRAMMYs.”

In a post on X, Ricky Kej, an Indian musical composer hailed Indian artists’ winning and said that this is a great year for India at the Grammys. “Ustad Zakhir Hussain, the living legend creates history by winning 3 Grammys in one night!!! Rakesh Chaurasia wins 2!! .. and I am blessed to witness it,” he wrote.

Shankar Mahadevan from Shakti clinched the award for Best Global Music Album at the Grammys, recognizing the album “This Moment.”