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The Grammy Awards gives tributes to the industry people who have died last year. The four -time Grammy winner and Indian tabla player Zakir Hussain was not included in the Memorium segment of the 67th Grammy Awards. The recording academy organized the event (Monday) on Sunday at the Crypto.com Arina of Los Angeles.
Zakir Hussain died in San Francisco
India’s first tabla player Zakir Hussain, who won three Grammy Awards at the 66th Grammy Awards event last year, died on 16 December 2024 due to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis at Hospital in San Francisco. He was 73 years old at the time of his death.
People expressed resentment on social media
Social media users are expressing displeasure over not rebuating Tabla player Zakir Hussain at the 67th Grammy Awards event. Remembering Zakir, users are writing posts tagging the recording academy on the social media platform X as to why this lapse has happened.
At the 66th Grammy Award, Zakir won 3 Grammy Awards.
Users said- this is a big lapse
One wrote on X- Why Zakir Hussain was not mentioned in Grammy, he was the winner last year. This is a big lapse. I did not see the academy referring to Zakir Hussain in the Memorium section.
It was written in another post- Recently it is shameful not to see the winner 4 times in the Grammy tribute to the lost artists and many times nominated Zakir Hussain. Really embarrassing.
3 Grammy Awards won last year
At the 66th Grammy Award, Zakir won 3 Grammy Awards. He shared Grammy with flute player Rakesh Chaurasia at the Best Global Music Performance category for ‘Pashto’. Apart from this, his band ‘Shakti’ album ‘This Moment’ won Grammy in the category of Best Global Music album. At the same time, Ustad Zakir Hussain also won a Grammy in the Contemporary Instrument album category for ‘Age V Speak’.
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Let me tell you, during the live event, Grammy honored musicians like Liam Penn, Chris Christophyn, Sisi Houston, Tito Jackson, Joe Chambers, Jack Jones, Mary Martin, Marien Fathful, Seji Ojawa and Ella Jenkins.
Chris Martin gave the tribute.
Chris Martin gives tribute
Singer Chris Martin, recently returned from his visit to India from his band Coldplay’s World Tour ‘Music of the Sphaers’. Chris presented the ‘in Memorium Tribute’ with guitarist Grace Bovers.
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