India’s Ricky Kej wins third Grammy Award
Its an happy moment for Indian and World Music. India’s Ricky Kej wins third Grammy Award in the Best Immersive Audio Album category for his album Divine Tides along with rock legend Stewart Copeland ( at the 65th Grammy Awards held on 6th February 2023.
The Indian musician had won his second Grammy in the Best New Age Album category at the 64th Grammy Awards 2022. He had won the award for the album Divine Tides along with rock legend Stewart Copeland. In 2015, he won his first Grammys for Winds of Samsara
Ricky Kej (born 5 August 1981) is a 2x Grammy® Award-winning & 3x Grammy® Nominated Indian music composer and environmentalist.[1] He has performed at venues in over 30 countries including at the United Nations headquarters in New York and Geneva.[2] In December 2022, Kej was announced as a UNHCR “Goodwill Ambassador”[1].
Kej was also named a UNCCD Land Ambassador[3] at the COP14 to raise public awareness about the challenges of land degradation, desertification and drought. Kej also serves as a UNESCO – MGIEP “Global Ambassador for Kindness”,[4] UNICEF Celebrity Supporter,[5] and is an ambassador for the Earth Day Network.[6] In 2020, Kej was named as a GQ Hero 2020 by GQ magazine.[7]
In 2022, Ricky Kej won a Grammy at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards for his album “Divine Tides” in collaboration with Rock & Roll legend Stewart Copeland in the Best New Age Album category. This album was critically acclaimed by numerous news agencies such as Rolling Stone, Bloomberg, The Sunday Guardian, India Today among others.
“Divine Tides” was nominated for a Grammy at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards in the Best Immersive Audio Album category, which will take place in Los Angeles on 6th February 2023.
In 2015, he won a Grammy at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards for his album “Winds of Samsara” in the Best New Age Album category.[8] The project, his 14th studio album, debuted at No. 1 on the US Billboard New Age Albums Chart in August 2014,[9][10] a first for a person of Indian origin.[11] The album also peaked at No. 1 on the Zone Music Reporter Top 100 Radio Airplay Chart in the month of July 2014.[12] Kej also performed keyboards on the 2016 Grammy-winning album Grace, produced and composed a song on the 2016 Grammy-nominated album Love Language and arranged and performed keyboards on the 2015 Grammy-nominated album Ayahuasca Dreams.
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