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Detailed explanation-1: -It was Kej’s collaborative project with Copeland and they bagged another Grammy for Best New Age Album in 2022. The composer also won for his 2015 album, Winds of Samsara. Ricky is India’s youngest Grammy Award winner, and only the fourth Indian to do so. Kej has Punjabi and Marwari roots.

Detailed explanation-2: -Going two for two at the Grammy Awards this year are American new age/electronic/folk and pop music group White Sun, who picked up Best New Age, Ambient or Chant album for their 2022 LP Mystic Mirror.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bengaluru-based composer Ricky Kej won a Grammy for Best Immersive Audio Album for his most recent album Divine Tides with rock-legend Stewart Copeland (The Police), making him the only Indian to win three Grammy awards.

Detailed explanation-4: -1- Who received a Grammy Award for the first time from India? In 1968, the late Indian composer Pandit Ravi Shankar became the first Indian to receive a Grammy Award in the category of ‘Best Chamber Music Performance’ for his album “West Meets East”.