The following is a list of Grammy Awards winners and nominees from India.
| Nominee | Wins | Nominations |
|---|---|---|
| Ravi Shankar | 5 | 8 |
| Zakir Hussain | 4 | 7 |
| Ricky Kej | 3* | 4 |
| A. R. Rahman | 2 | 2 |
| P. A. Deepak | 2 | 2 |
| Rakesh Chaurasia | 2 | 2 |
| Falu | 1 | 3 |
| Vishwa Mohan Bhatt | 1 | 2 |
| Ganesh Rajagopalan | 1 | 1 |
| Gulzar | 1 | 1 |
| H. Sridhar | 1 | 1 |
| Shankar Mahadevan | 1 | 1 |
| Shakti | 1 | 1 |
| Tanvi Shah | 1 | 1 |
| V. Selvaganesh | 1 | 1 |
*Pending decision
| Nominee | Wins | Nominations |
|---|---|---|
| Zubin Mehta | 0 | 18 |
| Ali Akbar Khan | 0 | 5 |
| Aashish Khan | 0 | 1 |
| Gaurav Shah | 0 | 1 |
| L. Shankar | 0 | 1 |
| Lakshmi Shankar | 0 | 1 |
| T. H. Vinayakram | 0 | 1 |
| Year | Category | Nominees(s) | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Best Folk Recording | Ravi Shankar [1] | Sound Of The Sitar | Nominated |
| 1968 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Ravi Shankar | West Meets East | Won |
| 1970 | Album Of The Year, Classical | Zubin Mehta [2] | Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Album) | Nominated |
| 1970 | Best Classical Performance, Orchestra | Zubin Mehta | Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Album) | Nominated |
| 1970 | Best Opera Recording | Zubin Mehta | Verdi: Il Trovatore (Album) | Nominated |
| 1971 | Best Ethnic Or Traditional Recording (Including Traditional Blues) | Ali Akbar Khan [3] | Shree Rag | Nominated |
| 1972 | Best Choral Performance, Classical | Zubin Mehta | Verdi: Four Sacred Pieces (Album) | Nominated |
| 1973 | Album of the Year | Ravi Shankar | The Concert for Bangladesh | Won |
| 1974 | Best Opera Recording | Zubin Mehta | Puccini: Turandot (Album) | Nominated |
| 1977 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Zubin Mehta | The Fourth Of July(Ives: Symphony No. 2, Variations On America/ Copland: Appalachian Spring/ Bernstein: Overture To Candide/ Gershwin: American In Paris) (Album) | Nominated |
| 1979 | Best Pop Instrumental Performance | Zubin Mehta | Star Wars And Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (Album) | Nominated |
| 1979 | Best Classical Orchestral Performance | Zubin Mehta | Stravinsky: Rite Of Spring (Album) | Nominated |
| 1979 | Best Opera Recording | Zubin Mehta | Puccini: La Fanciulla Del West (Album) | Nominated |
| 1980 | Best Pop Instrumental Performance | Zubin Mehta | Manhattan - Music From The Woody Allen Film | Nominated |
| 1981 | Best Classical Album | Zubin Mehta | Bartók: Concerto For Violin And Orchestra | Nominated |
| 1982 | Best Classical Album | Zubin Mehta | Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration (Album) | Nominated |
| 1982 | Best Choral Performance (Other Than Opera) | Zubin Mehta | Verdi: Requiem (Album) | Nominated |
| 1984 | Best Classical Album | Zubin Mehta | Vivaldi: Four Seasons And Concerto For 4 Violins, Op. 3, No. 10/ Bach: Double Concerto BWV 1043/ Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364 (Album) | Nominated |
| 1984 | Best Ethnic Or Traditional Folk Recording | Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan | Raga Mishra Piloo | Nominated |
| 1991 | Best Classical Album | Zubin Mehta | Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti In Concert (Album) | Nominated |
| 1994 | Best World Music Album | Vishwa Mohan Bhatt [4] | A Meeting by the River | Won |
| 1995 | Album Of The Year | Zubin Mehta | The 3 Tenors In Concert 1994 (Album) | Nominated |
| 1995 | Best Pop Album | Zubin Mehta | The 3 Tenors In Concert 1994 (Album) | Nominated |
| 1996 | Best Traditional Folk Album | Ali Akbar Khan | Then and Now | Nominated |
| 1996 | Best World Music Album | L. Shankar, T. H. Vinayakram, [5] and Zakir Hussain [6] | Raga Aberi | Nominated |
| 1997 | Best World Music Album | Vishwa Mohan Bhatt | Tabula Rasa | Nominated |
| 1997 | Best World Music Album | Ali Akbar Khan | Legacy | Nominated |
| 1998 | Best World Music Album | Ali Akbar Khan | Passing on the Tradition | Nominated |
| 2002 | Best World Music Album | Ravi Shankar | Full Circle: Carnegie Hall 2000 | Won |
| 2007 | Best Traditional World Music Album | Aashish Khan [7] and Zakir Hussain | Golden Strings of the Sarode | Nominated |
| 2008 | Best Opera Recording | Zubin Mehta | Verdi: La Traviata | Nominated |
| 2009 | Best Traditional World Music Album | Lakshmi Shankar [8] | Dancing in the Light | Nominated |
| 2009 | Best Contemporary World Music Album | Zakir Hussain | Global Drum Project | Won |
| 2010 | Best Classical Crossover Album | Zakir Hussain | The Melody of Rhythm | Nominated |
| 2010 | Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Pictures, Television or Other Visual Media | A. R. Rahman, [9] P. A. Deepak, [10] and H. Sridhar [11] | Slumdog Millionaire | Won |
| 2010 | Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media | Gulzar, [12] A. R. Rahman, and Tanvi Shah [13] | Jai Ho (from Slumdog Millionaire) | Won |
| 2013 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Ravi Shankar | Honorary | Won |
| 2013 | Best World Music Album | Ravi Shankar | The Living Room Sessions Pt. 1 | Won |
| 2014 | Best World Music Album | Ravi Shankar | The Living Room Sessions Pt. 2 | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best New Age Album | Ricky Kej [14] | Winds of Samsara | Won |
| 2019 | Best Children's Music Album | Falu | Falu's Bazaar | Nominated |
| 2022 | Best New Age Album | Ricky Kej and P. A. Deepak | Divine Tides | Won |
| 2022 | Best Children's Music Album | Falu | A Colorful World | Won |
| 2023 | Best Immersive Audio Album | Ricky Kej | Divine Tides | Won |
| 2024 | Best Global Music Performance | Falu, Gaurav Shah [15] | Abundance in Millets | Nominated |
| 2024 | Best Global Music Performance | Zakir Hussain and Rakesh Chaurasia [16] | Pashto | Won |
| 2024 | Best Contemporary Instrumental Album | Zakir Hussain and Rakesh Chaurasia | As We Speak | Won |
| 2024 | Best Global Music Album | Shakti [17] (Zakir Hussain, V. Selvaganesh, [18] Ganesh Rajagopalan, [19] and Shankar Mahadevan [20] ) | This Moment | Won |
| 2025 | Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album | Ricky Kej | Break of Dawn | Pending |
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