Brooklyn-based Pakistani singer Aroz Aftab won his first Grammy Award on Sunday. This win should be special for Pakistan as Aroz is the first Pakistani woman to receive the coveted trophy.
Arooj won the award in the Best Global Performance category for his song ‘Mohabbat’.
A tweet on the Grammy’s official Twitter account read, “@Arooj_Aftab’s “Mohabbat” wins Best Global Music Performance at the 2022 #GRAMMYs. Aftab is the first Pakistani woman to win a Grammy and has also been nominated for Best New Artist. “
,@Arooj_AftabKi “Mohabbat” won Best Global Music Performance in 2022 #grammy,
Aftab is the first Pakistani woman to win a Grammy and has also been nominated for Best New Artist. I https://t.co/kpqljYmSdy
— Recording Academy / GRAMMYs (@RecordingAcad) 3 April 2022
Aroj, 37, who has lived in New York for nearly 15 years, continues to attract global attention for her work, which combines ancient Sufi traditions with folk, jazz and minimalism. Born in Saudi Arabia to Pakistani parents, Aftab spent his teenage years in Lahore and then relocated to Boston’s prestigious Berklee School of Music to study music production and engineering.
Aftab moved to the US in 2005 to study music at Berklee College of Music. He released his debut album ‘Bird Under Water’ in 2014.
In fact, he gained the most limelight when his track ‘Mohabbat’ made it to former US President Barack Obama’s annual summer playlist.
Aftab has exhibited at several prominent New York venues, including the Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art, also opening for Mitsky at The Brooklyn Steel in 2018.
ANI. with inputs