Los Angeles: The 68th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony, saw a surprise winner with the Dalai Lama walking away with a trophy for best audiobook, narration, and storytelling recording .
This was part of an evening full of achievements across 95 categories . The Tibetan spiritual leader joined K-pop and Steven Spielberg as first-time winners, as reported by Deccan Herald.
The Grammy was for Dalai Lama’s piece, Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, which offers a series of meditative insights, paired with music and meaningful messages. The recording is available across nearly all online platforms, including YouTube, Amazon Music, and Spotify.
The 90-yea
r-old Dalai Lama posted on X that he receives the recognition with gratitude and humility, considering it as not “something personal, but as a recognition of our shared universal responsibility.”
“I truly believe that peace, compassion, care for our environment, and an understanding of the oneness of humanity are essential for the collective well-being of all eight billion human beings. I’m grateful that this Grammy recognition can help spread these messages more widely,” he said.
The other nominees in the mentioned category included Kathy Garver (Elvis, Rocky & Me: The Carol Connors Story), Trevor Noah (Into the Uncut Grass), Ketanji Brown Jackson (Lovely One: A Memoir), and Fab Morvan (You Know It’s True: The Real Story of Milli Vanilli).
The Grammys are voted on by nearly 15,000 music industry professionals, including performers, songwriters, producers, and other creators who hold recording credits and are members of the Recording Academy. The 95 award categories are organised into 12 fields, with six belonging to the general field and the remaining grouped by genre.