Who Is Ricky Kej? Bengaluru-Based Boy Who Won His Third Grammy Award

Music composer Ricky Kej, based out of Bengaluru, has won his third Grammy Award for the album Divine Tides.

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Ricky Kej won a Grammy in the best immersive audio album category for the same album last year.

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Mr Kej took home his first Grammy in the best new age album category for 'Winds of Samsara' back in 2015

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Ricky is the youngest person from India to have won a Grammy Award, and only the 4th Indian

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His vast repertoire of work includes 16 studio albums released internationally, over 3500 commercials

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4 feature films, including the natural history documentary 'Wild Karnataka' narrated by Sir David Attenborough.

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Born in North Carolina in 1981, Mr Kej is half-Punjabi, half-Marwari, and has lived in Bengaluru since he was 8. He studied at Bishop Cotton School in Bengaluru before finishing a degree in dentistry from Oxford Dental College

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