Urooj Aftab became the first Pakistani singer to win a Grammy Award.
Brooklyn-based Arooj Aftab won the trophy in the Best Global Performance category on Sunday for his song "Love".
Sharing this good news with her followers on Instagram, Urooj shared a photo with the award and wrote, "Urooj Aftab is the first Pakistani woman Grammy winner.
Rise was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist and Best Global Performance.
Former US President Barack Obama had declared 'Love' as his favorite and it was also included in his Summerplay List 2021. Hafeez Hoshyarpuri's third album of Urdu classical poem 'Vulture Prince' written in the 1920s. Is part of
The 37-year-old, who has lived in New York for 15 years, combines classical music with folk and jazz, and continues to gain international attention through her work.
Arooj's parents are from Dawoodi Arab and he was born in Saudi Arabia. The singer went to Boston's famous Berkeley School of Music to study musical production and engineering and now lives in the United States.
Twice Grammy Award nominee Arooj Aftab's picture has also been posted on the Times Square billboard as an ambassador for the audio streaming service Spotify's 'Equal Pakistan' campaign.
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