After Oscars, Grammy Awards leave out Lata Mangeshkar from 'In Memoriam' section

Fans of Lata Mangeshkar are disappointed after the melody queen was not included in the In Memoriam section of the 64th Annual Grammy AwardsThe absence of the legendary Indian playback singer from the 2022 Grammys ceremony held on early Monday morning in Las Vegas comes a week after the Academy Awards left out Mangeshkar from its homage segment as wellMangeshkar the voice of generations of Indians died on January 6 due to multiple organ failure She was 92 The fans took to Twitter to criticise the Recording Academy the institution that conducts Hollywoods biggest musical awards night for omitting Mangeshkars nameCalling out the Grammys for honouring only American music a user said the event felt futile and insignificant A little unrelated but when they were paying tributes to artists who passed away this year and there was no mention of Lata Mangeshkar Indias most loved singer it all felt so futile and insignificant These shows have no regard for global music only AmericanAnother wrote So both the Oscars and the Grammys failed to honor the late great Lata Mangeshkar in their respective memoriam segments Thats a shame GrammyAwards OscarsA tweeple said not just Mangeshkar the Grammys also left out veteran music composer Bappi Lahiri 69 Lahiri died of obstructive sleep apnea on January 15 days after Mangeshkars demiseGRAMMYs didnt pay tribute to the greatest singer of Indian history LataMangeshkar or bappilahiriThe In Memoriam segment of the Grammys paid tributes to legendary drummer of Foo Fighters Taylor Hawkins Hollywood acting greats Sidney Poitier and Betty White singeractors Meat Loaf Vicente Fernandez jazz composer Chick Corea among many othersAccording to ETOnline while the show reportedly began with a list of hundreds of names to possibly include the length of the segment required them to pare down the final list of those to be includedA much more comprehensive list is featured on the GRAMMYs website which also does not mention Mangeshkar or LahiriLast week the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences which organises the Academy Awards had also left out cinema icon Dilip Kumar from its In Memoriam listHowever at its 2022 edition the British Academy of Film and Television Awards BAFTA featured Mangeshkar in the In Memoriam segment and described the music icon as an Indian playback singer who recorded an estimated 25000 songs for more than 1000 Hindi films over a career spanning 70 yearsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever