Arooj Aftab has won her first ever Grammy. Her rendition of “Mohabbat” just took home the prize for Best Global Music Performance at the 2022 Grammys. The Pakistani composer, who is based in Brooklyn, won the category ahead of Femi Kuti (“Pà Pá Pà”), Wizkid and Tems (“Essence”), Angélique Kidjo and Burna Boy (“Do Yourself”) and Yo-Yo Ma and Angélique Kidjo (“Blewu”).

“I think I’m gonna faint. Wow thank you so much. I feel like this category in and of itself has been so insane,” Aftab said in her acceptance speech. “Burna Boy, Wizkid, Femi Kuti, Angélique Kidjo—should this be called Best World Music Performance? I feel like it should be called ‘yacht party category.’ But, anyway, thank you so much to everyone who helped me make this record, all my incredible collaborators, for following me and making this music I made about everything that broke me and put me back together. Thank you for listening to it and making it yours.”

Aftab is also nominated in the Best New Artist category this year. Read Pitchfork’s Rising profile “Get to Know Arooj Aftab, the Defiant Singer Who’s Reimagining Traditional South Asian Music for Today.”

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