Fans
of
Lata
Mangeshkar
are
disappointed
after
the
melody
queen
was
not
included
in
the
'In
Memoriam'
section
of
the
64th
Annual
Grammy
Awards.
The
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
well.
Mangeshkar,
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
Hollywood's
biggest
musical
awards
night,
for
omitting
Mangeshkar's
name.
Calling
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-
India's
most
loved
singer,
it
all
felt
so
futile
and
insignificant.
These
shows
have
no
regard
for
'global'
music-
only
American."
Another
wrote:
"So
both
the
Oscars
and
the
Grammys
failed
to
honor
the
late
great
Lata
Mangeshkar
in
their
respective
memoriam
segments?
That's
a
shame.
#GrammyAwards
#Oscars" A
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
Mangeshkar's
demise.
"#GRAMMYs
didn't
pay
tribute
to
the
greatest
singer
of
Indian
history:
#LataMangeshkar
or
#bappilahiri." The
'In
Memoriam'
segment
of
the
Grammys
paid
tributes
to
legendary
drummer
of
Foo
Fighters
Taylor
Hawkins,
Hollywood
acting
greats
Sidney
Poitier
and
Betty
White,
singer-actors
Meat
Loaf,
Vicente
Fernandez,
jazz
composer
Chick
Corea,
among
many
others.
According
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
included.
A
much
more
comprehensive
list
is
featured
on
the
GRAMMYs
website,
which
also
does
not
mention
Mangeshkar
or
Lahiri.
Last
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'
list.
However,
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
25,000
songs
for
more
than
1,000
Hindi
films
over
a
career
spanning
70
years".