Grammy faces backlash on social media for missing Lata Mangeshkar from in memoriam segment

India (04/04/2022): he ‘In Memoriam’ segment of the 64th Annual Grammy Awards paid tribute to several late musical powerhouses including Stephen Sondheim and Taylor Hawkins. However, Indian fans were disappointed to find late nightingale Lata Mangeshkar’s name missing from the honourable section.

Mangeshkar was also not included in the Oscars 2022 ‘In Memoriam’ segment last week. Several fans of the iconic singer expressed their disappointment on Twitterverse on Monday.

A social media user wrote, “Wow @RecordingAcad. What a way to Go. Forgetting #LataMangeshkar the #LegendaryNightingaleOfIndia. Neither the #Oscars nor the #Grammys had an image of #LataMangeshkar in their ‘In Memoriam’ section! Shame!!”

Many others also joined in to call out the organizers for missing to pay tribute to the late singer.