Norah Jones has been nominated for the Grammy Award in the 'best pop collaboration with vocals' category for 'Virginia Moon,' a collaborative album with Foo Fighters. (Photo, as it appears on www.norahjones.com)

Playback singer Asha Bhonsle and Pandit Ravi Shankar's daughters Anoushka Shankar and Norah Jones have been nominated for the 2005 Grammy Awards to be held on Feb. 8, 2006, in Los Angeles, according to news reports.

Anoushka Shankar, sitarist Ravi Shankar's daughter is in contention for a Grammy Award for her album 'Rise.' (Photo, as it appears on www.anoushkashankar.com)

Bhonsle and Shankar were nominated on Dec. 7 in New York in the 'best contemporary world music album' category. Bhonsle's album 'You've Stolen My Heart - Songs From R.D. Burman's Bollywood' is in the race on category 73. Shankar is in contention in the same category for her album 'Rise,' while Jones has been nominated for the 'best pop collaboration with vocals' category and placed in category 8 for 'Virginia Moon,' a collaborative album with Foo Fighters, according to the reports.

Asha Bhonsle's album 'You've Stolen My Heart - Songs From R.D. Burman's Bollywood' has been nominated for a Grammy. (Photo, as it appears on www.asha-bhonsle.com)

(Compiled from a press release by C. Prakash)