Honours & recognition
Recognition, stated precisely
Every item below is sourced and labelled for exactly what it is: a win, a nomination, an eligibility list, an award to a campaign, or a chart peak.
01
Awards & honours
- Won2020
Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar
The national academy for music, dance and drama selected him for the award year 2020; the list of 102 young artists was announced on 25 November 2022.
Sources (2)
- WonAt 18
Lok Gayak Gujarat — winner
Sources agree on the win and his age; no reliable source gives the year, so we don’t print one.
Sources (2)
- Elle India (Maahi Shah) — interview · 15 October 2024
- The Indian Express — Khalasi wins Cannes Lions Bronze · 19 June 2024
02
Nominations & lists
- Nominated2016
GiMA Awards — Best Traditional Folk Single
Nominated. The award went to Mame Khan’s ‘Saawan’.
Sources (3)
- BollySpice — 6th Gionee Colors GiMA Awards nominations · 23 March 2016
- BizAsia — GiMA 2016 winners list · 7 April 2016
- Red Ribbon — “Hansla” video (“GiMA & Artist Aloud Awards Nominated”) · 18 August 2016
- Featured on nominated album2026
68th GRAMMY Awards — Best Global Music Album
He sings on ‘Wheel of Time’. The album was nominated with Siddhant Bhatia as the credited nominee; the award went to ‘Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo’.
- In contention (eligibility list)2013
86th Academy Awards — Original Song contention list
‘Har Har Mahadeva’ and ‘Aygiri Nadani’, which he sang, were among 75 songs in contention for nominations. This was an eligibility list; neither song was nominated.
Sources (2)
03
Awards to the Khalasi campaign
- Award to the campaign2024
Cannes Lions 2024 — Bronze & Silver
Awarded to Coca-Cola’s ‘Sing to Remember’ campaign built around Khalasi: Bronze to VML India, Silver in PR to PR Pundit with VML.
The story of Khalasi →Sources (4)
04
Charts & milestones
- Chart peak2023
Official Asian Music Chart (UK) — peak No. 25
Five weeks on the chart from 26 October 2023.
The story of Khalasi → - Chart peak2023
Spotify India weekly chart — peak No. 11
Week of 26 October 2023; daily peak No. 10.
The story of Khalasi →Sources (1)
- Milestone2026
186 million+ views on the official video
Counter read on 28 September 2026 (186,680,208). Coke Studio marked 100 million on 5 January 2024.
The story of Khalasi →Sources (2)
05
Recognition
- Recognition2023
Praised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
He wrote that Khalasi was topping the charts and that Aditya Gadhvi was winning hearts with his music.
The story of Khalasi →Sources (3)
- Narendra Modi on X — post on Khalasi · 3 November 2023
- India Today — PM Narendra Modi praises Khalasi · 3 November 2023
- DeshGujarat — Aditya Gadhvi interview · 3 November 2023
What you won’t find here
Some online biographies credit him with GiMA wins, Transmedia awards, a Times Men of the Year title, MyFM and tourism awards, or a World Entertainment Awards prize. We could not confirm these with the awarding bodies or independent coverage, so they are left out. The 2016 GiMA entry, for example, was a nomination; the award went to another artist. If his team can document any of them, we will add it with the source.