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.

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Awards & honours

  1. Won2020

    Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar

    Sangeet Natak Akademi · Folk music — Gujarat ·

    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)
  2. WonAt 18

    Lok Gayak Gujarat — winner

    ETV Gujarati · Televised folk-singing contest

    Sources agree on the win and his age; no reliable source gives the year, so we don’t print one.

    Sources (2)

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Nominations & lists

  1. Nominated2016

    GiMA Awards — Best Traditional Folk Single

    6th Gionee Colors GiMA Awards · ‘Hansla’

    Nominated. The award went to Mame Khan’s ‘Saawan’.

    Sources (3)
  2. Featured on nominated album2026

    68th GRAMMY Awards — Best Global Music Album

    Recording Academy · Sounds of Kumbha (Siddhant Bhatia) ·

    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’.

    Sources (3)
  3. In contention (eligibility list)2013

    86th Academy Awards — Original Song contention list

    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences · Kamasutra 3D ·

    ‘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)

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Awards to the Khalasi campaign

  1. Award to the campaign2024

    Cannes Lions 2024 — Bronze & Silver

    Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity · Entertainment Lions for Music (Diversity & Inclusion) · PR ·

    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

  1. Chart peak2023

    Official Asian Music Chart (UK) — peak No. 25

    Official Charts Company · Khalasi ·

    Five weeks on the chart from 26 October 2023.

    The story of Khalasi →
    Sources (1)
  2. Chart peak2023

    Spotify India weekly chart — peak No. 11

    Spotify chart data (via Kworb) · Khalasi ·

    Week of 26 October 2023; daily peak No. 10.

    The story of Khalasi →
    Sources (1)
  3. Milestone2026

    186 million+ views on the official video

    YouTube · Coke Studio India · Khalasi ·

    Counter read on 28 September 2026 (186,680,208). Coke Studio marked 100 million on 5 January 2024.

    The story of Khalasi →
    Sources (2)

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Recognition

  1. Recognition2023

    Praised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi

    Post on X · Khalasi ·

    He wrote that Khalasi was topping the charts and that Aditya Gadhvi was winning hearts with his music.

    The story of Khalasi →
    Sources (3)

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.