Arooj Aftab nominated for Best Global Music Performance at the Grammys for the second year in a row.

When musician Arooj Aftab manifests a Grammy nomination, you best believe it's going to happen. The singer who made waves last year by becoming the first Pakistani to win a Grammy has been nominated for the second time in the Best Global Music Performance category for her song 'Udhero Na' with Anoushka Shankar.

Taking it to Instagram on Wednesday, Aftab shared the announcement via The New York Times list of full nominations.

Actor Sarwat Gilani dropped by in the comment section and wrote, 'you go girl' to cheer her on. American singer Jessica Betts, Devonte Hynes, also known as Blood Orange, singer-songwriter Rachel Eckroth, Indian actor Priyanka Bose, singer Priya Darshini, Never Have I Ever actor Poorna Jagannathan and others also commented.

In another post, Aftab said, 'Oh my God! 'Udhero Na' has been nominated for a Grammy. Congratulations to me and to Anoushka Shankar, Maeve Gilchrist and Nadje Noordhuis. Four badass women come together, play a song that I wrote when I was 15 and it's getting its flowers. So, I'm very emotional and I'm very glad and I'm really really, just, I don't even know. I'm in this hall of a ship, we're about to perform in about 20 minutes or so. I don't know how I'm going to do that but this is great. So, thank you.'

Actor Ushna Shah commented under her video asking if the nominated song 'Udhero Na' is from back in the day and if this means...

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