IFP Exclusive

Iranian song “Baraye” among Grammy 2023 winners

An Iranian is named among the winners of Grammy Awards 2023.

This year, the Grammy for album of the year went to Harry’s House by Harry Styles.

The Grammy for the best new artist was awarded to Samara Joy and Iranian Shervin Hajipour won the best song for social change award for his song “Baraye” (meaning for).

The song was produced and re-produced during the recent rioting and protests in Iran and was touted as the anthem of the protests by some media outlets.

Iran says the protests and deadly riots were ignited by foreign countries.

Hajiour’s Grammy was handed to him by the US First Lady Jill Biden.

The Grammy’s nominees are picked based on popular votes and the Billboard magazine said there were up to 115,000 votes for “Baraye” to be awarded to Hajipour.

Hajipour reacted to his win tweeting “We Won”.

Also this year, Iranian musician Hamid Saeedi won a second Grammy in the new music section of the 2023 edition of the award.

Meanwhile some pro-government principlist activists and news outlets have called the handing of Grammy Award to Hajipour as “politically-motivated.”

IFP Editorial Staff

The IFP Editorial Staff is composed of dozens of skilled journalists, news-writers, and analysts whose works are edited and published by experienced editors specialized in Iran News. The editor of each IFP Service is responsible for the report published by the Iran Front Page (IFP) news website, and can be contacted through the ways mentioned in the "IFP Editorial Staff" section.

Recent Posts

Poll: Majority of Jewish Israelis say captive deal higher priority than Rafah invasion

A majority of Jewish Israelis see reaching an agreement to release the hostages in the…

59 mins ago

President Raisi says negotiations, missiles two necessary coping strategies

It is imperative for Tehran to possess missiles for defense in tandem with the continuation…

3 hours ago

Washington delays report on whether Israel violated international law with US weapons

The White House has delayed sending a report to Congress ruling whether Israel has violated…

3 hours ago

Iranian FM: Ground ready for lasting ceasefire in Gaza

The Iranian minister of foreign affairs says the conditions are on the ground for a…

3 hours ago

US says completed humanitarian pier construction off Gaza shore

The US military has finished building a temporary pier off the coast of Gaza to…

3 hours ago

US delays sending Joint Direct Attack Munitions to Israel amid Gaza war: Report

The United States government has delayed the sale of thousands of precision weapons to its…

12 hours ago