The inimatable Asha was in the news this year with a second-time Grammy nomination for her album titled You've Stolen My Heart- Songs from R D Burman's Bollywood in the 'best contemporary world music album, category. The album is in collaboration with Kronos Quartet. The Grammy Award ceremony will be held in Los Angeles in February 2005.

The 72-year-old popular Bollywood playback singer, who made her Hindi film debut with the song Saawan aaya for Hansraj Bahl’s Chunariya, has sung over 12,0004 songs in 14 languages, including English and Russian.

She is considered one of the most versatile singers of South Asia. In 1997, she became the first Indian singer to be nominated for the Grammy Award for Legacy, an album with Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.