Veteran playback singer Asha Bhosle today expressed her happiness at being nominated for the prestigious Grammy awards.

''I am extremely happy and delighted. I wish Panchamda (R D Burman, her late husband) was here with me to celebrate,'' Asha, who is in Pune, said.

The award function is slated to be held in the US early next year.

Asha Bhosle's album, in collaboration with Kronos Quartet, titled 'You've Stolen My Heart - songs from R D Burman's Bollywood' is in the race for the Grammy awards.

Asha (72) and renowned sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar's daughter, Anoushka Shankar, have been nominated in the category of 'best contemporary world music album'. Ravi Shankar's other daughter Norah Jones has been nominated in the 'pop collaboration' with vocals category.

Anoushka has also been nominated in the same category for her album 'Rise'.

Her half-sister Norah Jones has been nominated in the pop collaboration with vocals category for 'Virginia Moon'.

The nominations were announced in the US yesterday.

In 1997, Asha's album 'Legacy' with Ustad Ali Akbar Khan had been nominated for the Grammy award.

Recently, Asha had performed in US and UK to sing the revised version of compositions of renowned composer R D Burman.