New York, NY (Top40 Charts) The latest performers for the 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards telecast were announced today: GRAMMY winners
Common and John Legend, who will perform "
Glory" from the film Selma; country singer/songwriter
Miranda Lambert; eight-time GRAMMY winner Usher; and two of this year's leading nominees,
Sam Smith and Pharrell Williams, who are tied with six nominations each. They join previously announced performers AC/DC, Eric Church,
Ariana Grande, Madonna, and Ed Sheeran. Taking place at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, Music's Biggest Night will be broadcast live in high-definition TV and 5.1 surround sound on the CBS Television Network, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015, from 8 - 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).
Two-time GRAMMY winner
Common is up for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Blak Majik" Featuring Jhené Aiko and Best Rap Album for Nobody's Smiling.
GRAMMY winner
Miranda Lambert has four nominations: Best Country Solo Performance and Best Country Song for "Automatic," Best Country Duo/Group Performance for "
Somethin' Bad" with Carrie Underwood, and Best Country Album for Platinum.
Nine-time GRAMMY winner
John Legend has two nominations: Best Pop Solo Performance for "
All Of Me" (Live) and Best Rap Song for "Bound 2."
Making his GRAMMY stage debut will be Sam Smith, one of this year's top nominees, who is up for Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, and Best Pop Solo Performance for "Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)"; Album Of The Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for In The Lonely Hour; and Best New Artist.
Also performing is seven-time GRAMMY winner and fellow top nominee Pharrell Williams. Williams holds six nominations: Album Of The Year for his own Girl, and as producer on Beyoncé's Beyoncé, and Ed Sheeran's X; Best Pop Solo Performance for "Happy (Live)"; Best
Music Video for "
Happy"; and Best Urban Contemporary Album for Girl.
GRAMMY winner
Usher is up for four awards this year: Best R&B Performance and Best R&B Song for "
New Flame" (with
Chris Brown & Rick Ross); and Best R&B Performance and Best R&B Song for "Good Kisser."
The 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards are produced by AEG Ehrlich Ventures for The Recording Academy. Ken Ehrlich is executive producer, Louis J. Horvitz is director, and
David Wild and Ken Ehrlich are the writers.
