Top Nominees Mariah Carey, John Legend & Kanye West All To Perform On 48th Annual GRAMMY Awards

SANTA MONICA, CA. (Recording Academy) - Mariah Carey, John Legend, and Kanye West, all up for eight GRAMMY Awards, are the first performers announced for the 48th Annual GRAMMY Awards telecast, it was announced today by The Recording Academy. The music industry's premier event will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 8, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast in HDTV and 5.1 Surround Sound on the CBS Television Network at 8 p.m. (ET/PT). The show also will be supported on radio via Westwood One worldwide, and covered online at GRAMMY.yahoo.com. Additional performers, presenters and special segments will be announced soon.

Topping the nominations, Carey, Legend and West each earned eight nods. Two-time GRAMMY winner Carey is up for: Album Of The Year (The Emancipation Of Mimi), Record Of The Year ("We Belong Together"), Song Of The Year ("We Belong Together," with J. Austin, Jermaine Dupri & Manuel Seal), Best Female Pop Vocal Performance ("It's Like That"), Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance ("Mine Again"), Best R&B Song (with J. Austin, Jermaine Dupri & Manuel Seal for "We Belong Together"), Best Female R&B Vocal Performance ("We Belong Together"), and Best Contemporary R&B Album (The Emancipation Of Mimi).

Newcomer Legend is nominated for: Best New Artist, Song Of The Year ("Ordinary People," with William Adams), Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance ("Stay With You"), Best R&B Song ("Ordinary People," with William Adams), Best R&B Album (Get Lifted), Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("They Say," with Kanye West and Common), Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals ("So High," featuring Lauryn Hill), and Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ("Ordinary People").

Three-time GRAMMY winner West's eight nods are for: Album Of The Year (two, for Late Registration and as a producer on Carey's The Emancipation Of Mimi), Record Of The Year ("Gold Digger"), Best R&B Song (with Alicia Keys, Garry Glenn, and Harold Lily for Keys' "Unbreakable"), Best Rap Solo Performance ("Gold Digger"), Best Rap Album (Late Registration), Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("They Say," with Common and John Legend), and Best Rap Song ("Diamonds From Sierra Leone," with J. Barry, D. Black, and D. Harris).

The 48th Annual GRAMMY Awards are produced by Cossette Productions in association with Ken Ehrlich Productions for The Recording Academy. John Cossette and Ken Ehrlich are executive producers, Walter C. Miller is producer/director, Tisha Fein is the coordinating producer, and Tzvi Small is executive in charge of production.