Nominees
John Mayer and BeBe Winans Also Set to Perform
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Top40 Charts/ Recording Academy) - With less than three days to go until Music's Biggest Night, current eight-time nominee Kanye West, current six-time nominee Amy Winehouse, current nominee
John Mayer and current nominee BeBe Winans have been added to the lineup for the 50th Annual GRAMMY Awards telecast, it was announced today by The Recording Academy. Current four-time nominee Dierks Bentley, Academy Award winner Cuba Gooding Jr., four-time GRAMMY winner Carole King, actress Roselyn Sanchez, five-time GRAMMY winner and current nominee
Usher and three-time GRAMMY winner will.i.am have been added as presenters. Previously announced performers include
Beyonce and Tina Turner;
Andrea Bocelli and Josh Groban; Eldar; Feist;
Fergie and John Legend;
John Fogerty with
Jerry Lee Lewis and
Little Richard;
Foo Fighters (with special guest conductor John Paul Jones);
Herbie Hancock and Lang Lang (conducted by famed maestro John Mauceri); Alicia Keys; Kid Rock; Dave Koz; Brad Paisley, Keely Smith; Carrie Underwood; 2008 MusiCares Person of the Year Aretha Franklin, the Clark Sisters,
Israel And New Breed, and Trin-I-Tee 5:7 in a special gospel segment; the casts of "The
Beatles LOVE by Cirque du Soleil" and Across The Universe in a special
Beatles segment; and
Rihanna with a reunited the Time in a special 50th anniversary segment. Previously announced presenters include Akon, Jason Bateman, Tony Bennett, Chris Brown, Cher,
Natalie Cole, Miley Cyrus,
Nelly Furtado, Tom Hanks,
Quincy Jones, Juanes,
Solange Knowles, Cyndi Lauper,
George Lopez, Ludacris, Joe Mantegna, Prince, Bonnie Raitt, Ringo Starr, Dave Stewart,
Taylor Swift and Stevie Wonder.
The music industry's premier event will take place live on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast in HDTV and 5.1 Surround Sound on the CBS Television Network from 8 – 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT). The show also will be supported on radio via Westwood One worldwide and XM Satellite Radio, and covered online at GRAMMY.com. Additional performers, presenters and special segments will continue to be announced in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the GRAMMY Awards.
In light of the circumstances of the past 24 hours, Winehouse will now perform live via satellite from a London studio. The current six-time nominee is up for: Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Rehab," Album Of The Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for Back To Black, as well as Best New Artist.
Leading nominee West, whose television appearances have been very limited over the past six months, will perform live from the 50th GRAMMY Awards stage. His eight nominations include: Best Rap Solo Performance for "Stronger"; two nods in Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group ("Southside" with Common and "Better Than I've Ever Been" with Nas and KRS-One); Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Good Life" with T-Pain); two nods in Best Rap Song ("Can't Tell Me Nothing" with Aldrin Davis and "Good Life" with Aldrin Davis, Mike Dean, and Faheem Najm); and Album Of The Year and Best Rap Album for Graduation.
Dierks Bentley, John Mayer and BeBe Winans all have nominations. Dierks Bentley has nods for Best Male Country Vocal Performance ("Long Trip Alone"), Best Country Song ("Long Trip Alone" with Brett Beavers and Steve Bogard), Best Country Album (Long Trip Alone) and Best Long Form Music Video (Live & Loud At The Fillmore). John Mayer is nominated for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance ("Belief"), Usher has a nod for Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals ("Same Girl" with R. Kelly) and BeBe Winans is up for Best Traditional Gospel Album (Cherch).
The 50th Annual GRAMMY Awards are produced by John Cossette Productions in association with AEG Ehrlich Ventures for The Recording Academy. Ken Ehrlich and John Cossette are executive producers, Walter C. Miller is producer/director, Tisha Fein is the coordinating producer, David Wild and Ken Ehrlich are the writers and Tzvi Small is supervising producer. Musical directors for the telecast and pre-telecast are Rickey Minor and Larry Batiste, respectively.
