SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Top40 Charts/ Recording Academy) - Current GRAMMY Award nominees the
Dave Matthews Band, Green Day, Lady Gaga, P!nk, and the
Zac Brown Band are the latest performers announced for the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards telecast. They join previously announced performers and nominees Beyonce', the
Black Eyed Peas, Lady Antebellum, Maxwell, and Taylor Swift. The music industry's premier event will take place live on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, 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 covered online at GRAMMY.com and CBS.com, and on YouTube at www.youtube.com/thegrammys. Additional performers, presenters and special segments will be announced soon. For GRAMMY coverage, updates and breaking news, please visit The Recording Academy's social networks on Twitter and Facebook: www.twitter.com/thegrammys, www.facebook.com/thegrammys.
All five Album Of The Year nominees are now set to perform on Music's Biggest Night: Beyonce', the Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga, the Dave Matthews Band, and Taylor Swift.
Lady Gaga has five nominations: Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, and Best Dance Recording for "Poker Face," and Album Of The Year and Best Electronic/Dance Album for The Fame.
Three-time GRAMMY winner Green Day and the Zac Brown Band each have three nods: Green Day with Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals and Best Rock Song for "21 Guns," and Best Rock Album for 21st Century Breakdown; and the Zac Brown Band with Best New Artist, Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals for "Chicken Fried," and Best Country Album for The Foundation.
GRAMMY winner Dave Matthews Band and two-time GRAMMY winner P!nk are each up for two awards: Dave Matthews Band with Album Of The Year and Best Rock Album for Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King; and P!nk with Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Sober" and Best Pop Vocal Album for Funhouse.
As previously announced on "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!!" on Dec. 2, music fans can upload a 20-second video of themselves singing along to a portion of the Black Eyed Peas "I Gotta Feeling" for a chance to have their video appear as part of the Peas' performance on Music's Biggest Night. Videos may be uploaded to www.cbs.com/specials/grammys/upload/ and https://bepgrammys.dipdive.com/extrapages/11896/ through Jan. 15.
The 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards are produced by John Cossette Productions and AEG Ehrlich Ventures for The Recording Academy. Ken Ehrlich and John Cossette are executive producers, Louis J. Horvitz is director.
