Santa Monica, Calif. (Top40 Charts/ Recording Academy) Current GRAMMY nominee
Katy Perry has been added to the stellar lineup for the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards (www.grammy.com). Country artist Dierks Bentley, rapper/actor and current four-time nominee Drake, GRAMMY winner
Miranda Lambert, and Emmy and Academy Award winner
Gwyneth Paltrow will appear as presenters. Music's Biggest Night - hosted by two-time GRAMMY winner LL COOL J - takes place live on Sunday, Feb. 12 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast in high definition 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 worldwide via Dial Global, 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.
Katy Perry is up for two awards: Record Of The Year and Best Pop Solo Performance for "Firework."
Previously announced performers for the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards include
Adele (in her first live performance since undergoing vocal cord surgery last fall);
Jason Aldean and
Kelly Clarkson;
Glen Campbell with The
Band Perry and
Blake Shelton;
Coldplay and Rihanna; Foo Fighters; Bruno Mars; Paul McCartney; Nicki Minaj; and Taylor Swift. Aldean, The Band Perry, Minaj, and Shelton will perform on the GRAMMY telecast for the first time, while Adele, Campbell, Clarkson, Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Mars, McCartney, Perry, Rihanna, and Swift are returning to the GRAMMY stage. LL COOL J has hosted "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music's Biggest Night" since its inception in December 2008, and this is his first time hosting the annual GRAMMY Awards telecast.