Santa Monica, CA (Top40 Charts/ Recording Academy) Nominees Zac Brown,
Brittany Howard (Alabama Shakes), and Mumford & Sons, along with five-time GRAMMY winner, GRAMMY Legend Award recipient, and 2000 MusiCares Person of the Year honoree
Elton John and GRAMMY winner and Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient (as a member of the Staples Singers) Mavis Staples will join together for a special tribute to the late Levon Helm as part of the annual In Memoriam segment on the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards telecast. Current nominee T Bone Burnett will serve as musical director for this special tribute to Helm. Additionally, current nominees
Miguel and
Wiz Khalifa also are set to perform on Music's Biggest Night. Thirteen-time GRAMMY winner Dave Grohl, three-time GRAMMY winner and current nominee Ne-Yo, and TV and radio host/producer (and newly appointed Honorary Chair of the GRAMMY Foundation Board) Ryan Seacrest will appear as presenters. The music industry's premier event will take place live on Sunday, Feb. 10, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast in high-definition TV 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. 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.
Current nominee
Miguel is up for five awards: Song Of The Year, Best R&B Performance, and Best R&B Song for "Adorn," and Best Urban Contemporary Album for Kaleidoscope Dream, and Best Rap Song (along with Olubowale Akintimehin, S. Joseph Dew, Jerrin Howard, and Walker Johnson) for "Lotus Flower Bomb."
Twelve-time GRAMMY-winning producer T Bone Burnett,
Brittany Howard (Alabama Shakes), and
Wiz Khalifa each have two nominations: Burnett is nominated twice in Best Song Written For Visual Media for "Abraham's Daughter" (from The Hunger Games) (along with Win Butler and Régine Chassagne) and "
Safe & Sound" (from The Hunger Games) (along with Taylor Swift, John Paul White, and Joy Williams);
Howard is up for Best New Artist and Best Rock Performance for "
Hold On" (both with
Alabama Shakes); and
Wiz Khalifa is nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "
Payphone" (with Maroon 5), and Best Rap Song for "
Young, Wild & Free" (along with Calvin Broadus, Chris Brody Brown,
Peter Hernandez, Philip Lawrence, and Ari Levine).
Zac Brown has a Best Country Album nod for Uncaged.
Previously announced performers for the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards are current nominees
Dierks Bentley and
Miranda Lambert, The
Black Keys,
Kelly Clarkson, FUN., the Lumineers, Mumford & Sons, Frank Ocean, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, and Jack White, as well as
Elton John and current nominee
Ed Sheeran performing live together for the first time,
Alicia Keys and current nominees Maroon 5, current nominee Bruno Mars, Rihanna, and
Sting in a special performance, and Justin Timberlake. The
Black Keys, FUN., Howard, the Lumineers, Miguel, Ocean, Sheeran, and
Wiz Khalifa will perform on the GRAMMY telecast for the first time. Previously announced presenters are nominees Beyoncé, Hunter Hayes,
Carly Rae Jepsen and Katy Perry, actor Kaley Cuoco, actor and three-time Emmy® Award winner Neil Patrick Harris, five-time GRAMMY winner Faith Hill, singer/actor Jennifer Lopez, three-time GRAMMY winner Tim McGraw, actor Pauley Perrette, seven-time GRAMMY winner Prince, and four-time GRAMMY winner Keith Urban. Two-time GRAMMY winner LL COOL J returns as host of the music industry's premier event.
