The 54th Annual Grammy Awards have added additional Grammy nominees to the entertainment lineup for the ceremony being televised on Sunday, February 12, 2012 (8:00-11:30 p.m. live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. Nominees Chris Brown, Toney Bennett and Carrie Underwood will be performing at the presentation hosted by LL Cool J. In addition, Alicia Keys and Bonnie Raitt will perform a tribute to Etta James.
Grammy nominees Tony Bennett and Carrie Underwood will perform together. Chris Brown, who has three nomination is also set to perform.
A tribute to Etta James will be offered by 14-time Grammy winner Alicia Keys and nine-time Grammy winner Bonnie Raitt.
Added as presenters are two-time Grammy and three-time Latin Grammy® winner Marc Anthony, six-time Grammy winners and current nominees Lady Antebellum and television and radio host/producer Ryan Seacrest.
Chris Brown has three nominations: Best R&B Album for F.A.M.E., and Best Rap Performance (with Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes) and Best Rap Song for Look At Me Now.
Fourteen-time Grammy Winner and Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Bennett has two nods: Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for Body And Soul (with Amy Winehouse), and Best Traditional Pop Album for Duets II (with Various Artists).Tony Bennet tribute to late singer Amy Winehouse
Five-time Grammy winner Carrie Underwood is nominated for Best Country Solo Performance for Mama's Song.
Adele, who is nominated for six awards, is giving her first live performance since undergoing vocal cord surgery last fall.
Previously announced performers include: 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, Katy Perry, Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band, and Taylor Swift. Grammys add Paul McCartney, Rihanna and Coldplay to lineup
Previously announced presenters are Dierks Bentley, Jack Black, Drake, Fergie, Miranda Lambert, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson and Ringo Starr.
THE 54th ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS are produced by John Cossette Productions and AEG Ehrlich Ventures for The Recording Academy. Ken Ehrlich is executive producer, Louis J. Horvitz is director, and David Wild and Ken Ehrlich are the writers.
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