51st Grammy Awards 2/8/09 8 p.m. on CBS

More performers have been added for this Sunday's Grammy telecast on CBS.

GRAMMY.com

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Adele, Chris Brown, Miley Cyrus, Sugarland and Taylor Swift among those joining 51st GRAMMY lineup. Current GRAMMY nominees Adele, Chris Brown, and Sugarland; a special performance with Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift; and a Four Tops tribute featuring Abdul "Duke" Fakir (2009 Lifetime Achievement Award honoree and original member of the Four Tops), Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx, and current nominee Ne-Yo are the next round of performers announced for the 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards. It was also announced that Estelle and Kanye West will perform together.

They join previously announced performers Kenny Chesney, Coldplay, Jennifer Hudson, Jonas Brothers, Kid Rock, Lil Wayne, Paul McCartney (with special guest drummer Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters), Katy Perry, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Radiohead, Rihanna, T.I. and Justin Timberlake, U2, Carrie Underwood, and Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, T.I. and Kanye West in a special performance of their hit single "Swagga Like Us."

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Also, the pre-awards ceremony where many of the awards arre passed out will be streamed live at GRAMMY.com

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Welcome to the live stream of the non-televised portion of the 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards — the GRAMMY Awards Pre-Telecast. The stream will launch at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT on Feb. 8 , and nearly 100 categories of GRAMMY Awards will be announced during the presentation. Your hosts will be Wayne Brady and Tia Carrere and live music performances will be featured. Then, for the next month, the entire Pre-Telecast will be available here on-demand for your viewing pleasure.

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Ugh on the performers this year. Well, my older daughter likes Katy Perry, but other than that, could someone just phone me when Robert Plant & Alison Krauss are on so I can skip the rest of the broadcast? :lol Mind you I'm a big Foo Fighters fan so I wouldn't mind seeing Dave Grohl with Paul McCartney. I think Dave Grohl is hands-down the coolest guy in rock music today. I downloaded an acoustic version of "Best of You" that's so incredibly heartfelt I can't listen to it on my mp3 player at the gym because I start to tear up. :blush

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Originally Posted by AJane;3303824;

Ugh on the performers this year. Well, my older daughter likes Katy Perry, but other than that, could someone just phone me when Robert Plant & Alison Krauss are on so I can skip the rest of the broadcast? :lol Mind you I'm a big Foo Fighters fan so I wouldn't mind seeing Dave Grohl with Paul McCartney. I think Dave Grohl is hands-down the coolest guy in rock music today. I downloaded an acoustic version of "Best of You" that's so incredibly heartfelt I can't listen to it on my mp3 player at the gym because I start to tear up. :blush

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I guess I must be out of touch, but there isn't that much in this line-up to make me care about tuning in.

I'll watch Carrie on that video site. Maybe McCartney and Grohl too.

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Originally Posted by Blues Songstres;3306292;

I guess I must be out of touch, but there isn't that much in this line-up to make me care about tuning in.

I'll watch Carrie on that video site. Maybe McCartney and Grohl too.

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Seacrest interviewed Carrie yesterday morning on his radio show & she said she would be singing Last Name. From everything I am reading it seems as though Carrie will be one of the few that is performing alone.

PS: According to the latest CBS promos Carrie will be singing in the first hour, so watch her Live & then change the channel...:laugh

Thanks for the heads up. I'll wait until it's about 1/2 hour into the show and then fast forward my TiVO until I get to her. :laugh

I guess I would enjoy U2, Coldplay and Radiohead, but if I have to wade through Miley Cyrus, the Jonas Brothers and Taylor Swift to get to them it's not worth it.

Here's an article in the Nashville paper The Tennessean about tonight's show which contains links to:
* VIDEO: Grammy interview: Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus
* VIDEO: Grammy rehearsal: Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus
* VIDEO: Grammy interview: Taylor Swift
* VIDEO: Grammy interview: Sugarland
* VIDEO: Grammy interview: Kenny Chesney
* VIDEO: Grammy interview: Alison Krauss and Robert Plant
* VIDEO: Grammy rehearsal: Alison Krauss and Robert Plant
* BLOG: Live from the Grammys
* Coverage of the 2009 Grammy Awards

It has become a Taylor Swift world & we are all count in the death spiral of vocal ability as we used to know it. I don't get it!!!

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Originally Posted by razorbacker;3309937;

It has become a Taylor Swift world & we are all count in the death spiral of vocal ability as we used to know it. I don't get it!!!

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Ditto :D

There are 106 total awards being handed out tonight. They are going to televise 6 of them. The rest of the evening is filled with performances.

for anybody that is interested, you can watch the non televised portion of the awards ceremony at the following link beginning at 5 est 4cst.

GRAMMY.com

And here is the order for the 100 awards to be given. (I'm really looking forward to those Zydeco & Polka Awards.)

1. Compilation Soundtrack Album
2. Score Soundtrack Album
3. Motion Picture, TV, Visual Media Song
4. Recording Package
5. Boxed/Limited Edition Package
6. Album Notes
7. Historical Album
8. Engineered Album, Non-Classical
9. Remixed Recording
10. Surround Sound Album
11. Instrumental Composition
12. Instrumental Arrangement
13. Arrangement Accompanying Vocals
14. Children’s Musical Album
15. Children’s Spoken Word Album
16. Musical Show Album
17. Latin Pop Album
18. Latin Rock/Alternative Album
19. Latin Urban Album
20. Tropical Latin Album
21. Regional Mexican Album
22. Tejano Album
23. Norteno Album
24. Banda Album
25. Native American Album
26. Zydeco/Cajun Music Album
27. Traditional World Music Album
28. Contemporary World Music Album
29. Polka Album
30. Comedy Album
31. New Age Album
32. Contemporary Jazz Album
33. Jazz Vocal Album
34. Jazz Instrumental Solo
35. Jazz Instrumental Album
36. Large Jazz Ensemble Album
37. Latin Jazz Album
38. Gospel Performance
39. Gospel Song
40. Rock or Rap Gospel Album
41. Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
42. Southern/Country/Bluegrass Gospel
43. Traditional Gospel Album
44. Contemporary R&B Gospel Album
45. Dance Recording
46. Electronic/Dance Album
47. Engineering, Classical
48. Orchestral Performance
49. Opera Recording
50. Choral Performance
51. Instrumental Solo w/ Orchestra
52. Instrumental Solo w/o Orchestra
53. Chamber Music Performance
54. Small Ensemble
55. Classical Vocal Performance
56. Classical Contemporary Composition
57. Classical Crossover
58. Producer of the Year, Classical
59. Classical Album
60. Short Form Music Video
61. Long Form Music Video
62. Traditional Blues Album
63. Contemporary Blues Album
64. Traditional Folk Album
65. Contemporary Folk Album
66. Hawaiian Music Album
67. Reggae Album
68. Female Country Vocal Solo
69. Male Country Vocal Solo
70. Country Collaboration With Vocals
71. Country Instrumental Performance
72. Bluegrass Album
73. Country Song
74. Country Album
75. Traditional Pop Vocal Album
76. Rap Solo Performance
77. Rap Duo or Group Performance
78. Rap/Sung Collaboration
79. Rap Song
80. Female R&B Vocal Solo
81. Male R&B Vocal Solo
82. R&B Duo or Group with Vocals
83. Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
84. Urban/Alternative Performance
85. R&B Song
86. Contemporary R&B Album
87. Spoken Word Album
88. Pop Instrumental Performance
89. Pop Instrumental Album
90. Female Pop Vocal Solo Performance
91. Pop Duo or Group with Vocals
92. Pop Vocal Album
93. Alternative Music Album
94. Solo Rock Vocal Performance
95. Rock Duo or Group with Vocals
96. Hard Rock Performance
97. Metal Performance
98. Rock Instrumental
99. Rock Song
100. Producer of the Year, Non-Classical