The 54th Grammys

The 54th Annual Grammy Awards will air on CBS 8/7C and on Global (Toronto) starting at 7 p.m. on Sunday, February 12.  The event will be hosted by two-time Grammy winner LL Cool J at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles.



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Performances at the 54th Grammys include:

Alica Keys (14-time Grammy winner) and Bonnie Raitt will be collaborating a special performance for Etta James who passed away in January.

Chris Brown will be performing at  this year's Grammy's .  Brown will be performing in a dance and electronica collaboration with Foo Fighters, Lil Wayne, David Guetta and deadmau5.  This is the first time he will be performing for the event since he beat his then girlfriend Rihanna on the evening before the 2009 Grammy's.  Rihanna who was rumoured to be recently reconnected with Brown is also set to perform on Saturday with Cold Play.

The Beach Boys who have not performed together for more than two decades and have never won a Grammy (can you believe that!) will be performing at the Grammy Awards with  Maroon 5 and Foster the People (who are both nominated for Grammys)  for a special performance.

Adele will be on stage at the GRAMMYS Sunday--the first time since her throat surgery in November for a hemorrhaging polyp on her vocal cord. Adele is nominated and most likely to win in six grammy awards categories--most notably for best album for 21 and best record and song for Rolling in the Deep.  Her other nominations fall in the categories of Short-form music video for Rolling, pop vocal Album for 21 and pop solo performance for Someone Like You.

Katy Perry who has recently separated from Russell Brand has been added to the fantastic list of performers on Sunday's Grammys.  Perry is up for two awards including Record of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance for "Firework."

Paul McCartney who will be performing at the Grammys has been selected as the 2012 MusiCares Person of the Year, and is nominated for Best Historical Album for Band On The Run.

Nominees Tony Bennett and Carrie Underwood, will perform together on stage at Sunday's Grammys.

Presenters for the Grammy awards include rapper Drake who has been nominated for four Grammys, country artist Dierks Bentley, and Gwyneth Paltrow, Grammy winners Marc Anthony, Lady Antebellum and radio host and producer, Ryan Seacrest.

For the full list of  nominees for the 54th Grammy Awards visit the Official Grammy site at http://www.grammy.com/nominees

There will be a live web video stream on Grammy happenings that will run from Friday, February 10, 2012 right through the telecast of the 54th Grammy Awards.  You can catch it all here: 
http://www.grammy.com/live

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