Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and five-time GRAMMY® winner Glen Campbell — currently on the road for his “Goodbye Tour” — will join current GRAMMY nominees The Band Perry and Blake Shelton for a special performance, on THE 54th ANNUAL GRAMMY® AWARDS.  Music’s Biggest Night,® hosted by two-time GRAMMY® Award winner and NCIS:  LOS ANGELES star LL COOL J, takes place live from the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 (8:00-11:30 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network.
Blake Shelton is up for two awards: Best Country Solo Performance for “Honey Bee” and Best Country Album for Red River Blue.
The Band Perry is nominated for Best New Artist.
Previously announced performers for THE 54th ANNUAL GRAMMY® AWARDS include current GRAMMY nominees Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson, 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 broadcast for the first time, while Clarkson, Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Mars, McCartney, 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.  This is his first time hosting the annual GRAMMY Awards broadcast.  Additional performers, presenters and special segments will be announced soon.
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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