The 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards is here, and the celebrities performing are Mary J. Blige, who has won GRAMMY awards nine times and is nominated for six awards this year, including Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Best R&B Performance; Bad Bunny, who intends to bag three gramophones and add them to his two win-count, including Best Pop Solo Performance and Best Música Urbana Album; Brandi Carlile, who has won awards six times and is up for seven awards, which includes Best Rock Performance, Best Americana Performance and Best Americana Album; and Lizzo, looking to win five GRAMMY Awards, including Song Of The Year and Best Pop Vocal Album.
More musicians will also grace the stage on that like, including Luke Combs and Steve Lacy, who are also among the nominated musicians. First-time nominee Kim Petras will also be joined four-time winner Sam Smith to perform. Harry Styles, who is nominated for six awards, will also be performing on that night.
Lizzo, Bad Bunny, Mary J. Blige, And More To Take The Stage By Storm
It doesn’t end there. The GRAMMYs will also celebrate Hip Hop’s 50th Anniversary, and it will feature performances by Big Boi, Future, GloRilla, Grandmaster Flash, Busta Rhymes with Spliff Star, De La Soul, Queen Latifah, Rahiem, Rakim, RUN-DMC, Ice-T, Lil Baby, Lil Wayne, The Lox, Method Man, DJ Drama, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Missy Elliott, Grandmaster Mele Mel & Scorpio/Ethiopian King, Nelly, Public Enemy, Salt-N-Pepa and Spinderella, Scarface, Swizz Beatz and Too $hort.
The segment will be intrduced by LL COOL H, who will also perform, with Questlove serving as producer and musical director. The Roots will provide music and Black Thought will narrate.
A statement released by Harvey Mason Jr., CEO of the Recording Academy, read: “For five decades, Hip Hop has not only been a defining force in music, but a major influence on our culture. Its contributions to art, fashion, sport, politics, and society cannot be overstated. I’m so proud that we are honoring it in such a spectacular way on the GRAMMY stage. It is just the beginning of our year-long celebration of this essential genre of music.”
Trevor Noah will be hosting the Grammy’s for the third time. He told Billboard that, for him, hosting the show is a “cheat code, because I’m a fan of almost all the people who are there.” “I am 1,000% a fan, and what I love about the GRAMMYs is that I become a fan of a new artist every single time,” the host shared. “What many people don’t realize is how much work goes into the performances.
Getting every single key right, every lighting cue perfect, choreographing all the moves between the cameras and the artists. You don’t truly appreciate it until you get behind the scenes, and I think that’s what makes me enjoy the show even more.”
According to Noah, part of the thrill is being able to go “off the cuff” to improvise and engage the audience, but always “in service of the show” adding that “Everyone is there to have a good time. It’s an awards show, but it’s also one of the greatest concerts you’ll ever get the opportunity to go to.”
