55th Grammys: What Time Is It? Who's Nominated? Who's Performing?

by uInterviewFebruary 8, 2013, 12:00 amNews >

The Grammy Awards will take place on Sunday, Feb. 10 8/7c on CBS with huge performances and a number of diverse artists leading the pack with nominations.

Fun., Jay-Z, Mumford & Sons, Frank Ocean, Kanye West and Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys all have six nominations apiece. The Black Keys as a group have received 5 Grammy nods, along with Chick Corea and Miguel. Producer Jeff Bhasker, Bob Ludwig and Nas are each up for 4.

There’s a long list of performances including ones by country signers Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley. Bands The Black Keys, The Lumineers, Fun. and Mumford & Sons will all also be taking to the stage. Individual performances by Frank Ocean, Justin Timerlake and Kelly Clarkson can also be seen at the Grammys. Joint numbers by Maroon 5 and Alicia Keys; Bruno Mars, Rihanna and Sting; Elton John and Ed Sheerhan; and Miguel and Wiz Khalifa, who are reportedly performing “Adorn,” are all heavily anticipated.

While a supergroup number including Zac Brown, Elton John, Mumford & Sons and T Bone Burnett had already been announced for the Levon Helm Tribute, there’s another one in the works. Performing as a group to honor rock, rap and EDM together will be host LL Cool J, Public Enemy’s Chuck D, Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, Blink 182 drummer Travis Parker, and DJ Z Trip.

“[LL Cool J] represents so much history with his work in hip-hop … to this day he's in it, he's respected for it and we thought, 'gee, it's right under our noses, let's do something with LL and have a lot of fun with that,” Recording Academy President/CEO Neil Portnow told MTV News.

Check out Fun.'s performance at the Grammy Nominations Concert: