Taylor Swift and Beyonce are among the artists scheduled to perform at the Grammy Awards next month.
The R&B star and country singer lead the nominations for the awards with Beyonce landing 10 nods and Taylor with 8. Other performers like Maxwell and Black Eyed Peas, who both have six nominations, as well as the country trio Lady Antebellum, will also be joining the event.
Slated to take place on January 31 at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles, the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards will be aired live on CBS.
Some of the artists nominated are:
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance:
Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Beyoncé
It Kills Me
Melanie Fiona
That Was Then
Lalah Hathaway
Goin’ Thru Changes
Ledisi
Lions, Tigers & Bears
Jazmine Sullivan
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
The Point Of It All
Anthony Hamilton
Pretty Wings
Maxwell
Sobeautiful
Musiq Soulchild
Under
Pleasure P
There Goes My Baby
Charlie Wilson
Best R&B Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocals
Blame It
Jamie Foxx & T-Pain
Chocolate High
India.Arie & Musiq Soulchild
Ifuleave
Musiq Soulchild & Mary J. Blige
Higher Ground
Robert Randolph & The Clark Sisters
Love Has Finally Come At Last
Calvin Richardson & Ann Nesby
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
At Last
Beyoncé
Soul Music
Anthony Hamilton
Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
Boney James & Quinn
Sow Love
Ann Nesby
Woman Gotta Have It
Calvin Richardson
Best Urban/Alternative Performance
Daykeeper
The Foreign Exchange
All Matter
Robert Glasper & Bilal
Pearls
India.Arie & Dobet Gnahore
A Tale Of Two
Eric Roberson, Ben O’Neill & Michelle Thompson
Blend
Tonex
Best R&B Song
Blame It
Jamie Foxx
Lions, Tigers & Bears
Jazmine Sullivan
Pretty Wings
Maxwell
Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Beyonce
Under
Pleasure P
Best R&B Album
The Point Of It All
Anthony Hamilton
Testimony: Vol.2, Love & Politics
India.Arie
Turn Me Loose
Ledisi
Blacksummers’ Night
Maxwell
Uncle Charlie
Charlie Wilson
Best Contemporary R&B Album
I Am… Sasha Fierce
Beyonce
Intuition
Jamie Foxx
The Introduction of Marcus Cooper
Pleasure P
Ready
Trey Songz
Thr33 Ringz
T-Pain
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Ego
Beyonce & Kanye West
Knock You Down
Keri Hilson, Kanye West and Ne-Yo
Run This Town
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West
I’m On A Boat
The Lonely Island & T-Pain
Dead And Gone
T.I. & Justin Timberlake
Best Rap Song
Best I Ever Had
Drake
Day N’ Nite
Kid Cudi
Dead And Gone
T.I. feat. Justin Timberlake
D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)
Jay-Z
Run This Town
Jay-Z (feat. Rihanna, Kanye West)
Best Rap Album
Universal Mind Control
Common
Relapse
Eminem
R.O.O.T.S.
Flo Rida
The Ecstatic
Mos Def
The Renaissance
Q-Tip
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