Music’s biggest night will feature a diverse set of performers taking the stage.
The Recording Academy announced on Thursday the first set of artists who will perform on the 61st annualGrammy Awards, set to take place Feb. 10 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Among the crop areCardi B,Post Malone,Kacey Musgraves,Dan + Shay, andJanelle Monáe, as well asShawn MendesandCamila Cabello— both of whom will make their Grammy performance debut.
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All are nominated this year. Cardi leads the pack with five nominations, including the coveted album of the year and record of the year title. Malone and Musgraves, a two-time Grammy winner, are right behind her with four nominations each, one of which is for album of the year.
Cabello, a former Fifth Harmony member, is up for two awards: best pop solo performances (“Havana”) and best pop vocal album. Mendes is also up for two (song of the year and best pop vocal album), as is Monáe — who will go up against Cardi, Malone and Musgraves in the album of the year category.
Kacey Musgraves, Shawn Mendes, and Janelle Monáe.Burak Cingi/Redferns/Getty; Jason Merritt/Getty; Kevin Mazur/Getty
“I’m soooo EXCITED,” Keys, 37, said in her announcement on YouTube Tuesday. “There’s so much in store and I CAN’T WAIT for y’all to see it ALL come to life.”
“I know what it feels like to be on that stage and I know what it feels like to be proud of the work that you’ve put in, and to be recognized for it. And I just feel grateful that I’m able to bring that light and that energy,” she said in a video. “This is a first. It’s a first. It’s amazing. And I think it’s perfect timing. Honestly, I’m really excited. I feel really good about it, because I feel like it’s the perfect opportunity to give the light back [and] to lift people up, especially all the young women who are nominated. To me, it feels like sister vibes.”
The nominees for the 2019 Grammyswere announced back in December.
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It was also a big year for music in film as the soundtrack forBlack Pantherscored an album of the year nomination andLady GagaandBradley Cooper’s“Shallow” from AStar Is Bornreceived four nominations, including record and song of the year. (Gaga scored five nominations herself.)
Notably, there are two artists who have been nominated posthumously this year — late rapperMac Millerand rockerChris Cornell.
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To be eligible for the 2019 Grammys, artists’ material must have been released between Oct. 1, 2017 and Sept. 30, 2018.
And this year, the Academy is switching things up when it comes to “the big four” categories. Rather than nominating five artists or bodies of work as in years past, there will be eight nominees in the categories of best new artist, song of the year, record of the year and album of the year.
source: people.com
