Chris Brown arriving at 50th anniversary of the GRAMMY Awards; photo Steve Granitz/Wire Image
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Current GRAMMY nominees Adele, Chris Brown, and Sugarland; a special performance with Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift; and a Four Tops tribute featuring Abdul "Duke" Fakir (2009 Lifetime Achievement Award honoree and original member of the Four Tops), Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx, and current nominee Ne-Yo are the next round of performers announced for the 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards. It was also announced that Estelle and Kanye West will perform together.
They join previously announced performers Kenny Chesney, Coldplay, Jennifer Hudson, Jonas Brothers, Kid Rock, Lil Wayne, Paul McCartney (with special guest drummer Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters), Katy Perry, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Radiohead, Rihanna, T.I. and Justin Timberlake, U2, Carrie Underwood, and Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, T.I.. and Kanye West in a special performance of their hit single "Swagga Like Us."
Nine-time GRAMMY winner and current nominee Sheryl Crow, talk show host Craig Ferguson from CBS' "The Late, Late Show With Craig Ferguson," nine-time GRAMMY winner and current nominee Al Green, actor Jay Mohr from CBS' "Gary Unmarried," GRAMMY winner Queen Latifah, and rapper and current nominee T-Pain are the latest presenters announced for Music's Biggest Night.
The 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held Feb. 8 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, and will be broadcast live in high-definition TV and 5.1 Surround Sound on the CBS Television Network at 8–11:30 p.m. (ET/PT). The show will also be supported on radio via Westwood One worldwide and covered online at GRAMMY.com and CBS.com, on Twitter at "theGRAMMYs," on Facebook at "The Recording Academy," on YouTube at "51stGRAMMYs," and on Last.fm at "the51stgrammys." Additional performers, presenters and special segments are scheduled to be announced.
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