Mariah Carey, John Legend and Kanye West set to perform
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Mariah Carey, John Legend, and Kanye West, all up for eight GRAMMY Awards, are the first performers announced for the 48th Annual GRAMMY Awards telecast. The music industry's premier event will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 8, at Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast in HDTV and 5.1 surround sound on the CBS Television Network at 8 p.m. (ET/PT).
Topping the nominations, Carey, Legend and West each earned eight nods. Two-time GRAMMY-winner Carey is up for Album Of The Year and Best Contemporary R&B Album for The Emancipation Of Mimi; Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song for "We Belong Together," which was written with Johnta Austin, Jermaine Dupri and Manuel Seal; Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "It's Like That"; and Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance for "Mine Again."
Newcomer Legend is nominated for Best New Artist, Song Of The Year, Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song for "Ordinary People," which was written with William Adams; Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance for "Stay With You"; Best R&B Album for Get Lifted; Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "They Say," with Kanye West and Common; and Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals for "So High," featuring Lauryn Hill.
Three-time GRAMMY-winner West's eight nods are for Album Of The Year (one for Late Registration and as a producer on Carey's The Emancipation Of Mimi); Record Of The Year and Best Rap Solo Performance for "Gold Digger"; Best R&B Song with Alicia Keys, Garry Glenn, and Harold Lily for Keys' "Unbreakable"; Best Rap Album for Late Registration; Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "They Say," with Common and John Legend; and Best Rap Song for "Diamonds From Sierra Leone," with J. Barry, D. Black, and D. Harris.
The 48th Annual GRAMMY Awards are produced by Cossette Productions in association with Ken Ehrlich Productions for The Recording Academy. John Cossette and Ken Ehrlich are executive producers, Walter C. Miller is producer/director, Tisha Fein is the coordinating producer, and Tzvi Small is executive in charge of production. The telecast will be supported on radio via Westwood One worldwide, and covered online at GRAMMY.yahoo.com.Additional performers, presenters and special segments will be announced soon.
