Lady Gaga, Eminem to Perform at the 2011 53rd Annual Grammy Awards
by Marivic Cabural
The recording academy released Thursday the line-up of performers who will be taking the center stage at the Staples Center for the 53rd Grammy Awards on February 13.
Grammy nominees Cee Lo Green, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry will return on stage to entertain the viewers during the awards night along with Arcade Fire and Miranda Lambert who will make their debut performance on the Grammy stage. The awards night looks like a pop music filled entertainment.
On Wednesday, MTV scooped that Eminen will lead the entertainment at the Staples Center and the report was confirmed Thursday upon released of the list performance by the organizers of the music academy.
Eminem, an eleven time Grammy winner has 10 nominations this year which include: Record Of The Year (with Rihanna), Song Of The Year (with Alexander Grant and Skylar Grey), Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (with Rihanna), and Best Rap Song (with Grant and Grey) for Love The Way You Lie; Best Short Form Music Video (with Rihanna) for Love The Way You Lie (Explicit Version); Album Of The Year and Best Rap Album for Recovery; Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals for "Airplanes, Part II" (with B.o.B & Hayley Williams); and Best Rap Solo Performance and Best Rap Song (with M. Burnett, J. Evans, Luis Resto and M. Samuels) for Not Afraid.
Meanwhile, Two-time GRAMMY winner Lady Gaga has six nominations: Album Of The Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for The Fame Monster; Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Short Form Music Video for "Bad Romance"; Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals for "Telephone" (with Beyoncé); and Best Dance Recording for "Dance In The Dark."
Green and Perry both two-time Grammy winners received four nominations while Arcade Fire and Lambert are up for three awards.
The 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards will broadcast live via CBS Television Network from 8–11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).
The show also will be supported on radio worldwide via Westwood One, and it can be viewed online at GRAMMY.com, CBS.com, and on Yidio.com.