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CBS announced on Monday (January 29) that SZA, who is front-runner for the 2024 Grammy Awards, will perform. This will be the singer's second time performing at the Grammys. She performed for the first time in six years, when she was nominated for Best New Artist. He then sang “Broken Clocks”, a song from his first studio album, Control.
The 66th Annual Grammy Awards will be held on Sunday (February 4) at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
This year's most nominated person usually performs at the ceremony, but that's not always the case. Beyoncé, who topped the nominations last year, chose not to participate. He also refused to act three years ago when he was at the top of the list of candidates. Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar also failed to perform when they topped the nominations in 2018 and 2019, respectively. It is worth noting that Michael Jackson did not perform at any concert in 1984, when he became the first artist to win eight awards in one night.
SZA has nine nominations, including in the three most important categories: album, record and song of the year. Your album SOS It is considered a strong competitor to midnight By Taylor Swift and register By Boygenius. It has not been confirmed whether Swift or Boygenius will participate in the show.
SZA is the 10th artist to be announced to perform at this year's Grammy Awards. These artists range in age from 20 (Olivia Rodrigo, 20, Billie Eilish, 22, Dua Lipa, 28) and three of them are over 60 (all four U2 members are in their early 60s; Billy Joel, 74). year and Mitchell 80). Four artists in their 30s have also been confirmed: Burna Boy and Travis Scott, both 32; Luke Combs (33); and SZA, 34.
U2 will perform from the Sphere in Las Vegas, home of the band's popular show U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere.
No more performances have been announced for this concert yet. The big question is whether Swift, who was the most popular music star last year by a wide margin, will take the stage to perform.
Other Album of the Year nominees, who have not yet been announced as performers for the ceremony, are Janelle Monáe for her album The era of pleasureLana Del Rey Did you know there is a tunnel under Ocean BlvdMiley Cyrus by Endless summer vacationRodrigo L bowels And John Baptiste L World Music Radio.
Trevor Noah will headline the Grammy Awards for the fourth year in a row. He's also nominated: He's in the running for best comedy album I hope you do. He is the first Grammy host to be nominated in the same year since Queen Latifah in 2005. Noah won an Emmy on January 15 for Outstanding Interview Series for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.
The 66th Annual Grammy Awards will be broadcast live on Sunday (February 4) from 8-11:30 PM ET/5-8:30 PM PT on CBS, and can be viewed simultaneously on Paramount+ ( Live and on demand) Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers, and on demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after broadcast).
The show is produced by Fulwell 73 Productions for the Recording Academy for the fourth year in a row. Ben Winston, Raj Kapoor and Jesse Collins are the executive producers.
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