Recording Academy Announces Performers and Presenters for GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony

On Sunday, February 2nd, the music industry will take over the Crypto Arena in Los Angeles to celebrate another year of music. Wanting to take a moment to honor some of the biggest stars in the music industry, the GRAMMY Awards, which is scheduled to kick off at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT, will also welcome back Trevor Noah as the host. Marking another year with hosting duties, the GRAMMYs will start with a pre-telecast presentation of the premiere ceremony. And with awards up for grabs, the Recording Academy revealed the list of performers and presenters during the event at the Peacock Theater. 

While Noah covered the hosting duties for the GRAMMYs, the premiere ceremony decided to welcome producer Justin Tranter to the stage. Hosting the premiere ceremony, the producer gained praise over the year as he worked with Chappell Roan on the hit song “Good Luck, Babe!” 

As for his hosting duties, Tranter will introduce performances from nominees like Wayne Brady, Deborah Cox, Scott Hoying, Angelique Kidjo, Taj Mahal, and Yolanda Adams. Already a great lineup of performers, that was just the start as the list added Joe Bonamassa, Joyce DiDonato, Béla Fleck, Renée Fleming, Muni Long, Kevin Puts, and Kelli O’Hara.

On the other side, the presenters for the premiere ceremony included Rhiannon Giddens, Queen Sheba, Anoushka Shankar, Brady and Hoying, Bob Clearmountain, and Jimmy Jam. Discussing the GRAMMY Awards and the pre-celebration of the premiere ceremony, Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. said, “The Premiere Ceremony will not only kick off our Grammy Sunday, it will provide an opportunity to show that in times of adversity, music has the power to be used for good, to help our community unite, and to show our community’s resilience.”

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The GRAMMY Awards Continue As Los Angeles Burns

With the GRAMMY Awards taking place in Los Angeles, where wildfires destroyed thousands of acres, many thought the ceremony might not happen. But Mason believed those who worked on the GRAMMYs could use the help. “There’s the good we can do with our platform. But if we were to cancel or postpone the show, how would that affect the thousands of people who work on it or around it?”

Fellow executive producer, Ben Winston, shared the same belief. “After COVID, post-COVID, two [Hollywood industry] strikes and everything else, try to tell those stagehands, costumers, makeup artists, drivers, caterers, PAs and all those working people who make a living from the GRAMMYs that we’re not doing the show.”

Don’t miss the GRAMMY Awards, this Sunday at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on Paramount+ and CBS.

(Photo by David Becker/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)