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GRAMMY® Nominee Adele to Make a Return to the Stage on the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards®

GRAMMY® Nominee Adele to Make Much Anticipated Return to the Stage on the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards®


 
 
Singer Will Perform Live for the First Time Since Undergoing Vocal Cord Surgery Last Fall


Music’s Biggest Night® — Hosted by Rapper/Actor LL COOL J — Airs Live on CBS Sunday, Feb. 12, 8 ET/PT

THE RECORDING ACADEMY GRAMMY AWARDS The 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards will air live on Sunday, Feb. 12 on the CBS Television Network from 8 – 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).


SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Current GRAMMY® nominee Adele will make her much anticipated return to the live stage on the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards (www.grammy.com). This will be her first time performing live in nearly five months since being forced to cancel a sold-out U.S. tour to undergo surgery on her vocal cords. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Jazz Guitarist Stanley Jordan is Nominated for 2012 NAACP Image Award for “Outstanding Jazz Album” | ‘Friends’

ACCLAIMED GUITARIST STANLEY JORDAN
NOMINATED FOR 2012 NAACP IMAGE AWARD –
FRIENDS – “OUTSTANDING JAZZ ALBUM”


Credit: Keith Major

 

Guitarist Stanley Jordan has been nominated for a 2012 NAACP Image Award in the category of “Outstanding Jazz Album” for his latest Mack Avenue Records release, Friends.
 
The NAACP Image Awards, currently celebrating its 43rd anniversary, are presented each year to honor outstanding people of color in film, television, music and literature. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Actress Tonya Lee Williams To Receive Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award

Tonya Lee Williams To Receive Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award


Black Theatre Workshop (BTW) will honour Actress Tonya Lee Williams at their 26th annual Vision Celebration Gala, to be held Saturday, January 28th, 2012 in Montreal, Canada.   The prestigious Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Achievement Award is given to a person who has a measure of distinction in Canada and has made significant contributions to the development of Black performing arts.   For over thirty-five years Tonya Lee Williams has been such an individual. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Gil Scott-Heron to be Honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2012 Grammy Awards

Gil Scott-Heron to be honored with Grammy Musician and poet to receive posthumous Lifetime Achievement Grammy at the February 2012 awards. Gil Scott-Heron, who sadly died in May this year, will be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Grammy at the 2012 Grammy Awards in February. Of the award, the Grammy …

13th Annual BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards to Honor Kirk Franklin & Hezekiah Walker | Jan. 13th, 2012

13th ANNUAL BMI TRAILBLAZERS OF GOSPEL MUSIC AWARDS TO HONOR KIRK FRANKLIN& HEZEKIAH WALKER JANUARY 13 Kim Burrell and Israel Houghton to hostBMI’s lauded event, to be held at Rocketown in Nashville WHAT: 13th Annual BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards Luncheon, a first class, awe-inspiring worship service to honor …

Grammy Winner Gloria Gaynor’s #1 ‘I Will Survive’ to Be Inducted In 2012 Grammy Hall of Fame

Grammy Winner Gloria Gaynor’s #1 ‘I Will Survive’ to Be Inducted In 2012 Grammy Hall of Fame

Gaynor’s Anthem Is One of 25 Recordings To Be Inducted In Grammy Hall of Fame and Honored At This Year’s 54th Grammy Awards Ceremony February 12, 2012, Held At The Staples Center in Los Angeles


Hollywood, CA (PRWEB) December 07, 2011

Gloria Gaynor’s #1 International Hit , “I Will Survive,” will be one of 25 recordings that will be honored at the 54th Grammy Awards Ceremony in February 2012. The song climbed to #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart not only once – but twice in the spring of 1979 and reached #1 on charts in almost every country and continent around the world that same year. The single also garnered Gaynor her first Grammy for Best Disco Song in 1980, and was the first and last time the Academy had a category for ‘disco’ recordings. To continue, please click “MORE”!

Jazz & Classics Division of Concord Music Group Receives 9 Grammy Nominations

JAZZ & CLASSICS DIVISION OF CONCORD MUSIC GROUP
RECEIVES 9 GRAMMY® NOMINATIONS

Cleveland, OH – The Jazz & Classics Division of Concord Music Group received nine GRAMMY® nominations, as announced by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) on November 30, 2011. All nominations were for albums released from October 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011. Winners will be announced at the 54th Annual GRAMMY® Awards on Sunday, February 12, 2011, at 8:00 PM ET/PT from Staples Center in Los Angeles, airing live on the CBS Television Network. To continue, please click “MORE”!

DL Media Clients Receives 8 Grammy Nominations in Six Categories

54th Annual Grammy Awards:DL Media ClientsReceive Eight Nominationsin Six CategoriesFrom NARAS Voting Members   Best Jazz Vocal Album  The Mosaic ProjectTerri Lyne Carrington & Various Artists[Concord Jazz]Best Jazz Instrumental Album  TimelineYellowjackets[Mack Avenue Records]      Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album  The Good FeelingChristian McBride Big Band[Mack Avenue Records] 40 Acres And …

Mint Condition’s Lead Singer Stokley Williams Receives 2 Grammy Nominations!

Mint Condition’s STOKLEY WILLIAMS Receives 2 Grammy Nods for BEST R & B Performance and Best R & B Song for “Not My Daddy” with KELLY PRICE. New York, NY  December 2, 2011—Fresh from the accolades of his exciting musical performance during the ‘Shining Star/Earth, Wind & Fire’ Tribute  at …

Big Stars Join Forces with Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & Scorpio for “The Message” on ‘The Grammy Nominations Concert Live’

COMMON, LL COOL J, LUPE FIASCO, AND RICK ROSS TO JOIN FORCES WITH GRANDMASTER FLASH, MELLE MEL, AND SCORPIO FOR A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE OF “THE MESSAGE” ON
“THE GRAMMY® NOMINATIONS CONCERT LIVE!! —  COUNTDOWN TO MUSIC’S BIGGEST NIGHT®”


 
Taraji P. Henson and Taylor Lautner
Set to Present on CBS Entertainment Special
Announcing Nominations for the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards®
Live from the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE on Nov. 30
 
Immediately Following the Live Broadcast,
Log On to www.grammy.com/livestream or www.livestream.com/thegrammys
at 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT for Exciting Live Backstage Coverage
and Reactions to the 54th GRAMMY Nominations
 

 
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Nov. 28, 2011) — Two-time GRAMMY® winner Common, two-time GRAMMY winner LL COOL J,GRAMMY winner Lupe Fiasco, and rap star Rick Ross will join hip-hop innovator Grandmaster Flash, GRAMMY-winning hip-hop artist Melle Mel, and rapper Scorpio for
a special performance of “The Message” — the seminal rap recording by
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five Featuring Melle Mel and Duke
Bootee newly inducted into the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame — on “The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music’s Biggest Night®“ (www.grammy.com). Actors Taraji P. Henson and Taylor Lautner are the latest presenters added to the one-hour special, which takes place live on Wednesday,Nov. 30 at the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE. To continue, please click “MORE”!