After months of speculation, nominations for the 59th Grammy Awards, which will be broadcast live on Feb. 12, 2017, will be announced at 8.30am EST today.
Singer Meghan Trainor, who took home the Best New Artist award at the star-studded ceremony held earlier this year, will be revealing the nominees for Best New Artist, Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year and Album Of The Year live on CBS This Morning, shortly before the nominations across all 84 categories are revealed online.
According to her fan site The BeyHive Team, Beyoncé has signed on to perform at the Los Angeles ceremony. The Lemonade star is predicted to be nominated in multiple categories including Album of the Year and Record of the Year. Adele and Drake are also set to take home major gongs.
The 2017 show will be hosted by The Late Late Show presenter James Corden, after five years of Grammys hosting duties by American rapper and actor L. L. Cool J. The British presenter will certainly not be fazed by meeting the music industry’s biggest names; he has harmonized with Adele, Stevie Wonder, Lady Gaga, Sir Elton John and Justin Bieber in the Emmy-winning Carpool Karaoke.
At the 2016 ceremony, Kendrick Lamar picked up several trophies including Best Rap Album and Best Rap Song, while Taylor Swift took home her second Album of the Year award for 1989 alongside prizes for Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Music Video for ‘Bad Blood.’
This is a breaking news story. Update from 8.30am EST to see the 2017 nominations as they are announced.