This will be the official thread for the GRAMMYs this year.

Prince Grammy Tribute - Post here http://prince.org/msg/7/437589

GENERAL FIELD

Album Of The Year:

25 — Adele
Lemonade — Beyoncé
Purpose — Justin Bieber
Views — Drake
A Sailor's Guide To Earth — Sturgill Simpson

Record Of The Year:

"Hello" — Adele
"Formation" — Beyoncé
"7 Years" — Lukas Graham
"Work" — Rihanna Featuring Drake
"Stressed Out" — Twenty One Pilots

Song Of The Year:

"Formation" — Khalif Brown, Asheton Hogan, Beyoncé Knowles & Michael L. Williams II, songwriters (Beyoncé)
"Hello" — Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin, songwriters (Adele)
"I Took A Pill In Ibiza" — Mike Posner, songwriter (Mike Posner)
"Love Yourself" — Justin Bieber, Benjamin Levin & Ed Sheeran, songwriters (Justin Bieber)
"7 Years" — Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Pilegaard & Morten Ristorp, songwriters (Lukas Graham)

Best New Artist:

Kelsea Ballerini
The Chainsmokers
Chance The Rapper
Maren Morris
Anderson .Paak

Most nominations: Beyoncé with 9 nods. Drake, Rihanna and Kanye West each with 8, Chance the Rapper with 7, Adele and Twenty One Pilots with five.

Host: James Corden.

Performers: (To be updated)

• John Legend

• Metallica

• Carrie Underwood

• Keith Urban

• Adele

• Bruno Mars

• A Tribe Called Quest, Anderson Paak and Dave Grohl

• The Weeknd and Daft Punk

• Alicia Keys and Maren Morris

[Edited 1/31/17 18:46pm]

[Edited 2/8/17 4:57am]

The Weeknd, Rihanna and Bruno Mars were rumored to pay tribute to PRINCE.

Still no official word.

Fingers crossed

Shawy89 said:

Bruno Mars was added to the lineup of performers at The 59th Annual Grammy Awards. He joins the previously announced Adele, John Legend, Metallica, Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban.

MotownSubdivision said:

Shawy89 said:

The Weeknd, Rihanna and Bruno Mars were rumored to pay tribute to PRINCE.

Still no official word.

Fingers crossed

Nix The Weeknd and add some of Prince's contemporaries and I'd say it's good.

It's all over my Facebook timeline that The Original 7 (as in The Time) will be joining Bruno Mars on stage. I think Morris Day broke the news on Donnie Simpson's radio show.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

MotownSubdivision said:

Shawy89 said: Nix The Weeknd and add some of Prince's contemporaries and I'd say it's good.

It's all over my Facebook timeline that The Original 7 (as in The Time) will be joining Bruno Mars on stage. I think Morris Day broke the news on Donnie Simpson's radio show.

See Prince forum for the thread.

This is gonna be BIG

I haven't watched the oh-so-wearisome Grammy Awards in more than 3 years. This year will be the same.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

New performers announced

Pretty damn good line up.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

MotownSubdivision said:

Shawy89 said: Nix The Weeknd and add some of Prince's contemporaries and I'd say it's good.

It's all over my Facebook timeline that The Original 7 (as in The Time) will be joining Bruno Mars on stage. I think Morris Day broke the news on Donnie Simpson's radio show.

Minus Jesse and Jerome per Jesse's FB page.

The latest round of guest performers have been confirmed for the 2017 Grammy Awards with A Tribe Called Quest set for a special performance alongside Anderson .Paak and Foo Fighters's Dave Grohl.

Joining them on the bill will be The Weeknd and Daft Punk. French duo Daft Punk last performed live at The Grammys in 2014 alongside Pharrell and Stevie Wonder. The other new names for the 2017 ceremony are Alicia Keys and Maren Morris who will also perform together

phunkdaddy said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

It's all over my Facebook timeline that The Original 7 (as in The Time) will be joining Bruno Mars on stage. I think Morris Day broke the news on Donnie Simpson's radio show.

Minus Jesse and Jerome per Jesse's FB page.

Really? Damn, guess I won't be watching after all then.

Jesse is all about him.

A decent Grammy for once.

getxxxx said:

The latest round of guest performers have been confirmed for the 2017 Grammy Awards with A Tribe Called Quest set for a special performance alongside Anderson .Paak and Foo Fighters's Dave Grohl.

Kinda lost me at Dave Grohl

This shit is gonna sound like Yo MTV Unplugged.

I am eager to watch Bruno and Adele and the tribute of course, it sounds like it's gonna be a beautiful night. What about Cohen, will be a tribute for him?

missfee said:

JUST ADDED TO THE LINE UP OF PERFORMERS:

Katy Perry (Will debut her upcoming single "Chained to the Rythm" featuring Skip Marley)

Lady Gaga (Duet w/ Metallica)

Beyoncé

Lukas Graham

Little Big Town, Demi Lovato, Tori Kelly, Andra Day (Tribute to the Bee Gees)

Sturgill Simpson

William Bell and Gary Clark Jr.

Kelsea Ballerini

214 said:

I am eager to watch Bruno and Adele and the tribute of course, it sounds like it's gonna be a beautiful night. What about Cohen, will be a tribute for him?

John Legend and Cynthia Erivo will perform a memorial to musicians who have died in the past year.

I'm not sure if Leonard Cohen or George Michael will get special tributes.

The commercial states Prince and George Michael are getting tributes.

I wonder who can do justice to Careless Whisper?

Better yet I wonder if Andrew will introduce the tribute.

I can rock Careless Whisper. Too bad I'm not on. lol

I never told you guys, I'm a great singer. Really.

Grammys 2017: Prince, George Michael Tributes Announced

The 59th Annual Grammy Awards will host tributes to Prince and George Michael. Recording Academy CEO Neil Portnow described the pair as “pop icons who showcased rare musical genius and otherworldly charisma,” saying the Academy is “humbled to pay homage to their tremendous legacies on the GRAMMY stage.” The ceremony broadcasts from 8 p.m. Eastern this Sunday. Sources indicate that Prince’s music will finally become available on streaming services on the night. Previously announced performers include Daft Punk, Adele, Chance, and a duet between Lady Gaga and Metallica.

They still don't wanna mention The Time

2freaky4church1 said:

I never told you guys, I'm a great singer. Really.

I'd rather have you on that stage than Taylor Swift.

Seriously..

2freaky4church1 said:

I never told you guys, I'm a great singer. Really.

Bitch,please.

Cinny said:

getxxxx said:

The latest round of guest performers have been confirmed for the 2017 Grammy Awards with A Tribe Called Quest set for a special performance alongside Anderson .Paak and Foo Fighters's Dave Grohl.

Kinda lost me at Dave Grohl

This shit is gonna sound like Yo MTV Unplugged.

Grohl is out

i am rooting for Anderson Paak

Frank Ocean goes OFF on the grammys. But is he correct?

Here's what I know:

Frank's grammy performance was sh!t. Apparently he knows that too.

Taylor Swift should NOT have won another Best Album award over anyone. But is it kosher for a fellow artist to state that publicly?

Frank feels he's doing more justice to Prince by not participating. This could be true. But it also gives Bruno Mars a chance to be tomorrow, and possibly grammy history, talk as one of THOSE performances.

Works up for consideration shouldn't have to be submitted. I know this is how these shows work but it's just a lazy excuse for members not to be up on their sh!t.

And lastly, after that last performance, I would've gone on JUST to redeem myself. But that's just me.

http://ew.com/music/2017/...ank-ocean/

:

OK KEN (AND DAVID). AS MUCH AS I HATE TO MAKE YOU GUYS FAMOUS OR EVEN RESPOND TO YOU DIRECTLY. WE ALL DIE ONE DAY AND YOU’RE OLD SO F— IT. YEA YEA MY 2013 PERFORMANCE AT THE GRAMMYS WAS ABSOLUTE SH–. TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, BLAH BLAH. THANKS FOR THE REMINDER. VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. F— THAT PERFORMANCE THOUGH. YOU THINK THAT’S WHY I KEPT MY WORK OUT OF THE GRAMMY PROCESS THIS YEAR? DON’T YOU THINK I WOULD’VE WANTED TO PLAY THE SHOW TO ‘REDEEM’ MYSELF IF I FELT THAT WAY? IN REALITY, I ACTUALLY WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN HONORING PRINCE ON THE SHOW BUT THEN I FIGURED MY BEST TRIBUTE TO THAT MAN’S LEGACY WOULD BE TO CONTINUE TO BE MYSELF OUT HERE AND TO BE SUCCESSFUL. WINNING A TV AWARD DOESN’T CHRISTEN ME SUCCESSFUL. IT TOOK ME SOME TIME TO LEARN THAT. I BOUGHT ALL MY MASTERS BACK LAST YEAR IN THE PRIME OF MY CAREER, THAT’S SUCCESSFUL. BLONDE SOLD A MILLION PLUS WITHOUT A LABEL, THAT’S SUCCESSFUL. I AM YOUNG, BLACK, GIFTED AND INDEPENDENT.. THAT’S MY TRIBUTE. I’VE ACTUALLY BEEN TUNING INTO CBS AROUND THIS TIME OF YEAR FOR A WHILE TO SEE WHO GETS THE TOP HONOR AND YOU KNOW WHAT’S REALLY NOT ‘GREAT TV’ GUYS? 1989 GETTING ALBUM OF THE YEAR OVER TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY. HANDS DOWN ONE OF THE MOST ‘FAULTY’ TV MOMENTS I’VE SEEN. BELIEVE THE PEOPLE. BELIEVE THE ONES WHO’D RATHER WATCH SELECT PERFORMANCES FROM YOUR PROGRAM ON YOUTUBE THE DAY AFTER BECAUSE YOUR SHOW PUTS THEM TO SLEEP. USE THE OLD GRAMOPHONE TO ACTUALLY LISTEN BRO, I’M ONE OF THE BEST ALIVE. AND IF YOU’RE UP FOR A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CULTURAL BIAS AND GENERAL NERVE DAMAGE THE SHOW YOU PRODUCE SUFFERS FROM THEN I’M ALL FOR IT. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

And the performers on the 59th GRAMMY Awards are:

Adele
Kelsea Ballerini
William Bell and Gary Clark Jr.
Chance The Rapper and Kirk Franklin
Cynthia Erivo and John Legend for a special In Memoriam tribute performance
Lady Gaga and Metallica
Little Big Town
Demi Lovato with Andra Day and Tori Kelly celebrating the music of the Bee Gees and the 40th anniversary of Saturday Night Fever
Lukas Graham
Bruno Mars
Maren Morris and Alicia Keys
Anderson .Paak and A Tribe Called Quest
Katy Perry
Sturgill Simpson
Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban
The Weeknd with Daft Punk

The award presenters for Music's Biggest Night are:

Camila Cabello
The Chainsmokers
Kelly Clarkson
Laverne Cox
Jason Derulo
Celine Dion
DNCE
Halsey
Taraji P. Henson
Paris Jackson
Nick Jonas
Jennifer Lopez
Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
Katharine McPhee
Pentatonix
Thomas Rhett
Gina Rodriguez
Ryan Seacrest
John Travolta

Andrew Ridgeley has to be there. I can feel it.