will co-host the one-hour concert special. The show — which will
announce nominations in several categories as well as feature
performances by past GRAMMY winners and/or nominees — will take place
live for the first time ever at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn., on Wednesday, Dec. 5, and will be broadcast in HDTV and 5.1 surround sound on the CBS Television Network (www.cbs.com) from 10 – 11 p.m. ET/PT (9 p.m. Central). Presenters will be announced shortly. For updates and breaking news, please visit www.grammy.com, and The Recording Academy®‘s social networks on Twitter and Facebook: www.twitter.com/thegrammys, www.facebook.com/thegrammys.
for “The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music’s
Biggest Night” are on sale now and are available online at www.ticketmaster.com or via Ticketmaster charge-by-phone lines at 800.745.3000.
will be announced live on primetime television. Last year’s airing of
the nominations special helped lead to increased ratings for the 54th
Annual GRAMMY Awards, which attracted 39.9 million viewers, the largest
GRAMMY audience since 1984 and the second largest in history. The
telecast was also the
biggest social event in the history of television at that time, drawing
13 million social media comments, with the conversation on Twitter
reaching a record high at 160,341 tweets per minute during the live
telecast.
COOL J has hosted “The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To
Music’s Biggest Night” since its inception, and also hosted the annual
GRAMMY Awards telecast for the first time earlier this year. Swift
co-hosted the first GRAMMY nominations special with LL COOL J in
December 2008.
GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music’s Biggest Night”
is produced by AEG Ehrlich Ventures, LLC. Ken Ehrlich is the executive
producer. LL COOL J is producer.
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in 1957, The Recording Academy is an organization of musicians,
songwriters, producers, engineers and recording professionals that is
dedicated to improving the cultural condition and quality of life for
music and its makers. Internationally known for the GRAMMY Awards — the
preeminent peer-recognized award for musical excellence and the most
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groundbreaking professional development, cultural enrichment, advocacy,
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well-being of music makers and ensuring music remains an indelible part
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