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Performers Announced For Beatles Special

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Eurythmics, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Maroon 5, John Mayer, Keith Urban to perform on "The Night That Changed America: A GRAMMY Salute To The Beatles"
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Dec 2, 2014 - 4:06 pm
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The first performances for "The Night That Changed America: A GRAMMY Salute To The Beatles" have been announced. Scheduled to perform are four-time GRAMMY winner Annie Lennox and GRAMMY winner Dave Stewart reuniting as Eurythmics for one night only; 14-time GRAMMY winner Alicia Keys with nine-time GRAMMY winner John Legend; three-time GRAMMY-winning group Maroon 5; and seven-time GRAMMY winner John Mayer with four-time GRAMMY winner Keith Urban. Additional performers and presenters will be announced shortly.

The show will tape on Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, the day after the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards, and will be broadcast in HDTV and 5.1 surround sound on the CBS Television Network Sunday, Feb. 9 at  8 p.m. ET/PT — exactly 50 years to the day, date, and time of the original event.

"The Night That Changed America: A GRAMMY Salute To The Beatles" — presented by The Recording Academy, AEG Ehrlich Ventures and CBS — will celebrate the remarkable legacy of the seven-time GRAMMY-winning group the Beatles and commemorate the 50th anniversary of their groundbreaking first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show." Featuring today's top artists covering songs performed by the Fab Four on that momentous evening in 1964 and other Beatles classics through the years, the show also will include footage from that landmark Sunday night, as well as other archival material. In addition, various presenters will help highlight and contextualize the musical, cultural and historical impact of the group and this legendary performance.

"The Night That Changed America: A GRAMMY Salute To The Beatles" is produced by AEG Ehrlich Ventures, LLC. Ken Ehrlich is the executive producer, Rac Clark is co-executive producer, Gregg Gelfand is director, and David Wild and Ehrlich are the writers.

For updates and breaking news, visit The Recording Academy's social networks on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. 

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Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr To Perform Together

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GRAMMY salute to the Beatles will also feature reunited Eurythmics, Dave Grohl, John Mayer, Katy Perry, Pharrell Williams, and more
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Dec 2, 2014 - 4:06 pm
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Dec 2, 2014 – 10:58 pm

"The Beatles: The Night That Changed America" Promo

Dec 2, 2014 – 10:58 pm

Eurythmics Perform The Beatles' "The Fool On The Hill" (Excerpt)

(Editor's Note: "The Beatles: The Night That Changed America — A GRAMMY Salute" averaged an impressive 13.95 million viewers, peaking at nearly 14.8 million during the final half hour, during its original broadcast on Feb. 9. CBS will present a special encore broadcast on Wednesday, Feb. 12 at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT.)

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will perform together on "The Beatles: The Night That Changed America — A GRAMMY Salute," airing Sunday, Feb. 9, 8–10:30 p.m. ET/PT on the CBS Television Network. The all-star lineup for the historic event will also feature performances and/or presentations by "The Beatles Love" by Cirque du Soleil, Kate Beckinsale, Jeff Bridges, Gary Clark Jr., Johnny Depp, Dave Grohl, Eric Idle, Imagine Dragons, Alicia Keys & John Legend, Anna Kendrick, David Letterman, LL Cool J, Jeff Lynne, Maroon 5, John Mayer & Keith Urban, Brad Paisley & Pharrell Williams, Sean Penn, Katy Perry, Ed Sheeran, Joe Walsh, Stevie Wonder, and a one-night only reunion of Eurythmics' Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart. 

The house band for the event includes notable musicians Kenny Aronoff (drums), Lenny Castro (percussion), Chris Caswell (keyboard), Peter Frampton (guitar), Rami Jaffe (organ), Steve Lukather (guitar), Greg Phillinganes (keyboard), and Don Was (bass), who also served as musical director.

The primetime entertainment special — presented by The Recording Academy, AEG Ehrlich Ventures and CBS — will celebrate the remarkable legacy of the seven-time GRAMMY-winning group the Beatles and their groundbreaking first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show." The show will be broadcast in HDTV and 5.1 surround sound and airs exactly 50 years to the day, date, and time of the original event. Originally slated to be a two-hour event, the special has added an additional half-hour given the overwhelming success of the taping, a wealth of archival material, and new interviews. 

The special will feature David Letterman interviewing Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr at the iconic Ed Sullivan Theater on Feb. 4, recollections from three fans who were in the audience for the Beatles' first performance on "The Ed Sullivan Show," and interviews with three people who worked at the show and were there the night this milestone event took place.

The Beatles' first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" was one of the most watched television events ever — with 74 million people tuning in to watch the group perform five songs during the variety hour. It is considered by many historians and critics as one of the most important moments in music and television.

Performances set for the special are:

  • Maroon 5, "All My Loving" and "Ticket To Ride"
  • John Mayer & Keith Urban, "Don't Let Me Down"
  • Ed Sheeran, "In My Life"
  • Imagine Dragons, "Revolution"
  • Stevie Wonder, "We Can Work It Out"
  • Alicia Keys & John Legend, "Let It Be"
  • Katy Perry, "Yesterday"
  • Eurythmics, "The Fool On The Hill"
  • Dave Grohl & Jeff Lynne, "Hey Bulldog"
  • Brad Paisley & Pharrell Williams with "The Beatles Love" by Cirque du Soleil, "Here Comes The Sun"
  • Dhani Harrison, Jeff Lynne & Joe Walsh, "Something"
  • Gary Clark Jr., Dave Grohl & Joe Walsh, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
  • Ringo Starr, "Matchbox," "Boys" and "Yellow Submarine"
  • Paul McCartney, "I Saw Her Standing There," "Get Back" and "Birthday"
  • All-star cast finale, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," "With A Little Help From My Friends" and "Hey Jude"

"The Beatles: The Night That Changed America — A GRAMMY Salute" is produced by AEG Ehrlich Ventures, LLC. Ken Ehrlich is the executive producer, Rac Clark is co-executive producer, Gregg Gelfand is director, and David Wild and Ken Ehrlich are the writers.

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Mariah Carey, Carrie Underwood, Sam Smith: Best New Artist GRAMMY Rewind

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Time travel through GRAMMY history and revisit the fresh faces of Best New Artist winners
Nate Hertweck
GRAMMYs
Jan 11, 2018 - 6:28 pm

Each year, one GRAMMY is awarded to recognize music's most promising new talent in the coveted Best New Artist category. Over the years, budding superstars such as Bette Midler, Natalie Cole, John Legend, Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera, and Maroon 5 have taken home the honor, with all since enjoying long, prolific careers.

Jan 11, 2018 – 6:29 pm

Rewind: Best New Artist GRAMMY Winners

Just as the other three major GRAMMY categories — Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year and Album Of The Year — recognize those involved in an outstanding recording, composition, and collection of recordings respectively, Best New Artist celebrates the outstanding work of a new artist during the eligibility year.

How do we know who qualifies as a "new artist"? The category has arguably the most complex set of rules out of all 84 GRAMMY categories, but essentially a new artist is defined as any performing artist or established performing group who releases, during the eligibility year, the recording that first establishes the public identity of that artist or established group as a performer.

While the nuance of eligibility for Best New Artist has caused some confusion in the past, the implication of the honor is clear: this artist has arrived.

The Best New Artist has been awarded since the 2nd Annual GRAMMY Awards when Bobby Darin won for 1959. Darin also took home Record Of The Year honors for "Mack The Knife," setting a high bar for the dozens of Best New Artist winners who have followed in his footsteps.

Since then, the Best New Artist recipients have spanned the likes of the Beatles, Carpenters, Rickie Lee Jones, Sheryl Crow, Alicia Keys, and Sam Smith, to name just a few. Last year's winner, Chance The Rapper, earned seven nominations for the 59th GRAMMY Awards, adding wins for Best Rap Album and Best Rap Performance to his Best New Artist trophy.

Who will be crowned this year's Best New Artist? Tune in to the 60th GRAMMY Awards on Jan. 28 to find out.

Here Are This Year's Contenders For Best New Artist | 60th GRAMMY Awards

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Eurythmics To Release Studio Catalog On Vinyl

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GRAMMY-winning duo set to re-release all eight of their studio albums on vinyl in 2018
Renée Fabian
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Nov 21, 2017 - 11:21 am

Sweet dreams are made of the Eurythmics re-releasing their entire eight-album catalog on vinyl in 2018.

The GRAMMY-winning duo — comprising Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart — made a name for themselves in the '80s with their groundbreaking electro-pop sound. Now their popular career-spanning output will once again be made available on vinyl between April and October 2018 in three installments.

In The Garden (1981), Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (1983) and Touch (1983) will be released in April; Be Yourself Tonight (1985), Revenge (1986) and Savage (1987) in July; and We Too Are One (1989) and Peace (1999) in October. This is the first time Peace will be made available via vinyl.

"Issuing our out-of-print vinyl albums in 2018 is a great thing because people won't be listening to our music on a cell phone," Stewart told Billboard. "They'll have a record player and speakers and a sound system, like we did when we were growing up. People will buy vinyl records and put them on the turntable and listen to one side at a time, and hear the tracks played in the particular order that we selected."

Not only will 2018 bring celebration for the Eurythmics with their vinyl reissues, but they have also been nominated for inclusion in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with legendary artists such as Nina Simone, LL Cool J, Bon Jovi, and Radiohead, among others.

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2015 GRAMMYs: Who's performing?

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A handy guide to the performances scheduled for the 57th GRAMMY Awards, airing Sunday, Feb. 8 on CBS
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May 15, 2017 - 2:36 am
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Music's Biggest Night stands as the richest collection of musical talent on any one show, with three-and-a-half hours of nearly nonstop music from today's hottest performers as well as special GRAMMY Moments that create indelible memories for fans.

The star-studded performance lineup for the 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards has a bit of everything — a number of first-time GRAMMY performances; a world debut performance of Rihanna's new song with Paul McCartney and Kanye West; a high-voltage performance from rock legends; a performance from global icon Madonna; and the best in country, pop, and hip-hop. And don't forget we've got an all-star lineup of presenters and the coolest host around: LL Cool J.

It's a lot to keep track of, so we've compiled a handy alphabetical guide to artists who will be taking the GRAMMY stage. Of course, be sure to stay logged on to GRAMMY.com and follow GRAMMY Live and our live-blog to complement your GRAMMY experience, and in case there's a surprise or two.

 
And the performers for the 57th GRAMMY Awards are:

  • AC/DC
  • Beck and Chris Martin
  • Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga
  • Beyoncé
  • Eric Church
  • Brandy Clark and Dwight Yoakam
  • Common and John Legend
  • Ariana Grande
  • Herbie Hancock, John Mayer, Questlove with Ed Sheeran
  • Hozier and Annie Lennox
  • Jessie J and Tom Jones
  • Juanes
  • Miranda Lambert
  • Lang Lang
  • Adam Levine and Gwen Stefani
  • Jeff Lynne's ELO
  • Madonna
  • Katy Perry
  • Rihanna, Paul McCartney and Kanye West
  • Sia
  • Sam Smith and Mary J. Blige
  • Usher
  • Pharrell Williams

Music's Biggest Night will take place live on Sunday, Feb. 8 at Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast in high-definition TV and 5.1 surround sound on the CBS Television Network from 8–11:30 p.m. (ET/PT). For updates and breaking news, visit The Recording Academy's social networks on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.