Country music fans are a bit spoiled with a plethora of televised awards shows but at the annual Grammy awards are truly Music’s biggest night. Catch the 53th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday at 7 p.m. cst on the CBS Network.
Here’s the scoop on what country stars are performing and who’s presenting. For the country nominations, check out the Grammy Preview.
The country performances announced:
Miranda Lambert will perform for the first time at the Grammy Awards. Husband-to-be and current nominee, Blake Shelton, will join Lambert as a presenter. Lambert is nominated for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for “The House That Built Me,” Best Country Collaboration With Vocals for “Bad Angel” (with Dierks Bentley and Jamey Johnson), and Best Country Album for Revolution. Song Lambert might perform: “House that Built Me”
Lady Antebellum performed “Need You Now” the first time at the Grammys in 2010 and are returning this year with nominations for the album/song of the same name. They’re nominated for Album Of The Year and Best Country Album for Need You Now; and Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals, and Best Country Song for “Need You Now.” Song Lady Antebellum might perform: “Hello World“.
Martina McBride will join Yolanda Adams, Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Hudson, Florence Welch for a little r-e-s-p-e-c-t to the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin.
Gwyneth Paltrow “Country Strong” lead and first-time Grammy performer will sing “Forget You,” with its original artist, Cee Lo Green.
Country presenters announced:
Dierks Bentley, Zac Brown, Jewel, Kris Kristofferson, Blake Shelton and Keith Urban will present awards during the televised awards show.
