Lil' Wayne & Katy Perry Among First Grammy Performers Announced

Current GRAMMY Award nominees Kenny Chesney, Coldplay, Jonas Brothers, Lil Wayne, and Katy Perry are the first performers announced for the 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards telecast.

Lil Wayne leads with eight nominations: Album Of The Year and Best Rap Album for Tha Carter III; Best Rap Solo Performance for "A Milli"; two nods in Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group for "Swagga Like Us" and "Mr. Carter"; Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Got Money"; and two nods in Best Rap Song for "Lollipop" and "Swagga Like Us."

Four-time GRAMMY winners Coldplay has seven nominations: Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year and Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals for "Viva La Vida"; Album Of The Year and Best Rock Album for Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends; and Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals and Best Rock Song for "Violet Hill."

Kenny Chesney is nominated with George Strait for Best Country Collaboration With Vocals for "Shiftwork." Jonas Brothers are nominated for Best New Artist, and Katy Perry is nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "I Kissed A Girl."

As previously announced, Perry will perform as part of this year's "My GRAMMY Moment" segment on the telecast. Produced in partnership with CBS.com, music fans can upload a 30- to 60-second video of themselves singing along to a portion of Perry's "I Kissed A Girl" to www.cbs.com/grammys through Feb. 6. Videos will be voted on by fans and the public-at-large, and the most popular videos will be shown as part of Perry's performance on Music's Biggest Night, allowing them to virtually share music's biggest stage with the current GRAMMY nominee.

The 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held Feb. 8 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, and will be broadcast live in high-definition TV and 5.1 Surround Sound on the CBS Television Network at 8 p.m. (ET/PT). The show will also be supported on radio via Westwood One worldwide and covered online at GRAMMY.com and CBS.com, on Twitter at "theGRAMMYs," on Facebook at "The Recording Academy," on YouTube at "51stGRAMMYs," and on Last.fm at "the51stgrammys." Additional performers, presenters and special segments to be announced.

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