The 2023 Grammy Awards, set to air on Monday, will strongly focus on R&B and hip-hop. Individual performances will be headlined by Harry Styles, Lizzo, Mary J. Blige, and Steve Lacy.
There will also be an extensive 50th-anniversary celebration of hip-hop, hosted by LL Cool J and featuring several hip-hop stars, reports MoneyControl.com.
Here’s the full list of performers:
Bad Bunny
Brandi Carlile
DJ Khaled with Fridayy, Jay-Z, John Legend, Lil Wayne and Rick Ross
Harry Styles
Lizzo
Luke Combs
Mary J. Blige
Sam Smith & Kim Petras
Steve Lacy
Stevie Wonder with Smokey Robinson and Chris Stapleton
The 50th-anniversary celebrations will feature the following performers:
Big Boi, Busta Rhymes with Spliff Star, De La Soul, DJ Drama, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Missy Elliott, Future, GloRilla, Grandmaster Flash, Grandmaster Melle Mel & Scorpio/Ethiopian King, Ice-T, Lil Baby, Lil Wayne, The Lox, Method Man, Nelly, Public Enemy, Queen Latifah, Rahiem, Rakim, RUN-DMC, Salt-N-Pepa and Spinderella, Scarface, Swizz Beatz and Too $hort.
Music’s most coveted awards will be handed out at the Crypto.com Arena in LA. Anticipation is building up about who will take home the chief awards — Record of the Year, Album of the Year, and Song of the Year.
“Queen Bey” Beyonce leads the pack with nine nominations. Rapper Kendrick Lamar has eight nominations and pop diva Adele and balladeer Brandi Carlile have seven each.
You can visit the official website live.grammy.com to watch the big event live. Here, you can also catch all the red-carpet looks and interviews.