Country music disappears from Grammy spotlight

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Lady Antebellum landed an unexpected knockout of Eminem and took the night with five Grammys last year, including record and song of the year for "Need You Now." Taylor Swift and Zac Brown Band broke through in the general categories the year before.

Yet this year only one country nominee made the cut in the prestigious all-genre categories: new artist entry The Band Perry.

Some might suggest a country snub, but Jason Aldean, a first-time nominee who's up for three awards, including country album of the year, doesn't see this year's deficit as out of the ordinary. That the focus is on the likes of Adele, Bruno Mars and Rihanna is not surprising to him, even though he and Swift had two of the year's top-selling albums.

"All those artists are great and having a killer year, so it's hard to argue with what they're doing," Aldean said. "But I think it's something country music has fought for years and years. I don't think it's anything new. I don't think at least from my perspective it's something that I'd be shocked about. It's the way it always is. It's not going to change. It's just how it goes."

Aldean proves himself an astute student of country music history with that statement. The genre's ascendance in the last half of the last decade at the Grammys is an aberration, a statistical oddity based on the overwhelming crossover success of a handful of songs and artists who dominated pop music at the time of their wins.

Mainstream country has scored just 13 general-category trophies since the first Grammys in 1958. Just three of those came before 2000.

Lady A's win in the record of the year category in 2010 was just the second by a country artist. The Dixie Chicks, fresh from the band's excommunication by country radio after remarks about President George W. Bush, won three general category awards at the 2007 Grammys.

Aldean notes all those winners have something in common: crossover success. Especially Swift and Lady A.

"(Swift) was just as big in the pop world as she was in the country world," Aldean said. "That was just one of those you can't really deny. As an awards show you almost look stupid if she's not there. And I think Lady A last year, without a doubt they had one of the biggest songs, if not the biggest song, of the year. ... They had a huge year, a huge record. It's kind of hard to deny that."

Members of Lady A, up for country album of the year, said it didn't really matter in what categories their nominations fell. Hillary Scott, Dave Haywood and Charles Kelley are just happy to be back and able to spend time with good friends like Aldean, country song of the year nominee Dave Barnes, Eric Church and others.

"We'd be lying if we said we wouldn't be disappointed after such an incredible year there last year if we didn't get invited back to the party," Kelley said.

"It's fun to be able to support our friends in the industry, as well," Scott said. "There are a lot of our really close friends in the business who will be there that we can celebrate with and just enjoy the night."

Gary LeVox, lead singer for Rascal Flatts, thinks that's the right attitude to have. Rascal Flatts landed one of those coveted all-genre song of the year nominations for "Bless the Broken Road," but over time he's learned not to take it too seriously. It's in no way an exact science, after all.

"I know some Grammy voters that are actually friends of mine that only listen to country music, but they vote on categories in the rock world," LeVox said. "They don't know anything about the rock world and they'll tell you, 'I don't know. I've just heard of Maroon 5 so I just voted for that.' And those are my friends. I think some of that happens."

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Newcomers and returns that can lead to surprises of Grammy

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Adele may be a bet sure to clean up at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, but if music fans think that it means a night of few surprises, they should ask Justin Bieber.

Canadian teen idol leaves the Grammys altogether last year after losing the best new artist award to jazz bassist and vocalist Esperanza Spalding - the first jazz artist to win the coveted prize.

New artist of the Sunday race is also diverse and may have even dropping jaws, but this will not be the only show in the largest exhibition of price of the music industry that will attract the attention of millions of fans watching on television.

Singer Adele gives his first major performance since throat surgery. Katy Perry appears in a key event for the first time since its split with ex-husband, Russell Brand, and then, there are R & B singers - and former lovers - Chris Brown and Rihanna, which is both to.

Still, among the races, the new artist category present among the most fascinating game of the night candidate. Rappers, Nicki Minaj and j. Cole, The Band Perry country music group, rock band Bon Iver and producer of dance electronica Skrillex are competing for the title in a category that is often the most difficult to predict.

Minaj, 29 years old, is the most successful commercial law in five after his No.1 "Pink Friday" album, and a sign of popularity, it appears the largest TV scene in the world at half-time show of Super Bowl week last with Madonna.

But surprise entries for Bon Iver and disc jockey Skrillex - first dance electronica act to get a blink of eye in the revelation category - were torn apart by the experts.

"Last year, Grammy voters pulled a fast one," said Bill Werde, publishing Director of music for Billboard magazine.

"Everyone expects the name of Justin Bieber was called and they announced the name of Esperanza Spalding.". "If the jaw - its great it will be if Skrillex walked on stage to accept the price of the best new not Nicki Minaj, that I think that many people would say is the front runner," said Werde.

Skrillex, 24, has an impressive head of total five Grammy nods this year, including two for his album of dance "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites".

Good Iver, by Justin Vernon, has four nominations, including two in the categories folder and the song of the year for "Holocene".

And not rely on The Band Perry - three brothers and sisters, whose single "if I Die Young" was a cross-over hit the country and pop radio last year and helped win the trio eight awards for various groups of country music.

"Everyone thinks Nicki Minaj has a good chance of winning or j. Cole or The Band Perry, but rap is still very well at the Grammys," said Lyndsey Parker, editor of Yahoo! Music.

Minaj has also three other shots at home take a Grammy Sunday, including best performance rap for his song "Moment 4 Life" with Drake

A NIGHT OF FIRST

Grammy show performances can make or break an artist, and several big names are returns of sorts on Sunday.

Adele, 23, for six awards, will perform live in public in his first major performance since undergoing surgery for throat in November 2011.

Katy Perry, which has used excerpts from his marriage for his work on the 2011 Grammys, is in the show Sunday with two nods for its unique success "Firework". But it is likely to make the headlines for his first big public release since her English actor husband that Russell Brand filed for divorce in December.

"I think that loan of Katy to go out and show everyone, she is not a victim and that it runs on the show," said Bonnie McKee, songwriter of hits of Perry "California Gurls", "Teenage Dream" and "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F)."

"Of course, it must be recognized (the divorce), but it with a wink and a smile." "The show must go on," said McKee.

Emblematic of the 1960s Group The Beach Boys will use the Grammy spotlight to their first show for more than 20 years before a new album and tour later this year.

And rocker Bruce Springsteen will take the stage with his E Street Band for the first time without saxophonist Clarence "Big Man" Clemons, died of a stroke last June.

The greatest return can be to rapper Chris Brown, whose career was derailed about three years earlier on the night before the Grammys, after he was arrested for beating his companion, Rihanna.

Brown has spent recent years since the incident of 2009 to rehabilitate himself in the eyes of fans and times, with three nods Grammy and Rihanna, who has four, will perform on Sunday evening, although on the separate steps.

"There certainly poorly his career during this weekend of Grammy." "There is always talk about his redemption... but I do not think it has repaired enough," said Parker.

Rihanna, appointed to the coveted album of the year honor for "Loud", will perform with Coldplay on the main stage, while Brown joins Foo Fighters, David Guetta, Deadmau5 and Lil Wayne in a dance music special on a stage outside the room of the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

"The Grammys know that would get an interest...".I would hate (Brown and Rihanna) emphasis on the Grammys on other artists, but it is going to get much attention, said Parker.

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Shines Spotlight on Adele Grammy

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - the Grammy Awards in recent years have targeted young audiences even though the former acts won the key to the surprise of some music fans, but the honours of Sunday shines its spotlight on Adele, whose popularity crosses all age limits.

Singer British soulful, whose album "21" resulted in massive hits such as "Rolling in the deep" and topped the charts for 19 weeks, entering great price of the industry of music with six nominations, second only to rapper Kanye West with seven.

But all the ears will be settled to Adele, 23, who is scheduled to give a Grammy performance which is his first since undergoing surgery of the gorge towards the end of last year. And everyone, young and old, wants to know if the interpreter of top-sale of 2011 has recovered.

"My eight year old Adele daughter sings songs and 75-year-old grandmother my friend sings Adele songs," said Nic Harcourt, former host of KCRW, who is among those to British singer on the map of U.S. music.

Voice of Adele is a breath of fresh air in 2011 for an industry struggling. "21" album sold more copies in a year than any other Act since "Confessions" Usher in 2004. Total current U.S. sales is about 6.3 million copies.

Over the past years, the Grammys have often seen relative newcomers top categories such as album of the year faced the veteran acts, only to see the older artists to win, shocking the industry focused on youth. Herbie Hancock 2007 jazz album, "River: The Joni letters," was one of the surprises of the latter.

This will not happen at the ceremony on Sunday in Los Angeles. Competition for the album of the year are Adele with "21", Lady Gaga for "Born This Way," Rihanna with "Loud", Bruno March for "Doo-Wops & Hooligans" and the Foo Fighters for "Wasting Light."

Indeed, many of the major categories are dominated by young stars of pop as Adele, Gaga, Katy Perry and Rihanna. Traditional rockers are in large part, with the exception of legend, Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen, who are both set to perform at the show on Sunday in Los Angeles.

ADELE, WITHOUT MAKING POP

But in an ironic twist, Adele won celebrity precisely because it involves as many groups of spectators with its expressive ballads such as "Someone like you" as the sound as a survival in an industry dominated by electronic music.

"She had a little substance more and is not just a pop confectionery.". "With a classical sound, Grammy veteran voters are supporting her, while it also reaches young people, no problem", said Bob Merlis, President of the advertising of the MFH.

Adele singles were played on several radio formats, helping to sell albums for consumers more older as well as younger fans who tend to buy music online.

David Bakula, senior vice president, analytic Nielsen Entertainment Adele "exceeded the limits of a simple pop artist, which involves a host of younger, more focused on the singles." said Katy Perry is a good example of a star which sells tons of singles, but not tons of albums. ?

In addition, seven nods Kanye West of the Crown back critical and commercial for the controversial 34-year old rapper who made a voluntary break to perform in 2009.

West has recorded its best competitor of rap "My beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" album in Hawaii after withdrawing from the scene of public music following severe criticism on his 2009 explosion involving country starlet Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards.

Already a 14-time Grammy winner, it is named for the song of the year for "all of the Lights" and best performance rap with Jay - Z for "Otis".

The best new artist category reflects an eclectic mix of artists, the rapper Nicki Minaj and rapper j. Cole, to the sensations of countries The Band Perry, House and artist electropop Skrillex and American folk group Bon Iver.

Singer of "Rhinestone Cowboy" Glen Campbell, 75, currently on a

farewell tour after having announced it early stage of Alzheimer's disease, will receive a lifetime achievement award, and will perform with The Band Perry and Blake Shelton.

Other performers will include veteran crooner Tony Bennett, who is appointed for his Duet "Body and soul" with the late Amy Winehouse - Alicia Keys, Taylor Swift, Coldplay, Jason Aldean, Kelly Clarkson and Chris Brown.

Bonnie Raitt happens after "Finally" singer Etta James, who died in January at the age of 73 years, and rapper and actor of "NCIS: Los Angeles" LL Cool J will be the first official host of the ceremony of the Grammy Awards in seven years.

The winners are determined by some 13,000 members of the Recording Academy, but only a handful of trophies in 78 categories is distributed on the dissemination of the live on Sunday.

(Editing by Jill Serjeant and Bob Tourtellotte)

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Chris Brown returns to the Grammy Awards; Rihanna also perform

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Chris Brown will perform at this Sunday's Grammy Awards for the first time since beating his then girlfriend Rihanna in 2009 on the eve of the music industry's biggest night, which threatened to derail his music career.

Rihanna also is among the stars performing live at the event, and rumors have flown among fans and celebrity watchers in recent weeks that the pair may be secretly dating again -- speculation Brown's representatives have dismissed.

Grammy organizers said on Tuesday that Brown, who has three nominations including best R&B singer for his album "F.A.M.E.", had been added to the line-up for the February 12 awards show in Los Angeles.

They said Brown will join Foo Fighters, Lil Wayne, David Guetta and deadmau 5 for a performance highlighting dance and electronica music for the first time on the Grammy Awards show stage.

Organizers said last month that Rihanna, who has four nominations including album of the year for "Loud", will sing with Coldplay on the Grammy stage.

Brown, 22, has skipped the Grammys since launching a violent attack on Rihanna in 2009, leaving her battered and bruised and Brown in the custody of police.

Brown publicly apologized, admitted to criminal assault in court. A judge sentenced him to five years probation, six months community service and anger management counseling. But his clean-cut image took a major blow.

Rihanna's career on the other hand soared, and she scored hits with songs like "Man Down" and "Love the Way You Lie", which dealt with violence against women.

The pair appeared to have gone their separate ways but in recent months, speculation buzzed that they had reunited after they were spotted at the same Los Angeles nightclub and put out a series of cryptic messages on Twitter.

But Brown's spokesman said in January that Brown and Rihanna were "just friends".

(Reporting By Jill Serjeant; Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)

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Bruce Springsteen joins Grammy Awards performers

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The S&P 500 posted its biggest daily percentage decline thus far in 2012 on Friday after an about-face on Greece's long-awaited debt deal ended a five-week streak of gains for equities. All but one of the 30 Dow components ended lower while all 10 S&P sectors fell, with cyclical sectors such as energy,?…

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Musicians removed to protest outside the ceremony at the Grammy Awards show

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - angry musicians protesteront Grammy Awards ceremony on Sunday on the outside of a decision to reduce the initial price of industry 31 music categories ethnic and minority music.

Organizers said Wednesday that they hoped tens of music artists and fans of Latin music, jazz, gospel and blues could join the event and attend a concert of replacement.

Some 23 000 people have signed a petition demanding that the Recording Academy restore the ceremony of the Grammy awards for music native American and Hawaiian, and inverse of sections in the categories of Latin Jazz, Gospel, R & B and Blues that have been deleted in the major revision last year.

Paul Simon, Carlos Santana, Bonnie Raitt and Bobby Sanabria are among dozens of artists who spoke against the decision. Musicians say Grammy reductions will affect financial career and reduce the profile of music enjoyed by the minority communities.

Robert Sax spokesman said Wednesday that the event will be held outside the Staples Center in Los Angeles stars like Rihanna, Bruce Springsteen, The Beach Boys and Tony Bennett came to perform at the show of the ceremony of the Grammy Awards Sunday.

The demonstrators will celebrate the step later those price stars Latin Jazz Jam in a discotheque in Los Angeles, with the performers, including twice winning the Grammy Oscar Hernandez, John Santos and Bobby Matos.

"We wish this concert to remind music fans of great music that has been eliminated by the Grammys." To paraphrase what Frank Sinatra said at the first Grammy Awards of 1959, "Remember, the prices are on excellence, popularity." ", artist Jazz Latin said de Matos.

The Recording Academy announced in April that he was being the number of categories of Grammy to 78 of 109 for 2012 Grammy Awards, saying that the cuts were necessary to maintain "the prestige of the prices higher and only recognized peer in music."

Rapper Kanye West has led the field of contenders Grammy with seven nominations, followed by Adele, Bruno March and Foo Fighters.

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Bret Michaels celebrates music at Grammy concert

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bret Michaels isn't above stealing a Grammy.

After crooning "Nothin' But A Good Time," the former Poison frontman — who has never attained Grammy gold — jokingly announced onstage at a Grammy Foundation event Thursday that he was on the prowl to nab a trophy.

The rocker was among more than a dozen performers at "One Night Only: A Celebration Of The Live Music Experience," the 14th annual Grammy Foundation Music Preservation Project.

"This is as close as I've ever got to a Grammy," said Michaels while standing next to a mammoth Grammy statue. "I'm the Susan Lucci of rock and roll."

This year's event paid tribute to the forms of live music, including concerts, festivals and venues ranging from The Troubadour in Los Angeles to the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tenn. Other performers included Mavis Staples, Ledisi, Dave Koz and Trombone Shorty, who teamed up at one point during the show for a jazzy rendition of "I'll Take You There."

"Tonight's event enables us to highlight the Grammy Foundation's efforts to keep our rich musical heritage alive for future generations — part of the Recording Academy's ongoing educational mission," Neil Portnow, president and CEO of the Recording Academy, told the diverse crowd of Grammy winners, nominees and music lovers inside the Saban Theatre.

The event began with selections from Antonin Dvorak's New World Symphony by the student musicians from the Colburn Orchestra. Other performers included Grammy winners Shelby Lynne, Robert Cray and Jonny Lang, who dueted with "The Voice" finalist Beverly McClellan.

"The vibe of a live performance, there is nothing like it in the world," said Ozzfest co-founder and "America's Got Talent" judge Sharon Osbourne, who co-hosted the event. "It doesn't matter if it's for 100 people or 100,000 people. It gives me goosebumps. As we get ready for the Grammys, which honor the year's best recordings, we should remember that all music begins as live music."

Clips about live music performances from the foundation's archives, including a tribute to the iconic Greenwich Village folk music coffeehouse Caffe Lena in New York City, were showcased between performances.

Laura "LP" Pergolizzi wowed the crowd with her ukulele skills, whistling prowess and soaring voice on her song "Into the Wild" before launching into a glassy cover of Radiohead's "Creep," which prompted fans in the audience to lavish the curly-haired singer with a standing ovation.

"Artists can break on YouTube or Facebook, but no matter what, you still need to get in front of a crowd of real live humans," said Grammy-winning guitarist and event co-host Steve Vai. "When we get together and we're watching, we're communicating with the band by feeling them, and it creates this atmosphere, which is the live music experience that we just love so much."

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Chris Brown returns to the Grammy Awards; Rihanna also perform

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Chris Brown will perform at this Sunday's Grammy Awards for the first time since beating his then girlfriend Rihanna in 2009 on the eve of the music industry's biggest night, which threatened to derail his music career.

Rihanna also is among the stars performing live at the event, and rumors have flown among fans and celebrity watchers in recent weeks that the pair may be secretly dating again -- speculation Brown's representatives have dismissed.

Grammy organizers said on Tuesday that Brown, who has three nominations including best R&B singer for his album "F.A.M.E.", had been added to the line-up for the February 12 awards show in Los Angeles.

They said Brown will join Foo Fighters, Lil Wayne, David Guetta and deadmau 5 for a performance highlighting dance and electronica music for the first time on the Grammy Awards show stage.

Organizers said last month that Rihanna, who has four nominations including album of the year for "Loud", will sing with Coldplay on the Grammy stage.

Brown, 22, has skipped the Grammys since launching a violent attack on Rihanna in 2009, leaving her battered and bruised and Brown in the custody of police.

Brown publicly apologized, admitted to criminal assault in court. A judge sentenced him to five years probation, six months community service and anger management counseling. But his clean-cut image took a major blow.

Rihanna's career on the other hand soared, and she scored hits with songs like "Man Down" and "Love the Way You Lie", which dealt with violence against women.

The pair appeared to have gone their separate ways but in recent months, speculation buzzed that they had reunited after they were spotted at the same Los Angeles nightclub and put out a series of cryptic messages on Twitter.

But Brown's spokesman said in January that Brown and Rihanna were "just friends".

(Reporting By Jill Serjeant; Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)

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Reunified Beach Boys to perform at the Grammy Awards

NEW YORK (Reuters) - the S & P 500 posted its big decline in daily percentage 2012 Friday after a volte-face on deal long-awaited debt of the Greece ended in a series of five weeks of gains for the shares. All the components of Dow 30 ending lower while all areas of S & P 10 fell, with the cyclical sectors such as energy...

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Shines Spotlight on Adele Grammy

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - the Grammy Awards in recent years have targeted young audiences even though the former acts won the key to the surprise of some music fans, but the honours of Sunday shines its spotlight on Adele, whose popularity crosses all age limits.

Singer British soulful, whose album "21" resulted in massive hits such as "Rolling in the deep" and topped the charts for 19 weeks, entering great price of the industry of music with six nominations, second only to rapper Kanye West with seven.

But all the ears will be settled to Adele, 23, who is scheduled to give a Grammy performance which is his first since undergoing surgery of the gorge towards the end of last year. And everyone, young and old, wants to know if the interpreter of top-sale of 2011 has recovered.

"My eight year old Adele daughter sings songs and 75-year-old grandmother my friend sings Adele songs," said Nic Harcourt, former host of KCRW, who is among those to British singer on the map of U.S. music.

Voice of Adele is a breath of fresh air in 2011 for an industry struggling. "21" album sold more copies in a year than any other Act since "Confessions" Usher in 2004. Total current U.S. sales is about 6.3 million copies.

Over the past years, the Grammys have often seen relative newcomers top categories such as album of the year faced the veteran acts, only to see the older artists to win, shocking the industry focused on youth. Herbie Hancock 2007 jazz album, "River: The Joni letters," was one of the surprises of the latter.

This will not happen at the ceremony on Sunday in Los Angeles. Competition for the album of the year are Adele with "21", Lady Gaga for "Born This Way," Rihanna with "Loud", Bruno March for "Doo-Wops & Hooligans" and the Foo Fighters for "Wasting Light."

Indeed, many of the major categories are dominated by young stars of pop as Adele, Gaga, Katy Perry and Rihanna. Traditional rockers are in large part, with the exception of legend, Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen, who are both set to perform at the show on Sunday in Los Angeles.

ADELE, WITHOUT MAKING POP

But in an ironic twist, Adele won celebrity precisely because it involves as many groups of spectators with its expressive ballads such as "Someone like you" as the sound as a survival in an industry dominated by electronic music.

"She had a little substance more and is not just a pop confectionery.". "With a classical sound, Grammy veteran voters are supporting her, while it also reaches young people, no problem", said Bob Merlis, President of the advertising of the MFH.

Adele singles were played on several radio formats, helping to sell albums for consumers more older as well as younger fans who tend to buy music online.

David Bakula, senior vice president, analytic Nielsen Entertainment Adele "exceeded the limits of a simple pop artist, which involves a host of younger, more focused on the singles." said Katy Perry is a good example of a star which sells tons of singles, but not tons of albums. ?

In addition, seven nods Kanye West of the Crown back critical and commercial for the controversial 34-year old rapper who made a voluntary break to perform in 2009.

West has recorded its best competitor of rap "My beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" album in Hawaii after withdrawing from the scene of public music following severe criticism on his 2009 explosion involving country starlet Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards.

Already a 14-time Grammy winner, it is named for the song of the year for "all of the Lights" and best performance rap with Jay - Z for "Otis".

The best new artist category reflects an eclectic mix of artists, the rapper Nicki Minaj and rapper j. Cole, to the sensations of countries The Band Perry, House and artist electropop Skrillex and American folk group Bon Iver.

Singer of "Rhinestone Cowboy" Glen Campbell, 75, currently on a

farewell tour after having announced it early stage of Alzheimer's disease, will receive a lifetime achievement award, and will perform with The Band Perry and Blake Shelton.

Other performers will include veteran crooner Tony Bennett, who is appointed for his Duet "Body and soul" with the late Amy Winehouse - Alicia Keys, Taylor Swift, Coldplay, Jason Aldean, Kelly Clarkson and Chris Brown.

Bonnie Raitt happens after "Finally" singer Etta James, who died in January at the age of 73 years, and rapper and actor of "NCIS: Los Angeles" LL Cool J will be the first official host of the ceremony of the Grammy Awards in seven years.

The winners are determined by some 13,000 members of the Recording Academy, but only a handful of trophies in 78 categories is distributed on the dissemination of the live on Sunday.

(Editing by Jill Serjeant and Bob Tourtellotte)

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Audio Shazam application enabled for the Grammy Awards

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - candidates Grammy, Kanye West, Lady Gaga, and Adele take note: first of all, you could Shazam Super Bowl, and now you can Shazam Grammy Awards.

SHAZAM and the Recording Academy announced Thursday that viewers will be able to use the application during the ceremony to release exclusive content of backstage and be kept informed of the schedule to the performance.

"Dissemination of Grammy brings together two of the key aspects of the function of discovery Shazam offers - music, which is our heritage and television, which is part of our future," Shazam CEO Andrew Fisher said in a statement.

SHAZAM, which began as an application of recognition of songs, has tried to impose its audio recognition technology in the TV space. If you open the app while watching an advertisement or a program that is enabled to Shazam, it will be unlock all types of content.

He used this for more than a dozen television and commercials still more, but the largest time "Shazam for TV" to date was the Super Bowl last Sunday. The game itself is Shazamable, like almost half of the ads.

SHAZAM has locked on another platform of great event in the case of the Grammys, and marking of the show offers users a live stream of the video behind the scenes, a set list for the big show and the ability to buy all kinds of music.

In addition, if a user to Shazam tags a song between now and March 15, they will be entered into a competition to win a VIP trip for two to the Grammy Awards ceremony next year.

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