Chad’s Grammy Awards Preview

Music's biggest night is coming up Sunday!  It's the 54th annual GRAMMY Awards and this year's show is going to be country strong.  Not only are country artists nominated in some big categories, the list of performers is loaded up with some of country's superstars.  Read on and I'll tell you who's nominated and who's singing live during the show.

A few years back the GRAMMY's really scaled back on the number of categories they give awards for.  And, consequently, country music basically has four major categories.  And here are the nominees in each.

BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE

Dirt Road Anthem-  Jason Aldean

I'm Gonna Love You Through It-  Martina McBride

Honey Bee-  Blake Shelton

Mean-  Taylor Swift

Mama's Song-  Carrie Underwood

BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE

Don't You Wanna Stay-  Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson

You And Tequila-  Kenny Chesney and Grace Potter

Barton Hollow-  The Civil Wars

Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not-  Thompson Square

BEST COUNTRY SONG (which goes to the songwriters)

Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not-  Jim Collins & David Lee Murphy

God Gave Me You-  Dave Barnes

Just Fishin'- Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell, & Ed Hill

Mean-  Taylor Swift

Threaten Me With Heaven-  Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Will Owsley and Dillon O'Brian

You And Tequila-  Matraca Berg & Deana Carter

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM

My Kinda Party-  Jason Aldean

Chief-  Eric Church

Own The Night-  Lady Antebellum

Red River Blue-  Blake Shelton

Here For A Good Time-  George Strait

Speak Now-  Taylor Swift

And we have to give a special shout-out to The Band Perry who are nominated for BEST NEW ARTIST!!

So, who's going to perform?  Take a look!

COUNTRY ACTS SCHEDULE TO PERFORM

Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson

Carrie Underwood w/ Tony Bennett

The Civil Wars

Taylor Swift

and there will be a special tribute to Glen Campbell featuring Blake Shelton, The Band Perry and Glen himself!

OTHER ACTS SCHEDULED TO PERFORM

Adele

The Beach Boys

Chris Brown

Coldplay w/ Rihanna

Foo Fighters

Diana Krall

Bruno Mars

Paul McCartney

Nicki Minaj

Maceo Parker

Katy Perry

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

Joe Walsh

David Guetta

Lil Wayne

The 54th annual GRAMMY Awards air at 7pm CST on CBS live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles!