The 59th Annual Grammy Awards are approaching! Check out our 2017 Grammys guide below for all the info on who's performing, who's nominated and everything you need to know. PopCrush will be on site Grammys weekend to bring you interviews, updates and more! Make sure to follow @PopCrush on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat (at PopCrushSnap), and follow the hashtag #GrammysPC.

When Are the 2017 Grammy Awards? 
The 59th Annual Grammy Awards will air on February 12, 2017 from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, and it'll be broadcast on CBS.

Who Is Hosting the 2017 Grammys?

James Corden Grammys Host
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James Corden will take over Grammy hosting duties from LL Cool J, who emceed the awards show from 2012-2016. LL Cool J still stars opposite Chris O'Donnell on CBS' NCIS: Los Angeles, but Corden has become a network darling with the breakout success of The Late Late Show's "Carpool Karaoke" franchise (Apple Music has purchased the rights to a separate spinoff "Carpool" series).

"We look forward to bringing James' exceptional showmanship, infectious energy, and his undeniable kinship with music the to GRAMMY stage," said Jack Sussman, Executive VP of Specials, Music, And Live Events for CBS Entertainment.

Who Is Performing at the 2017 Grammys? 

Lady Gaga will reportedly perform alongside Metallica, a TV spot for the Grammys revealed on February 6. The veteran rockers were the first act to confirm a 2017 Grammys performance, as the band first announced it on January 14. It'll be the band's fourth time playing the Grammys stage within 25 years (and their first Lady Gaga collaboration).

Katy Perry will return to the Grammys stage, as confirmed by the Recording Academy on February 6. While Katy released her latest single "Rise" back in July of 2016, fans are already speculating that the addition may mean a first taste of her forthcoming fourth studio album.

Beyonce is reportedly set to perform at the Grammys, Entertainment Tonight confirmed on February 2, claiming the pregnant pop star was spotted in secret rehearsals. Event producer Ken Erlich had previously indicated to Billboard that Album of the Year and Record of the Year nominees Adele and Beyonce would both perform at the 2017 Grammys; it would seem they indeed locked the two queens down.

Ed Sheeran has also been added to the roster, the Recording Academy announced on Sunday (February 12).

The Weeknd will return to the Grammys stage alongside French duo Daft Punk. The acts collaborated on two singles off of The Weeknd's Starboy album: The title track, and "I Feel It Coming."

Chance the Rapper, who is up for seven awards (including Best New Artist, and two for his feature on Kanye West's "Ultralightbeam") will make his Grammy performance debut. The independent Chicago artist made history with his nominations, as his Coloring Book album is the first streaming-only release to be nominated since the Grammys changed their eligibility rules to keep up with the evolving industry in June 2016.

"My Church" singer Maren Morris, who's among this year's Best New Artist nominees, will duet with 15-time Grammy winner Alicia Keys.

Another hotly anticipated team-up: Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl will join Best New Artist nominee Anderson Paak and rap group A Tribe Called Quest, who returned in 2016 with the album We Got It from Here...Thank You 4 Your Service following group member Phife Dawg's death. 

Four-time Grammy winner Bruno Mars will be performing at this year's event as well as confirmed by The Recording Academy on January 25. A Grammy tribute to Prince, who died on April 21, 2016, is set — and reports have Bruno in talks to join Paisley Park Records band The Time for a tribute. There will also be a tribute to the late, great George Michael.

Mars will likely bring a number from his newly-released 24K Magic to the stage, as he did opening the 2016 American Music Awards — we're guessing "That's What I Like."

Ten-time Grammy winner Adele is officially set to perform, the Recording Academy confirmed on January 20.

John Legend, Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban will be taking the stage at the 2017 Grammys, as confirmed by the Recording Academy on January 18.

Carrie and Keith will be performing together.

Two-time Grammy winners Little Big Town, who saw country chart success with the Taylor Swift-written "Better Man" in 2016, will also perform, as confirmed on February 2. Best New Artist nominee Sturgill Simpson, like the others in his Grammy category, will perform, and singer and guitarist Gary Clark Jr. will team up with nominee William Bell.

Who Are the 2017 Grammy Nominees?

Meghan Trainor announced four of this year's Grammy nominees categories on CBS This Morning on December 6: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year and Best New Artist, which Trainor won in 2016. The 84 remaining categories were announced on the official GRAMMYs website.

As predicted, Adele, Drake and Beyonce lead with a host of nominations, including respective nods for Album of the Year. Meanwhile, Chance the Rapper, who has seen commercial success despite not being signed to any label and releasing 2016's Coloring Book for free, is up for Best New Artist and Best Rap Album, plus noms for his single "Problem" and Kanye West's "Ultralight Beam." Check out the major-category 2017 Grammy nominations below.

Album Of The Year:
25 — Adele
Lemonade — Beyoncé
Purpose — Justin Bieber
Views — Drake
A Sailor's Guide To Earth — Sturgill Simpson

Record Of The Year:
"Hello" — Adele
"Formation" — Beyoncé
"7 Years" — Lukas Graham
"Work" — Rihanna Featuring Drake
"Stressed Out" — Twenty One Pilots

Song Of The Year:
"Formation" — Khalif Brown, Asheton Hogan, Beyoncé Knowles & Michael L. Williams II, songwriters (Beyoncé)
"Hello" — Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin, songwriters (Adele)
"I Took A Pill In Ibiza" — Mike Posner, songwriter (Mike Posner)
"Love Yourself" — Justin Bieber, Benjamin Levin & Ed Sheeran, songwriters (Justin Bieber)
"7 Years" — Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Pilegaard & Morten Ristorp, songwriters (Lukas Graham)

Best New Artist:
Kelsea Ballerini
The Chainsmokers
Chance The Rapper
​Maren Morris
Anderson .Paak

Best Pop Vocal Album:
25 — Adele
Purpose — Justin Bieber
Dangerous Woman — Ariana Grande
Confident — Demi Lovato
This Is Acting — Sia

Best Pop Vocal Performance:
"Hello" — Adele
"Hold Up" — Beyonce
"Love Yourself" — Justin Bieber
"Piece By Piece (Idol Version)" — Kelly Clarkson
"Dangerous Woman" — Ariana Grande

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
"Closer," The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey
"7 Years" — Lukas Graham
"Work" — Rihanna feat. Drake
"Cheap Thrills" — Sia feat. Sean Paul
"Stressed Out" — Twenty One Pilots

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:
Cinema — Andrea Bocelli
Fallen Angels — Bob Dylan
Stages Live — Josh Groban
Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin — Willie Nelson
Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway — Barbra Streisand

Best Dance/Electronic Album:
Skin — Flume
Electronica 1: The Time Machine — Jean-Michel Jarre
Epoch — Tycho
Barbara Barbara, We Face A Shining Future — Underworld
Louie Vega Starring…XXVIII — Louie Vega

Best Dance Recording:
"Tearing Me Up" — Bob Moses
"Don't Let Me Down" — The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya
"Never Be Like You" — Flume Featuring Kai
"Rinse & Repeat" — Riton Featuring Kah-Lo
"Drinkee" — Sofi Tukker

Best Rock Performance
"Joe (Live From Austin City Limits)" — Alabama Shakes
"Don't Hurt Yourself" — Beyoncé Featuring Jack White
"Blackstar" — David Bowie
"The Sound Of Silence (Live On Conan)" — Disturbed
"Heathens" — Twenty One Pilots

Best Metal Performance
"Shock Me" — Baroness
"Silvera" — Gojira
"Rotting In Vain" — Korn
"Dystopia" — Megadeth
"The Price Is Wrong" — Periphery

Best Rock Song
"Blackstar" — David Bowie, songwriter (David Bowie)
"Burn The Witch" — Radiohead, songwriters (Radiohead)
"Hardwired" — James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich, songwriters (Metallica)
"Heathens" — Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots)
"My Name Is Human" — Rich Meyer, Ryan Meyer & Johnny Stevens, songwriters (Highly Suspect)

Best Rock Album
California — Blink-182
Tell Me I'm Pretty — Cage The Elephant
Magma — Gojira
Death Of A Bachelor — Panic! At The Disco
Weezer — Weezer

Best Alternative Music Album
22, A Million — Bon Iver
Blackstar — David Bowie
The Hope Six Demolition Project — PJ Harvey
Post Pop Depression — Iggy Pop
A Moon Shaped Pool — Radiohead

Best Urban Contemporary Album
Lemonade — Beyoncé
Ology — Gallant
We Are King — KING
Malibu — Anderson .Paak
Anti — Rihanna

Best R&B Performance:
"Turnin' Me Up" — BJ The Chicago Kid
"Permission" — Ro James
"I Do" — Musiq Soulchild
"Needed Me" — Rihanna
"Cranes in the Sky" — Solange

Best R&B Song:
"Come See Me" — J. Brathwaite, Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib, songwriters (PartyNextDoor Featuring Drake)
"Exchange" — Michael Hernandez & Bryson Tiller, songwriters (Bryson Tiller)
"Kiss It Better" — Jeff Bhasker, Robyn Fenty, John-Nathan Glass & Natalia Noemi, songwriters (Rihanna)
"Lake by the Ocean" — Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)
"Luv" — Magnus August Høiberg, Benjamin Levin & Daystar Peterson, songwriters (Tory Lanez)

Best R&B Album:
In My Mind — BJ The Chicago Kid
Lalah Hathaway Live — Lalah Hathaway
Velvet Portraits —Terrace Martin
Healing Season — Mint Condition
Smoove Jones — Mya

Best Traditional R&B Performance:
"The Three of Me" — William Bell
"Woman's World" — BJ The Chicago Kid
"Sleeping With the One I Love" — Fantasia
"Angel" — Lalah Hathaway
"Can't Wait" — Jill Scott

Best Rap Album:
Coloring Book — Chance The Rapper
And The Anonymous Nobody — De La Soul
Major Key — DJ Khaled
Views — Drake
Blank Face LP — ScHoolboy Q
The Life Of Pablo — Kanye West

Best Rap Performance:
"No Problem" — Chance The Rapper Featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz
"Panda" —Desiigner
"Pop Style" — Drake Featuring The Throne
"All The Way Up" — Fat Joe & Remy Ma Featuring French Montana & Infared
"That Part" — ScHoolboy Q Featuring Kanye West

Best Rap Song:
"All The Way Up" — Fat Joe & Remy Ma Featuring French Montana & Infared
"Famous" — Kanye West Featuring Rihanna
"Hotline Bling" — Drake
"No Problem: — Chance The Rapper Featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz
"Ultralight Beam" — Kanye West Featuring Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream

Best Rap/Sung Performance:
"Freedom" — Beyoncé Featuring Kendrick Lamar
"Hotline Bling" — Drake
"Broccoli" — D.R.A.M. Featuring Lil Yachty
"Ultralight Beam" — Kanye West Featuring Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream
"Famous" — Kanye West Featuring Rihanna

Best Country Album:
Big Day In A Small Town — Brandy Clark
Full Circle — Loretta Lynn
Hero — Maren Morris
A Sailor's Guide To Earth — Sturgill Simpson
Ripcord — Keith Urban

Best Country Solo Performance:
"Love Can Go To Hell" — Brandy Clark
"Vice" — Miranda Lambert
"My Church" — Maren Morris
"Church Bells" — Carrie Underwood
"Blue Ain't Your Color" — Keith Urban

Best Country Duo/Group Performance:
"Different for Girls" — Dierks Bentley Featuring Elle King
"21 Summer" — Brothers Osborne
"Setting the World on Fire" — Kenny Chesney & P!nk
"Jolene" — Pentatonix Featuring Dolly Parton
"Think of You" — Chris Young With Cassadee Pope

Best Country Song:
"Blue Ain't Your Color" — Clint Lagerberg, Hillary Lindsey & Steven Lee Olsen, songwriters (Keith Urban)
"Die a Happy Man" — Sean Douglas, Thomas Rhett & Joe Spargur, songwriters (Thomas Rhett)
"Humble And Kind" — Lori McKenna, songwriter (Tim McGraw)
"My Church" — busbee & Maren Morris, songwriters (Maren Morris)
"Vice" — Miranda Lambert, Shane McAnally & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)

Best American Roots Performance:
"Ain't No Man" — The Avett Brothers
"Mother's Children Have A Hard Time" — Blind Boys Of Alabama
"Factory Girl" — Rhiannon Giddens
"House Of Mercy" — Sarah Jarosz
"Wreck You" — Lori McKenna

Best Latin Pop Album:
Un Besito Mas — Jesse & Joy
Ilusión — Gaby Moreno
Similares — Laura Pausini
Seguir Latiendo — Sanalejo
Buena Vida — Diego Torres

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling):
The Girl With The Lower Back Tattoo — Amy Schumer
In Such Good Company: Eleven Years Of Laughter, Mayhem, And Fun In The Sandbox — Carol Burnett
M Train — Patti Smith
Under The Big Black Sun: A Personal History Of L.A.Punk (John Doe With Tom DeSavia) — (Various Artists)
Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink — Elvis Costello

Best Comedy Album
...America...Great… — David Cross
American Myth — Margaret Cho
Boyish Girl Interrupted — Tig Notaro
Live At The Apollo — Amy Schumer
Talking For Clapping — Patton Oswalt

Best Song Written For Visual Media
"Can't Stop The Feeling!" — Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Gwen Stefani, James Corden, Zooey Deschanel, Walt Dohrn, Ron Funches, Caroline Hjelt, Aino Jawo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse & Kunal Nayyar), Track from: Trolls
"Heathens" — Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots), Track from:Suicide Squad
"Just Like Fire" — Oscar Holter, Max Martin, P!nk & Shellback, songwriters (P!nk), Track from: Alice Through The Looking Glass
"Purple Lamborghini" — Shamann Cooke, Sonny Moore & William Roberts, songwriters (Skrillex & Rick Ross), Track from: Suicide Squad
"Try Everything" — Mikkel S. Eriksen, Sia Furler & Tor Erik Hermansen, songwriters (Shakira), Track from: Zootopia
"The Veil" — Peter Gabriel, songwriter (Peter Gabriel), Track from:Snowden

Best Music Video
"Formation" — Beyoncé
"River" — Leon Bridges
"Up & Up" — Coldplay
"Gosh" — Jamie XX
"Upside Down & Inside Out" — OK Go

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Benny Blanco
Greg Kurstin
Max Martin
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