Carrie Underwood To Perform On 50th Annual GRAMMY Awards!

BEYONCE, THE FOO FIGHTERS AND CARRIE UNDERWOOD TO PERFORM ON 50TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS!!

Music’s Biggest Night® Airs Live on CBS Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Jan. 24, 2008) — Beyoncé; Foo Fighters; Carrie Underwood; 2008 MusiCares® Person of the Year Aretha Franklin, Mary J. Blige, the Clark Sisters, Israel And New Breed, and Trin-I-Tee 5:7 in a special gospel segment; and Rihanna with a reunited the Time in a special 50th anniversary segment are the first performers announced for the 50th Annual GRAMMY® Awards telecast, it was announced today by The Recording Academy®.

Two-time GRAMMY winner Carrie Underwood has nods for Best Female Country Vocal Performance (“Before He Cheats”) and Best Country Collaboration With Vocals (“Oh Love” with Brad Paisley).

The music industry’s premier event will take place live on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast in HDTV and 5.1 Surround Sound on the CBS Television Network from 8 – 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT). The show also will be supported on radio via Westwood One worldwide and XM Satellite Radio, and covered online at GRAMMY.com. Additional performers, presenters and special segments will be announced soon.