NEWS RELEASE JANELLE MONAE SET TO PERFORM WITH FUN. ON "THE GRAMMY® NOMINATIONS CONCERT LIVE!! COUNTDOWN TO MUSIC'S BIGGEST NIGHT®" Sheryl Crow, Little Big Town, The Lumineers, and Nas Added to Present on CBS Entertainment Special Airing Dec. 5, 10 p.m. ET/PT (9 p.m. CT) —Announcing Nominations for the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards® Live for the First Time Ever from Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee. SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Dec. 5, 2012) Singer/ songwriter Janelle Monáe will perform with FUN. on "The GRAMMY® Nominations Concert Live!! Countdown To Music's Biggest Night®." Additionally, nine-time GRAMMY winner Sheryl Crow, country group Little Big Town, folk/rock group The Lumineers and rapper Nas have been added as presenters for the one-hour special. They join previously announced performers Luke Bryan, Hunter Hayes, three-time GRAMMY-winning group Maroon 5, three-time GRAMMY winner Ne-Yo, Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award recipients The Who, and The Band Perry and Dierks Bentley in a special tribute to Johnny Cash. Two-time GRAMMY winner LL COOL J and six-time GRAMMY winner Taylor Swift will co-host the one-hour concert special. The show —which will announce nominations in several categories as well as feature performances by past GRAMMY winners and/or nominees —will take place live for the first time ever at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn., on Wednesday Dec 5 and will be broadcast in HDTV and 5.1 surround sound on the CBS Television Network (www.cbs.com) from 10 –11 p.m. ET/PT (9 p.m. Central). Our venue will be in Washington, DC, with members and guests of the Recording Academy's Washington, DC Chapter. We will keep you in the loop. News from The Recording Academy®.