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GRAMMY Awards® to Pay Tribute to Lost Icons with Star-Studded In Memoriam Segment

Segment to Include Kacey Musgraves Honoring Loretta Lynn; Sheryl Crow, Mick Fleetwood and Bonnie Raitt Paying Tribute to Christine McVie; and Maverick City Music and Quavo Performing in Memory of Takeoff

Music's Biggest Night® Airs Sun, Feb. 5, 2023, on CBS

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The lineup for the 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards® has been expanded with the addition of an In Memoriam segment paying tribute to just some of those from the creative community that we have lost this year. The segment will feature Kacey Musgraves performing "Coal Miner's Daughter" in a tribute to Loretta Lynn; Sheryl Crow, Mick Fleetwood and Bonnie Raitt honoring Christine McVie with "Songbird"; and Maverick City Music joining Quavo for "Without You" as they remember the life and legacy of Takeoff.

Live from Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles and hosted by Trevor Noah, the 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards will be broadcast live on Sun, Feb. 5, 2023, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on the CBS Television Network and will be available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+. Prior to the Telecast, the GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony® will be broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater at 12:30 p.m. PT and will be streamed live on live.GRAMMY.com.

The 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards are produced by Fulwell 73 Productions for the Recording Academy®. Raj Kapoor serves as showrunner and executive producer, alongside Ben Winston and Jesse Collins as executive producers. Phil Heyes joins for the first time as director, Eric Cook as co-executive producer with Tabitha Dumo, Tiana Gandelman, Patrick Menton, and David Wild as producers.

On GRAMMY® Sunday, fans can access exclusive behind-the-scenes GRAMMYs® content, including performances, acceptance speeches, interviews from the GRAMMY Live red-carpet special, and more via the Recording Academy's digital experience on live.GRAMMY.com.

The current list of performers can be found here and GRAMMYs media assets are available here.

ABOUT THE RECORDING ACADEMY

The Recording Academy represents the voices of performers, songwriters, producers, engineers, and all music professionals. Dedicated to ensuring the recording arts remain a thriving part of our shared cultural heritage, the Academy honors music's history while investing in its future through the GRAMMY Museum®, advocates on behalf of music creators, supports music people in times of need through MusiCares®, and celebrates artistic excellence through the GRAMMY Awards — music's only peer-recognized accolade and highest achievement. As the world's leading society of music professionals, we work year-round to foster a more inspiring world for creators.

For more information about the Academy, please visit www.grammy.com. For breaking news and exclusive content, follow @RecordingAcad on Twitter, "like" Recording Academy on Facebook, and join the Recording Academy's social communities on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and LinkedIn.

Contacts

Sean Smith / Andie Cox
Recording Academy
sean.smith@recordingacademy.com / andie.cox@recordingacademy.com

Joseph Schneider
Rogers & Cowan PMK
joseph.schneider@rogersandcowanpmk.com

Kate Fisher / Julie Holland
CBS Television
khfisher@cbs.com / julie.holland@cbs.com

Recording Academy


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Contacts

Sean Smith / Andie Cox
Recording Academy
sean.smith@recordingacademy.com / andie.cox@recordingacademy.com

Joseph Schneider
Rogers & Cowan PMK
joseph.schneider@rogersandcowanpmk.com

Kate Fisher / Julie Holland
CBS Television
khfisher@cbs.com / julie.holland@cbs.com

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