Top Nominees Mariah Carey, John Legend and Kanye West All to Perform
on 48th Annual GRAMMY(R) Awards

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 2006--
Superstar Artists Lead 48th GRAMMY Nominations with Eight Each and
Are First Announced Performers for Music's Biggest Night(TM) Broadcast
on CBS Television Network Wednesday, Feb. 8

Mariah Carey, John Legend, and Kanye West, all up for eight GRAMMY
Awards, are the first performers announced for the 48th Annual
GRAMMY(R) Awards telecast, it was announced today by The Recording
Academy(R). The music industry's premier event will take place on
Wednesday, Feb. 8, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and will be
broadcast in HDTV and 5.1 Surround Sound on the CBS Television Network
at 8 p.m. (ET/PT). The show also will be supported on radio via
Westwood One worldwide, and covered online at GRAMMY.yahoo.com.
Additional performers, presenters and special segments will be
announced soon.

Topping the nominations, Carey, Legend and West each earned eight
nods. Two-time GRAMMY winner Carey is up for: Album Of The Year (The
Emancipation Of Mimi), Record Of The Year ("We Belong Together"), Song
Of The Year ("We Belong Together," with J. Austin, Jermaine Dupri &
Manuel Seal), Best Female Pop Vocal Performance ("It's Like That"),
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance ("Mine Again"), Best R&B Song
(with J. Austin, Jermaine Dupri & Manuel Seal for "We Belong
Together"), Best Female R&B Vocal Performance ("We Belong Together"),
and Best Contemporary R&B Album (The Emancipation Of Mimi).

Newcomer Legend is nominated for: Best New Artist, Song Of The Year
("Ordinary People," with William Adams), Best Traditional R&B Vocal
Performance ("Stay With You"), Best R&B Song ("Ordinary People," with
William Adams), Best R&B Album (Get Lifted), Best Rap/Sung
Collaboration ("They Say," with Kanye West and Common), Best R&B
Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals ("So High," featuring Lauryn
Hill), and Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ("Ordinary People").

Three-time GRAMMY winner West's eight nods are for: Album Of The Year
(two, for Late Registration and as a producer on Carey's The
Emancipation Of Mimi), Record Of The Year ("Gold Digger"), Best R&B
Song (with Alicia Keys, Garry Glenn, and Harold Lily for Keys'
"Unbreakable"), Best Rap Solo Performance ("Gold Digger"), Best Rap
Album (Late Registration), Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("They Say,"
with Common and John Legend), and Best Rap Song ("Diamonds From Sierra
Leone," with J. Barry, D. Black, and D. Harris).

The 48th Annual GRAMMY Awards are produced by Cossette Productions in
association with Ken Ehrlich Productions for The Recording Academy.
John Cossette and Ken Ehrlich are executive producers, Walter C.
Miller is producer/director, Tisha Fein is the coordinating producer,
and Tzvi Small is executive in charge of production.

Established in 1957, the National Academy of Recording Arts &
Sciences, Inc., also known as The Recording Academy, is an
organization of musicians, producers, engineers and recording
professionals that is dedicated to improving the cultural condition
and quality of life for music and its makers. Internationally known
for the GRAMMY Awards, The Recording Academy is responsible for
groundbreaking professional development, cultural enrichment,
advocacy, education and human services programs -- including the
creation of the national public education campaign What's The
Download(R) (www.WhatsTheDownload.com). For more information about The
Academy, please visit www.grammy.com.