{"id":3872,"date":"2011-12-01T14:21:14","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T14:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/rihanna-usher-ludacris-more-perform-at-the-grammy-nominations-concert-kanye-west-adele-lead-with-7-nods\/"},"modified":"2011-12-01T14:21:14","modified_gmt":"2011-12-01T14:21:14","slug":"rihanna-usher-ludacris-more-perform-at-the-grammy-nominations-concert-kanye-west-adele-lead-with-7-nods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/01\/rihanna-usher-ludacris-more-perform-at-the-grammy-nominations-concert-kanye-west-adele-lead-with-7-nods\/","title":{"rendered":"Rihanna, Usher, Ludacris &#038; More Perform At The GRAMMY Nominations Concert, Kanye West &#038; Adele LEAD With 7 Nods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p><center> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/91a4gram1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/> <\/center><\/p>\n<p>Actor <strong>LL Cool J<\/strong> took center stage last night, hosting the 2012 GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live concert, with a little help from <strong>Nicki Minaj<\/strong> and <strong>Katy Perry<\/strong>.  The trio introduced viewers to performances by <strong>Rihanna, Usher<\/strong> and <strong>Ludacris<\/strong> while revealing that <strong>Kanye West<\/strong> leads the 2012 pack of nominees with 7 nods!  Watch the performances and see pics inside&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><!--break--><!--break--><\/p>\n<p>Last night, tons of celebs and music lovers turned out for The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! &#8211; Show at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live. And in between exciting performances by Rihanna, Usher and Ludacris, LL Cool J and Nicki revealed the 2012 Grammy nominees.<\/p>\n<p>Rapper Kanye West leads the pack <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2011\/12\/01\/showbiz\/grammy-nominations\/index.html\">garnering<\/a> 7 nods.\u00a0  Among his most notable nods, he&#8217;s up for Song of the Year for &#8220;All of the Lights&#8221; and best rap performance with <strong>Jay-Z<\/strong> for &#8220;Otis.&#8221;  He&#8217;s even nominated against himself, with <em>Watch the Throne<\/em> and <em>My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy<\/em> nabbing Rap Album of the Year nods. If he wins&#8230;.I wonder will he be upset that the &#8220;other&#8221; album lost.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lil Wayne<\/strong> and Rihanna both picked up five nods while <strong>Bruno Mars<\/strong> got three.  And <strong>Nicki Minaj <\/strong>is up for best new artist along with<strong> J Cole<\/strong>.  Surprisingly, <strong>Beyonce <\/strong>wasn&#8217;t nominated for anything this year!  I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s ever happened before.<\/p>\n<p>View the full list of nominees<a href=\"http:\/\/www.grammy.com\/nominees?year=2011&#038;genre=All\"> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i64.photobucket.com\/albums\/h164\/ybfchic\/November%202011\/gram2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i64.photobucket.com\/albums\/h164\/ybfchic\/November%202011\/gram12.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Best New Artist nominee Nicki Minaj joined LL Cool J in making sure things ran smoothly throughout the night.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i64.photobucket.com\/albums\/h164\/ybfchic\/November%202011\/gram9.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Taraji P.\u00a0Henson<\/strong> looked fab as she took the stage in a slinky silver number that showed off her legs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i64.photobucket.com\/albums\/h164\/ybfchic\/November%202011\/gram13.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rihanna performed her number one hit &#8220;We Found Love&#8221; via satellite from\u00a0London&#8217;s O2 Arena.\u00a0 She tweeted <em>#GRAMMYS2012 5 nominations!!! This year keeps getting better and better!&#8221;<\/em> <em>#LOUD up 4 Album of the year is so #MAJAH&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i64.photobucket.com\/albums\/h164\/ybfchic\/November%202011\/gram10.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i64.photobucket.com\/albums\/h164\/ybfchic\/November%202011\/gram11.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Usher and <strong>Valerie Simpson<\/strong> performed a moving tribute to<strong> Nick Ashford.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i64.photobucket.com\/albums\/h164\/ybfchic\/November%202011\/gram5.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i64.photobucket.com\/albums\/h164\/ybfchic\/November%202011\/gram4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Luda got a lil&#8217; country and performed with<strong> Jason\u00a0Aldean<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i64.photobucket.com\/albums\/h164\/ybfchic\/November%202011\/gram8.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i64.photobucket.com\/albums\/h164\/ybfchic\/November%202011\/gram7.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i64.photobucket.com\/albums\/h164\/ybfchic\/November%202011\/gram6.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i64.photobucket.com\/albums\/h164\/ybfchic\/November%202011\/gram3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And during a special performance of &#8220;The Message,&#8221;  <strong>Lupe Fiasco, Common<\/strong> and LL Cool J joined <strong>Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel,<\/strong>  and rapper <strong>Scorpio<\/strong> on stage.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Watch Rihanna perform &#8220;We Found Love&#8221; here:  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Watch Ludacris perform &#8220;Dirt Road Anthem&#8221; with Jason Aldean here:  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Watch Lupe Fiasco, Common, and LL Cool J join Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel, and rapper Scorpio for a special performance of &#8220;The Message&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Watch Usher perform a songwriting medley with Valerie Simpson in tribute to Nick Ashford with Mike Stoller of the songwriting team Leiber and Stoller here: <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Photos via Wireimage\/John Shearer<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theybf.com\/2011\/12\/01\/rihanna-usher-ludacris-more-perform-at-the-grammy-nominations-concert-kanye-west-adele-le\" title=\"Rihanna, Usher, Ludacris &amp; More Perform At The GRAMMY Nominations Concert, Kanye West &amp; Adele LEAD With 7 Nods\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rihanna, Usher, Ludacris &amp; More Perform At The GRAMMY Nominations Concert, Kanye West &amp; Adele LEAD With 7 Nods<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Actor LL Cool J took center stage last night, hosting the 2012 GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live concert, with a little help from Nicki Minaj and Katy Perry . The trio introduced viewers to performances by Rihanna, Usher and Ludacris while revealing that Kanye West leads the 2012 pack of nominees with 7 nods! Watch the performances and see pics inside&#8230;. Last night, tons of celebs and music lovers turned out for The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! &#8211; Show at Nokia Theatre L.A. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rihanna, Usher, Ludacris &amp; More Perform At The GRAMMY Nominations Concert, Kanye West &amp; Adele LEAD With 7 Nods - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/01\/rihanna-usher-ludacris-more-perform-at-the-grammy-nominations-concert-kanye-west-adele-lead-with-7-nods\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Rihanna, Usher, Ludacris &amp; More Perform At The GRAMMY Nominations Concert, Kanye West &amp; Adele LEAD With 7 Nods - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Actor LL Cool J took center stage last night, hosting the 2012 GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live concert, with a little help from Nicki Minaj and Katy Perry . The trio introduced viewers to performances by Rihanna, Usher and Ludacris while revealing that Kanye West leads the 2012 pack of nominees with 7 nods! Watch the performances and see pics inside.... Last night, tons of celebs and music lovers turned out for The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! - Show at Nokia Theatre L.A.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/91a4gram1.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/01\/rihanna-usher-ludacris-more-perform-at-the-grammy-nominations-concert-kanye-west-adele-lead-with-7-nods\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/01\/rihanna-usher-ludacris-more-perform-at-the-grammy-nominations-concert-kanye-west-adele-lead-with-7-nods\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Rihanna, Usher, Ludacris &#038; More Perform At The GRAMMY Nominations Concert, Kanye West &#038; Adele LEAD With 7 Nods\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-12-01T14:21:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/01\/rihanna-usher-ludacris-more-perform-at-the-grammy-nominations-concert-kanye-west-adele-lead-with-7-nods\/\"},\"wordCount\":450,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/01\/rihanna-usher-ludacris-more-perform-at-the-grammy-nominations-concert-kanye-west-adele-lead-with-7-nods\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/91a4gram1.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/01\/rihanna-usher-ludacris-more-perform-at-the-grammy-nominations-concert-kanye-west-adele-lead-with-7-nods\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/01\/rihanna-usher-ludacris-more-perform-at-the-grammy-nominations-concert-kanye-west-adele-lead-with-7-nods\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/01\/rihanna-usher-ludacris-more-perform-at-the-grammy-nominations-concert-kanye-west-adele-lead-with-7-nods\/\",\"name\":\"Rihanna, Usher, Ludacris & More Perform At The GRAMMY Nominations Concert, Kanye West & Adele LEAD With 7 Nods - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/01\/rihanna-usher-ludacris-more-perform-at-the-grammy-nominations-concert-kanye-west-adele-lead-with-7-nods\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/01\/rihanna-usher-ludacris-more-perform-at-the-grammy-nominations-concert-kanye-west-adele-lead-with-7-nods\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/91a4gram1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-12-01T14:21:14+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/01\/rihanna-usher-ludacris-more-perform-at-the-grammy-nominations-concert-kanye-west-adele-lead-with-7-nods\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/01\/rihanna-usher-ludacris-more-perform-at-the-grammy-nominations-concert-kanye-west-adele-lead-with-7-nods\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/91a4gram1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/91a4gram1.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rihanna, Usher, Ludacris & More Perform At The GRAMMY Nominations Concert, Kanye West & Adele LEAD With 7 Nods - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/01\/rihanna-usher-ludacris-more-perform-at-the-grammy-nominations-concert-kanye-west-adele-lead-with-7-nods\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Rihanna, Usher, Ludacris & More Perform At The GRAMMY Nominations Concert, Kanye West & Adele LEAD With 7 Nods - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"Actor LL Cool J took center stage last night, hosting the 2012 GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live concert, with a little help from Nicki Minaj and Katy Perry . The trio introduced viewers to performances by Rihanna, Usher and Ludacris while revealing that Kanye West leads the 2012 pack of nominees with 7 nods! Watch the performances and see pics inside.... Last night, tons of celebs and music lovers turned out for The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! - Show at Nokia Theatre L.A.","twitter_image":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/91a4gram1.jpg","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/01\/rihanna-usher-ludacris-more-perform-at-the-grammy-nominations-concert-kanye-west-adele-lead-with-7-nods\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/01\/rihanna-usher-ludacris-more-perform-at-the-grammy-nominations-concert-kanye-west-adele-lead-with-7-nods\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Rihanna, Usher, Ludacris &#038; More Perform At The GRAMMY Nominations Concert, Kanye West &#038; Adele LEAD With 7 Nods","datePublished":"2011-12-01T14:21:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/01\/rihanna-usher-ludacris-more-perform-at-the-grammy-nominations-concert-kanye-west-adele-lead-with-7-nods\/"},"wordCount":450,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/01\/rihanna-usher-ludacris-more-perform-at-the-grammy-nominations-concert-kanye-west-adele-lead-with-7-nods\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/91a4gram1.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/01\/rihanna-usher-ludacris-more-perform-at-the-grammy-nominations-concert-kanye-west-adele-lead-with-7-nods\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/01\/rihanna-usher-ludacris-more-perform-at-the-grammy-nominations-concert-kanye-west-adele-lead-with-7-nods\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/01\/rihanna-usher-ludacris-more-perform-at-the-grammy-nominations-concert-kanye-west-adele-lead-with-7-nods\/","name":"Rihanna, Usher, Ludacris & More Perform At The GRAMMY Nominations Concert, Kanye West & Adele LEAD With 7 Nods - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/01\/rihanna-usher-ludacris-more-perform-at-the-grammy-nominations-concert-kanye-west-adele-lead-with-7-nods\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/01\/rihanna-usher-ludacris-more-perform-at-the-grammy-nominations-concert-kanye-west-adele-lead-with-7-nods\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/91a4gram1.jpg","datePublished":"2011-12-01T14:21:14+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/01\/rihanna-usher-ludacris-more-perform-at-the-grammy-nominations-concert-kanye-west-adele-lead-with-7-nods\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/01\/rihanna-usher-ludacris-more-perform-at-the-grammy-nominations-concert-kanye-west-adele-lead-with-7-nods\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/91a4gram1.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/91a4gram1.jpg"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3872\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}