Swift, Aldean to perform at Grammys
Thursday, January 12, 2012 – Taylor Swift and Jason Aldean were the first country performers announced to perform at the 54th annual Grammy Awards next month.
The two will join Kelly Clarkson, who has some country history, Foo Fighters, Bruno Mars and Nicki Minaj to perform. This marks Aldean's first time performing at the Grammys.
Aldean and Swift are up for three awards each. Aldean has nominations for Best Country Solo Performance for "Dirt Road Anthem," Best Country Duo/Group Performance for Don't You Wanna Stay with Clarkson and Best Country Album for My Kinda Party. Four-time Grammy winner Swift has nods for Best Country Solo Performance and Best Country Song for Mean and Best Country Album for "Speak Now."
The Grammys are Sunday, Feb. 12 at the Staples Center in Los Angelees at 8 p.m.
More news for Jason Aldean
- 02/17/25: Aldean, Bentley, Zimmerman headline Watershed
- 01/21/25: Aldean goes Full Throttle
- 01/07/25: Brooks + Dunn, Aldean join for one night only - at Fenway
- 09/13/24: Shenandoah, Aldean, Bryan join forces
- 07/29/24: Aldean's "Whiskey Drink" reaches radio
- 11/27/23: Aldean extends tour
- 11/03/23: Aldean, Johnson, Dickerson release new music
- 10/06/23: Aldean serves up "Whiskey Drink"
CD reviews for Jason Aldean
Jason Aldean's 10th studio album "Georgia "initially seems like yeoman's effort. As the second half of a double album that follows last year's "Macon," the collection boasts 30 songs; 20 are new. It is a more than a respectable length for a single album. The remainder of the effort is padded with live tracks. The obvious question is why so long? In Adean's case, he said he has always leaned toward having more songs than less. Upon a sit down listen you get ...
Hollywood may be pushing a broadminded agenda where there are more genders than one can even count, but in Jason Aldean's world, there are only two: tough guys, and the women that love them. There's no confusion it's a guy in the "Camouflage Hat," for example. Also, nothing is said or done without also washing it down with alcohol. The opener,"Tattoos and Tequila," breaks it down into tattoos to remember, and tequila to forget.
Within its booze for every ...
If you liked Jason Aldean's three previous number one albums, you'll like "Rearview Town." He sticks to the winning formula that has brought him past success. The 15 tracks are mainly juiced up, muscular numbers with scorching guitar. Ironically, amid the torrid tempos and high volume that dominate the collection, the ballads are the standouts, especially with the duet with the Miranda Lambert on "Drowns The Whiskey." Instead of whiskey drowning a memory, the inverse ...
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