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Kid Rock, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Rihanna and U2 added to 51st GRAMMY performance lineup

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(For a complete list of 51st GRAMMY Awards nominees, please click here.)

Kid Rock, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Rihanna, and U2 are the latest performers announced for the 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards.

They join previously announced performers Kenny Chesney, Coldplay, Jennifer Hudson, Jonas Brothers, Lil Wayne, Paul McCartney (with special guest drummer Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters), Katy Perry, Radiohead, T.I. and Justin Timberlake, Carrie Underwood, and Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, T.I. and Kanye West in a special performance of their hit single "Swagga Like Us."

Actor Simon Baker from CBS' "The Mentalist," actor/musician Jack Black, current three-time GRAMMY nominee Duffy, current nominee Josh Groban, three-time GRAMMY-winning jazz musician and current nominee Charlie Haden, actor Samuel L. Jackson and Academy Award-winning actress and current GRAMMY nominee Gwyneth Paltrow will appear as presenters.

Two-time GRAMMY winner Robert Plant and 21-time GRAMMY winner Alison Krauss have five nominations: Album Of The Year and Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album for Raising Sand, Record Of The Year for "Please Read The Letter," Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals for "Rich Woman," and Best Country Collaboration With Vocals for "Killing The Blues."

Duffy and GRAMMY winner Rihanna each have three nods: Duffy is up for Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Mercy," and Best Pop Vocal Album for Rockferry; Rihanna is nominated for Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals for "If I Never See Your Face Again" with Maroon 5, Best Dance Recording for "Disturbia," and Best Long Form Music Video for Good Girl Gone Bad Live.

Kid Rock is up for two awards: Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "All Summer Long" and Best Rock Album for Rock N Roll Jesus.

Josh Groban, Charlie Haden and Gwyneth Paltrow each have nominations. Groban has a nod for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for Noël; Haden is nominated for Best Country Instrumental Performance for "Is This America? (Katrina 2005)" with Pat Metheny, Jerry Douglas & Bruce Hornsby; and Paltrow is nominated for Best Spoken Word Album For Children for Brown Bear And Friends.