Music’s Biggest Night, the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards, will return to Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 10, 2013, and will air live on the CBS Television Network.
Additionally, The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live! – Countdown To Music’s Biggest Night will officially kick off GRAMMY season by revealing nominations in several categories while featuring unique performances with past GRAMMY winners and nominees. It will air live on CBS on December 5.
GRAMMY Week, a week-long series of cultural events culminating in Music’s Biggest Night, will feature celebrations of music, education and philanthropy, including GRAMMY Camp – Basic Training, the Entertainment Law Initiative luncheon, the Producers & Engineers Wing event, and the annual MusiCares Person of the Year tribute.
Ratings for the GRAMMY Awards have continued to soar over the last several years, with the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards attracting 39.9 million viewers, the largest GRAMMY audience since 1984 and the second largest in history. The telecast was the highest-rated awards show of the season, and the biggest social event in the history of television. The awards drew 13 million social media comments with the conversation on Twitter reaching a record high at 160,341 tweets per minute during the live telecast.
