The superstar singer will join Common and John Legend to pay homage to Civil Rights-inspired movie at Sunday’s Grammy telecast
Add another pop superstar to the lineup for Sunday’s Grammy Awards.
Beyoncé, who did a steamy duet with her husband, Jay Z, during last year’s Grammys telecast, is returning to the show Sunday. This time, though, she’ll have a very different musical persona.
As part of a Grammy salute to Selma, the Oscar-nominated film about Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, Beyoncé will join with John Legend and Common, whose inspirational song, Glory, is nominated for an Oscar. (It was released too late to qualify for Grammy consideration.)
Beyoncé, 33, will sing the gospel classic, Take My Hand Precious Lord, then join Legend and Common in their performance of Glory.
As of this writing, The Recording Academy, under whose auspices the Grammys are presented, has not officially announced that Beyoncé will perform Sunday. However, in an interview released Wednesday by Us Weekly magazine, Common let the cat out of the bag.
We do have an incredible introduction to our performance,” Common told Us. “A segue into our song ‘Glory,’ as a tribute to ‘Selma,’ being done by the great Beyoncé. That’s one of the greatest talents you can have, helping us segue into it. To co-create a performance with someone like her, it’s good.
Beyoncé is the latest addition to a Grammy lineup that seems to be expanding by the hour. Here are the other artists who were announced earlier Wednesday. The awards fete will air in San Diego, on a three-hour West Coast time delay, Sunday at 8 p.m. on KFMB Channel 8.
