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As it happened: Grammy nominations concert

Korina Lopez, USA TODAY
LL Cool J and Taylor Swift beatbox and sing at Grammy nominations concert.
  • The hour-long show airs on CBS at 10 p.m. ET/tape delay PT
  • Finally, we'll learn how to pronounce Gotye
  • Maroon 5, The Who and Ne-Yo were among the artists to perform

Our live coverage of The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown to Music's Biggest Night is under way.

10:58 With a slightly sad-looking Adam Levine, Maroon 5 wraps up the night with another hit, Payphone.

10:55 fun. is the theme of the night, with the newbie band scoring nominations in all four top categories, including album of the year.
They''re up against:
El Camino, The Black Keys
Babel, Mumford & Sons
Channel Orange, Frank Ocean
Blunderbuss, Jack White

10:45 After a thumping, dubstep-tweaky version of his hit Let Me Love You, Ne-Yo hands over the stage to the decidedly lower-key act, The Lumineers, who announced the nominees for best country solo performance.

Home, Dierks Bentley
Springsteen, Eric Church
Cost of Livin', Ronnie Dunn
Wanted, Hunter Hayes
Over, Blake Shelton
Blown Away, Carrie Underwood

10:38 That song Some Nights is just fun. A friend offering to carry a friend home after a night of drinking? That's just sweet.

10:32 One of the most popular categories of the Grammys, best new artist, keeps with tradition in representing acts from different genres. This year, rootsy rockers Alabama Shakes, indie pop band fun., country singer Hunter Hayes, Americana group The Lumineers and R&B sensation Frank Ocean are up for the title. Oddly left out is Gotye, pronounced Go-Tee-Yay! Last year, Bon Iver bested J.Cole, the Band Perry, Skrillex and Nicki Minaj.

10:29 For a brief shining moment before commercial break, we saw The Who performing Won't Get Fooled Again. But moving on, country singer Luke Bryan sang I Don't Want This Night to End.

10:20 Should Swift, a six-time Grammy winner and million-time CMA winner, bother to look surprised anymore?
For record of the year:
Lonely Boy, The Black Keys
Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You), Kelly Clarkson
We Are Young, fun. featuring Janelle Monáe
Somebody That I Used to Know, Gotye featuring Kimbra
Thinkin Bout You, Frank Ocean
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, Taylor Swift

10:17 Judging from the swooning teens in the front row, Adam Levine really does have Moves Like Jagger. He and his crew Maroon 5 paraded a medley of their hits like the aforementioned one and One More Night.

10:12 If you don't know who country sensation Hunter Hayes is by now, you'll definitely remember him after his fun medley announcing the nominees for pop vocal album: Kelly Clarkson's Stronger, Florence + The Machine's Ceremonials, fun.'s Some Nights, Maroon 5's Overexposed and Pink's The Truth About Love.

10:08 Before country acts the Band Perry and Dierks Bentley teamed up to commemorate Johnny Cash with Jackson, Swift and LL CoolJ replayed a clip of Cash singing at the 1973 Grammy Awards in Nashville.

10:02 Unlikely collaborations sometimes make for good tunes, but Taylor Swift and LL Cool J aren't one of them. The co-hosts switched up roles: Swift beatboxed while LL Cool J sang her hit song Mean.

At 11 p.m. ET, the Grammys will stream the scene backstage. Hopefully, you'll catch a few of the nominees toasting their new achievements.

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