The Recording Academy announced today that Green Day, Alicia Keys, Tim McGraw, and U2 will perform at the 47th Annual GRAMMY Awards telecast. Ellen DeGeneres, Christina Milian, and John Travolta will appear as presenters. Queen Latifah will host the music industry’s premier event.

GRAMMY-winning punk rock trio Green Day is nominated for six GRAMMY Awards: Album Of The Year and Best Rock Album for American Idiot, and Record Of The Year, Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal, Best Rock Song, and Best Short Form Music Video for the title track.

Five-time GRAMMY winner Alicia Keys currently holds eight nominations: Album Of The Year and Best R&B Album (The Diary Of Alicia Keys); Song Of The Year and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance (“If I Ain’t Got You”); two nominations in the Best R&B Song category (“My Boo” and “You Don’t Know My Name”); and two nominations in the Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals category (“Diary” featuring Tony! Toni! Toné! and “My Boo” with Usher).

GRAMMY-winning country superstar Tim McGraw is nominated for two awards: Best Country Album (Live Like You Were Dying), and Best Male Country Vocal Performance for the album’s title track.

Thirteen-time GRAMMY Award winner U2 is currently nominated for three GRAMMYs: Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal, Best Rock Song, and Best Short Form Music Video for “Vertigo.”

Host of the daytime Emmy-winning talk show “Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and current GRAMMY nominee (Best Comedy Album) Ellen DeGeneres will appear as a presenter, along with recording artist/actress and current GRAMMY nominee (Best Contemporary R&B Album and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration) Christina Milian, and Oscar-nominated actor John Travolta.

Credit: Grammy.com