Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Black Eyed Peas to Perform at 2010 Grammys

Considering they've been nominated for a combined 18 Grammys this year, it shouldn't come as a surprise that Beyoncé and Taylor Swift are both confirmed to perform at the 52nd annual awards show at Los Angeles' Staples Center on January 31st. As Rolling Stone previously reported, Beyoncé scored 10 nods while Swift was nominated for eight trophies. The pair will face off in the Big Three categories: Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Album of the Year.

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The Black Eyed Peas and Maxwell, who both performed at the ceremony's nominations concert, will also get onstage at this year's big event, along with Lady Antebellum. Many more artists are expected to be announced before January 31st, and if this year's ceremony follows in last year's footsteps, expect many performers to overlap with artists playing the MusiCares Person of the Year gala that goes down Grammy weekend. This year's gala, which honors Neil Young, features the Dave Matthews Band, Red Hot Chili Peppers — who will be making their first appearance since guitarist John Frusciante left the band — Wilco, Sheryl Crow, Norah Jones, Crosby, Stills & Nash and more. Since DMB's Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King is up for Album of the Year, they're especially a good bet to be called upon to perform live onstage January 31st.

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Song Stories

“Smells Like Teen Spirit”

Nirvana | 1991

"Smells Like Teen Spirit," named after a brand of deodorant marketed to girls, was Kurt Cobain's attempt to "write the ultimate pop song," he said, using the soft-loud dynamic of his favorite band, the Pixies. Cobain "had that dichotomy of punk rage and alienation," the song’s producer, Butch Vig, told Rolling Stone, "but also this vulnerable pop sensibility. In 'Teen Spirit,' a lot of that vulnerability is in the tone of his voice." Sadly, by the time of Nirvana's last U.S. tour, in late '93, Cobain was tortured by the obligation to play "Teen Spirit" every night. "There are many other songs that I have written that are as good, if not better," he claimed.

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