
Keys, a 15-time Grammy champ, will be the emcee for music's greatest night, which this year includes a differing slate of ladies and hip bounce specialists as driving contenders.
"I realize what it feels like to be on that stage, and I comprehend what it feels like to be glad for the work that you've put in and to be perceived for it," Keys said in a video posted via web-based networking media.
"I sense that it's the ideal open door for me to give the light back and lift individuals up — particularly all the young ladies that are selected.
"To me, it feels like sister vibes," she included.
Keys replaces James Corden, the British-late night comic who has facilitated the honors in the previous two years.
Since discharging her blockbuster collection "Tunes in A Minor" in 2001, traditionally prepared piano player Keys has sold in excess of 30 million records and turn into a fruitful film, TV and Broadway maker.
Her arrangement as Grammy have comes after the Recording Academy — which composes the occasion confronted backfire that the show is reliably excessively male and excessively white.
Foundation head Neil Portnow said in May he would move to one side when his agreement terminates in the not so distant future after he activated shock subsequent to stating ladies craftsmen should "venture up."
"A dynamic craftsman with the uncommon mix of noteworthy ability and enthusiasm for her art, Alicia Keys is the ideal decision as host for our show," Portnow said in an announcement.
Rap genius Kendrick Lamar is driving the Grammy pack with eight selections, impelled for the most part by his work on the "Dark Panther" soundtrack.
Ladies entertainers likewise brag an overwhelming nearness in best classifications in the wake of being generally reprimanded a year prior.
Rapper Cardi B, pop diva Lady Gaga and people shake artist Brandi Carlile all captured key assignments for the show, which will occur on February 10 in Los Angeles.
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