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Yolanda Adams, Fantasia And Andra Day To Honor Aretha Franklin At The 2019 Grammy Awards

<p>We are literally days away from music’s biggest night&comma; and performers for the 2019 Grammy Awards are still being announced&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Wednesday&comma; the Recording Academy announced that Yolanda Adams&comma; Fantasia and Andra Day have been added to the bill as they are scheduled to honor the legendary Aretha Franklin&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This will not be the first time that Yolanda Adams and Fantasia have honored the Queen of Soul since her passing&period; Both Yolanda and Fantasia performed at Aretha’s funeral back in August&period; They also participated in the tribute during the 2018 Black Girls Rock award ceremony&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Last month&comma; many other celebrities participated in the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Aretha&excl; A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul&comma;&&num;8221&semi; tribute&comma; which was organized by The Recording Academy and CBS&period; The tribute concert was hosted by Tyler Perry and featured performances from Shirley Caesar&comma; Celine Dion&comma; Patti LaBelle&comma; Jennifer Hudson&comma; Alicia Keys&comma; and many others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Aretha Franklin&comma; who has earned 18 Grammy Awards throughout her legendary career&comma; passed last August at the age of 76 after battling pancreatic cancer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Some of the other performers expected to hit the stage during the 61<sup>st<&sol;sup> Annual Grammy Awards include Travis Scott&comma; H&period;E&period;R&comma; Janelle Monae&comma; Lady Gaga&comma; and Chloe X Halle&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As we previously reported&comma; Alicia Keys will serve as the host for this year’s award show&period; Everything goes down on February 10<sup>th<&sol;sup> live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1093219785440198656" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Roommates&comma; will you be tuned in&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source<&sol;strong>&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;grammy&period;com&sol;grammys&sol;news&sol;lady-gaga-chloe-x-halle-travis-scott-more-added-stellar-lineup-2019-grammys">https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;grammy&period;com&sol;grammys&sol;news&sol;lady-gaga-chloe-x-halle-travis-scott-more-added-stellar-lineup-2019-grammys<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine; 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