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Music artists Adele and the Weeknd are among the performers who will be taking the stage at next month鈥檚 Grammy Awards.

Kendrick Lamar and the country music group Little Big Town will also reportedly be performing during the ceremony.聽

All except Adele are nominated for at least one Grammy prize, as Adele鈥檚 newest album 鈥�25鈥� was not released in time to qualify. (For this past year, an album had to come out between Oct. 1, 2014 and Sept. 30, 2015 to make the cut.)

Lamar scored the most nominations of any artist, including nods for his album 鈥淭o Pimp A Butterfly鈥� and his track 鈥淎lright.鈥澛�

Ratings for the Grammys last year were a bit troubled in comparison to past shows 鈥� the ceremony, which included performances by Beyonce, Sam Smith, Kanye West, Paul McCartney, and Rihanna, this past year, the lowest ratings for the ceremony in six years. However, the Grammys still draw far more viewers than other music awards shows such as the MTV Video Music Awards or the American Music Awards.聽

The Grammys ratings for the year were in between some of the other big awards shows, garnering more viewers than the Emmy and Tony Awards but not as many as the Oscars.聽

And another recent announcement by those who organize the Grammys answered the question: What do the Grammys and the British TV show 鈥淪herlock鈥� have in common?

Both recently changed the way their program is aired so viewers can experience the content at the same time. For the first time this year, the Grammys will air live across the country rather than the show airing three hours late in the Mountain and Pacific time zones.

The delay on the West Coast has come up in the past, particularly the fact that with the ubiquity of social media, most West Coast viewers usually learned who won online.聽

鈥淏etween social media and the round-the-clock Web coverage of entertainment, there鈥檚 no element of surprise left for Pacific coast music聽fans,鈥� writer Lynette Rice wrote.聽

Meanwhile, Joy Press of the found that 鈥渢he West Coast time delay was hugely frustrating to Californians.鈥�

But found that the Grammys generated the most tweets of any 鈥渟pecial event鈥� between September 2014 and May 2015. Perhaps that decline in ratings this past year prompted those behind the Grammys to try to get more people watching at the same time rather than checking in later on.聽

British shows like 鈥淒ownton Abbey鈥� and 鈥淪herlock鈥� faced complaints from viewers when a new season would premiere in Britain months before it appeared in America. American fans attempting to avoid spoilers were sometimes angered when a plot twist was revealed online.

This year for the first time, an episode of 鈥淪herlock鈥� 鈥� the program鈥檚 Victorian-set special 鈥淪herlock: The Abominable Bride鈥� 鈥� aired in Britain and the US on the same day, Jan. 1.

Apparently those behind the Grammys decided to follow in the detective鈥檚 footsteps.