Taylor Swift will open the Grammy Awards

Elysa Gardner

@elysagardner, USA TODAY

Taylor Swift will provide the opening performance at this year's Grammy Awards on Feb. 15.

You didn't expect perennial awards-show fave Taylor Swift to shake off the Grammys, did you?

It was announced Sunday that Swift, who's up for seven awards this year, will perform on the show. USA TODAY has learned that she'll be the opening act, singing a tune from Album of the Year contender 1989, though not one that's up for a separate award. The Grammys performance will mark the first time Swift has delivered the song live on television.

The Grammy Awards will be broadcast live from Los Angeles Feb. 15 on CBS.

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