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Corden's appointment to lead the music industry's most
prestigious awards show ends the five-year hosting run of actor
and hip-hop artist LL Cool J.
"Thanks to 'Carpool Karaoke,' we've all been on some incredible
rides with James, and The Recording Academy couldn't be more
excited to welcome his passion and enthusiasm for music, both as
an entertainer and a fan, to the Grammy stage," Recording
Academy President and CEO Neil Portnow said in a statement.
Corden, 38, was virtually unknown in the United States before he
took over as host of "The Late Late Show" on CBS <CBS.N> TV in
2015. But his popularity has soared through the show's "Carpool
Karaoke" segment, in which singers ranging from Adele to Britney
Spears and Justin Bieber take a car ride with Corden and sing
along to their biggest hits.
Corden, already a Tony-winning actor, won an Emmy earlier this
year for "Carpool Karaoke," which has garnered nearly 2 billion
views on YouTube. He also hosted the Tony Awards in New York in
June.
The choice of the popular Corden was seen as a bid to boost
declining TV ratings among young adults for the annual Grammy
show. The total audience for the 2015 ceremony was the lowest in
six years, at 25.3 million, although it rose to 24.9 million in
2016.
The Grammy Awards will be held in Los Angeles on Feb. 12.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Matthew Lewis)
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