2021 Grammy Awards is gearing up to honour independent music venues that have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Harry Styles, Taylor Swift, Cardi B, and Megan Thee Stallion are among the performers set to take the stage.

Originally scheduled to air on January 31, the award show was postponed due to COVID-19. Trevor Noah will be hosting the award show this year.

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This year, Grammys will be highlighting the damage caused by the pandemic on live entertainment. Many venues were forced to shut down as artists have had to postpone their tours.

From managers to bartenders, employees from New York City’s Apollo Theater, Nashville’s Station Inn, and Los Angeles’ Troubadour and Hotel Cafe are set to present the awards, reports The Hollywood Reporter.

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Taylor Swift’s performance will be her first appearance at the Grammys in five years. She won her second ‘Album of the Year’ award for 1989 in 2016, which was also marked her last appearance. Swift has been sitting out the awards for several years with her albums “Lover” and “Reputation” not getting many Grammy nods.

According to the Recording Academy, artists will be “coming together, while still safely apart, to play music for each other as a community.” Grammy’s is in the process of setting limits on the crowd and imposing social distancing guidelines.

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Billie Eilish, BTS, Brandi Carlile, Bad Bunny, Black Pumas, Dua Lipa, Roddy Ricch, Miranda Lambert, Lil Baby, Chris Martin, Maren Morris, Post Malone, and Brittany Howard are some of the artists set to take the stage this year.

This year Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Lipa and Ricch are among the top contenders to win the awards. Each of them got six nods. Swift summer album Folklore has won her the majority of all nominations.

“The deteriorating COVID situation in Los Angeles, with hospital services being overwhelmed, ICUs having reached capacity, and new guidance from state and local governments have all led us to conclude that postponing our show was the right thing to do,” said Grammy Awards executive producer Ben Winston in a statement.

The awards will air on CBS and stream on ViacomCBS’ newly rebranded Paramount+ platform on March 14, 2021.