Prince, Cyndi Lauper and Tina Turner lead the field with five nominations each--including the prestigious category of best album. The candidates there are Turner's "Private Dancer," Lauper's "She's So Unusual," Prince's "Purple Rain" sound track, Richie's "Can't Slow Down" and Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A."

Turner and Lauper also are in the running for record of the year, with "What's Love Got to Do With It?" and "Girls Just Want to Have Fun," respectively. Other contenders are Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark," Huey Lewis' "The Heart of Rock 'n' Roll" and Chicago's "Hard Habit to Break."

Denver, back for the fourth year in a row, will host the ceremonies from the Shrine Auditorium in downtown Los Angeles.

And if that's not enough music for you, you can tune in KCBS Channel 2 at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday for a special edition of "2 on the Town," focusing on the record business during 1984. Melody Rogers is joined by Roy Firestone in a look at recent trends in pop music and interviews with such performers as Kenny Loggins, Huey Lewis and Deniece Williams.