This New Year's Eve will be rocking on 'KYC as Carson Daly once again hosts our party to welcome in 2008 following Channel 3 News at 11.Continuing NBC's long-standing tradition of live New Year's Eve coverage in Times Square, Carson Daly will host "NBC's New Year's Eve with Carson Daly Presented by Chevy" (December 31, 11:35 p.m. ET). The one-hour special will include performances by platinum-selling artists Lenny Kravitz and Alicia Keys as well as up-to-the minute coverage of all of the action in Times Square.
As in years past, "NBC's New Year's Eve with Carson Daly Presented by Chevy" will again showcase the biggest names in music. "Today" correspondent Tiki Barber and "MSNBC" anchor Amy Robach will help Carson's coverage of the celebration with live reports from the heart of Times Square among the hundreds of thousands of spectators.
Since Keys' 2001 debut of Songs In A Minor, the New York native has built an unparalleled repertoire of hits and accomplishments with over 20 million albums sold worldwide. Songs In A Minor, which spawned her signature hit "Fallin," sold more than 10 million copies worldwide and garnered five Grammy Awards including Best New Artist and Best R&B Album. Alicia's follow-up disc, 2004's The Diary of Alicia Keys, which is currently 7 times platinum, captured four Grammy Awards and featured the hits "If I Ain't Got You," "You Don't Know My Name," and "Karma." In 2005, Keys resurrected the popular MTV live performance series with the release of Unplugged, which has sold 2 million copies. This release positioned Keys as the first female artist to have an Unplugged debut at #1, beating past MTV Unplugged releases by Mariah Carey, Lauryn Hill, Alanis Morissette and Shakira. Keys latest masterpiece, As I Am, which contains the #1 hit single "No One," marks her fourth consecutive #1 debut on Billboard's Top 200 chart. With over 742,000 units sold during the first week, Keys had the biggest debut for a female R&B artist in Soundscan history; and the second highest selling debut week of any artist over the past two years behind Kanye West's Graduation.
Lenny Kravitz has transcended genre, style, race and class into an 18-year musical career, one which revels in the rich influences of '60s and '70s soul, rock and funk. Kravitz's multiple talents as a writer, producer and multi-instrumentalist have resonated through seven studio albums into a timeless catalog, all of which have been certified either multi-platinum, platinum or gold. From 1999 to 2002, he won four consecutive Grammy Awards, setting a record for the most wins in the "Best Male Rock Vocal Performance". Kravitz has a new album set for release in February 2008.
In 2006 more than 7.5 million viewers tuned in to watch "NBC's New Years Eve with Carson Daly." It was the highest rated NBC New Year's Eve special in five years.
