Country musician Dierks Bentley has been confirmed as a presenter at the 2011 Grammy Awards, honoring the top musical artists from the past year. The 2011 Grammys will be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on Sunday, February 13. The event will be broadcast on CBS at 8:00 p.m. EST.http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/press-release/jan-13-2011-355-am 

This year, Dierks Bentley has been nominated for three Grammy awards. His latest album, Up On The Ridge, is nominated for Best Country Album and two of his songs, "Bad Angel" and "Pride (In The Name of Love)", are nominated for Best Country Collaboration With Vocals.http://www.grammy.com/nominees  Dierks Bentley shares the nomination for "Bad Angel" with collaborators Miranda Lambert and Jamey Johnson. He shares the nomination for "Pride (In The Name Of Love)" with Del McCoury and The Punch Brothers.http://www.grammy.com/nominees 

Dierks Bentley has not yet been a presenter at the Grammys. Though nominated several times, he has never won a Grammy himself.http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=Dierks+Bentley&title=&year=All&genre=All  At the 2007 Grammy Awards, he was nominated for Best Male Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Song.http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1567505,00.html At the 2008 Grammys, he was nominated for Best Country Album, Best Country Song, Best Male Country Vocal Performance, and Best Long Form Video for his live DVD.http://www.palmbeachpost.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/fontaine/entries/2008/02/08/dierks_bentleys.html  In 2010 he was nominated for Best Country Collaboration along with Patty Griffin.http://dierks.com/news/beautiful-world-receives-grammy-nomination 

Dierks Bentley was born on November 20, 1975 and grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. At 19, he moved to Nashville to pursue a career in country music. He grew disheartened when he failed to attract any significant public or professional interest. He secured a job at the Nashville Network doing research on classic country performances. 

In 2003, Capitol Records heard Dierks' music, signed him, and released his self-titled debut album Dierks Bentley. In 2005, his second album, Modern Day Drifter, became a Top Ten hit. Since then, Dierks Bentley has released four more albums, Long Trip Home in 2006, Greatest Hits: Every Mile a Memory in 2008, Feel That Fire in 2009, and Up on the Ridge in 2010 which has been nominated for Best Country Album for the 2011 Grammy awards. 

http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/bentley_dierks/bio.jhtml  http://www.grammy.com/nominees