The 2014 People's Choice Awards are airing on Wednesday and will include special performances from Sara Bareilles, OneRepublic and Brad Paisley.

OneRepublic had a huge hit in 2013 with Counting Stars. The upbeat song peaked to No. 3 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart and its video has garnered over 115 million views to date on YouTube.

"OneRepublic is one of the hottest bands out there today, and we are excited that they are going to perform for us on the People's Choice Awards," the award show's Executive Producer Mark Burnett said in a statement. "I am personally a huge fan of the band and I am also working with Ryan Tedder on The Voice, so it's all OneRepublic, all the time, and we are thrilled they agreed to come on board for the show."

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Bareilles experienced similar success in 2013 with her song Brave, which she will perform at the 40th annual award show.

"So happy to be able to perform Brave on the People's Choice Awards," Bareilles said in a statement. "I've always loved watching the show and am excited to be a part of it."

Aside from the performers, the People's Choice Awards will also include many other musicians, including Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera and rapper LL Cool J.

Prominent actors will also be present including, the cast of CBS's The Big Bang Theory, Drew Barrymore, Robert Downey Jr., Zac Efron, Anna Faris, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Michael B. Jordan, Queen Latifah, Julianna Margulies, Melissa McCarthy, Girls star Allison Williams, as well as The Vampire Diaries cast members Ian Somerhalder and Nina Dobrev.

The 2014 People's Choice Awards will broadcast live from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, Calif. on Wednesday, Jan. 8 at 9 p.m. ET.

It will also be hosted by 2 Broke Girls stars Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs.

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