Jay-Z, Coldplay, Shakira join Haiti telethon

The music world's top stars are signing on for Friday's Hope For Haiti Now telethon.

Bruce Springsteen, Jay-Z, Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake, Keith Urban and Alicia Keys are just a few of the performers who will be featured, according to MTV Networks, apartner in the two-hour event.

Haiti was devastated and thousands of its citizens were killed when an earthquake hit the Caribbean country on Jan. 12.

Hope For Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief will be an international event. Haitian native Wyclef Jean will anchor the show from New York, while actor George Clooney will do sofrom Los Angeles. CNN's Anderson Cooper will report from Haiti.

London has also been added to the lineup, and that's where Jay-Z will perform, along with Bono, The Edge and Rihanna in ajoint performance. Coldplay is also to perform from London.

In New York, Springsteen will sing, along with Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Shakira and Sting. Swift is to perform In Los Angeles, and Urban, Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow plan a collaboration.

Also performing in Los Angeles will beTimberlake, Dave Matthews, John Legend and Stevie Wonder.

People can purchase the night's musical performances for 99 cents US each through iTunes starting Saturday. A statement released Tuesday says all proceeds will go to Haiti relief.

The Hope For Haiti Now benefit will be televised on all the major North American networks at 8 p.m. ET. In addition, the telethon will be streamed live on websites including YouTube, MySpace and AOL.

CBC, CTV, Global Television, MTV, MuchMusic and the National Geographic Channel all plan to simulcast Hope For Haiti Now in Canada. There will also be a one-hour special, Canada For Haiti, broadcast one hour before that program.

The funds raised from the telethon will be donated to several relief organizations, including UNICEF, Oxfam America and Partners in Health.