Tribute to Aretha Franklin.

Struggling pop royalty Christina Aguilera and powerhouse vocalist Jennifer Hudson 
opened the Grammy Awards along with other artists such as Martina McBride and Yolanda Adams by paying tribute to Aretha Franklin. All the ladies delivered flawless vocal performances and you can see the video below:

Chris Brown Snubbed Again!

By now we are all used to Chris Brown using Twitter to vent whatever frustrations he has and last nights snub by the Grammy is no exception. The 'Forever' singer took to his Twitter page after he failed to win in all 3 categories he was nominated. After the show he Tweeted: “To all the fans!! I love y’all. Don’t be upset!! This industry is based on politics and asskissing! My only concern is team breezy! F*ck everybody else!”. It appears Breezy was convinced that he had those Grammy's in the bag, which I find amusing because there were more deserving artists. But chin up Chris, the Grammy Awards are renowned for ignoring real talent.

Grammy Award Winners- Spoiler Alert

Here you can find a full list of all of last nights winners, a few suprises but we can discuss that later in the post:

Album of the Year: The Suburbs, Arcade Fire- Nobody saw this coming!


Record of the Year: Need You Now, Lady Antebellum- Woohoo, well deserved!!!!

Rap Album: Recovery, Eminem

New Artist: Esperanza Spalding- Who saw this one coming? sorry Drake, as Gis says, looks like we will have to thank you much later!

Song of the Year: Need You Now, Lady Antebellum- Can't deny they deserved this more than anyone else.

Pop

Pop Vocal Album: Lady Gaga, The Fame Monster
Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: Train, “Hey, Soul Sister (Live)”
Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Michael Bublé, Crazy Love
Female Pop Vocal Performance: Lady Gaga, “Bad Romance,” The Fame Monster
Male Pop Vocal Performance: Bruno Mars, “Just The Way You Are,” Doo-Wops & Hooligans
Pop Collaboration With Vocals: “Imagine,” Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare, The Imagine Project

R&B

Female R&B Vocal Performance: Fantasia, “Bittersweet,” Back to Me- Seriously?
Male R&B Vocal Performance: Usher, “There Goes My Baby,” Raymond V Raymond
R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: Sade, “Soldier of Love,” Soldier of Love
Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: John Legend & The Roots, “Hang On In There,” Wake Up!
R&B Song: John Legend & The Roots, “Shine,” Wake Up!
R&B Album: Wake Up!, John Legend & The Roots
Contemporary R&B Album: Raymond V Raymond, Usher

Rap

Rap Song: Jay-Z & Alicia Keys, “Empire State of Mind,” The Blueprint 3
Rap/Sung Collaboration: Jay-Z & Alicia Keys, “Empire State of Mind,” The Blueprint 3
Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz, “On to the Next One,” The Blueprint 3
Rap Solo Performance: Eminem, “Not Afraid,” Recovery
Urban/Alternative Performance: “F*** You,” Cee Lo Green

Rock

Rock Album: Muse, The Resistance
Solo Rock Vocal Performance: Paul McCartney, “Helter Skelter,” Good Evening New York City
Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: The Black Keys, “Tighten Up,” Brothers
Rock Song: “Angry World,” Neil Young, Le Noise

Dance

Dance Recording: Only Girl (in the World), Rihanna
Electronic/Dance Album: La Roux, La Roux



Congrats to Lady Antebellum who took home 5 Grammy awards.

Chris Brown, Rihanna to Stay 10 Yards Apart at Grammys

The 53rd annual Grammy awards is due to start in just a matter of hours but its not going to be all that exciting for Breezy, the Yeah 3x singer is legally not allowed to come within ten yards of Rihanna as a result of his previous, ironically, pre-grammy um shall we say altercation! Although both stars are nominated for awards, a court order remains in place for the singers to steer clear of each other.

The stay-away order is a remnant of Brown's 2009 assault case, in which he admitted beating Rihanna in a rented sports car after a pre-Grammy party. Lets face it, we barely remember who won at the 2009 Grammy awards because the domestic altercation between these two stole the show last year. As a result Chris had to complete many hours of community service and his album 'Graffiti' performed dismally on the charts and commercially inciting some twitter rage from the singer.Both stars have confirmed their attendance at the awards show, Rihanna will even be screaming, I mean performing with her ex Drake.

Those of you who still bother to watch the hot mess that is the Grammy Awards can let us know how this little situation all plays out!

Trash vs Talent

So this is my very first post and folks it aint a happy one! I just saw an advert on television for the Grammy awards which will take place on the 14th of February, it is an evening for the crème de la crème of the music industry to get together, walk the red carpet and celebrate the chart and sales achievements for the past year! Simple enough. NOT! The process begins with members and record companies submitting entries, which are then screened for eligibility and category placement. The Academy's voting members, all involved in the creative and technical processes of recording, then participate in (1) the nominating process that determines the five finalists in each category; and (2) the final voting process which determines the GRAMMY winners.That said I feel the need to begin my tirade on why the most talented musician in the industry, with a career spanning more than 20 years, 18 #1 hits and the illustrious title of "best selling female recording artist of all time" has accumulated all of FIVE Grammy awards, while a certain thigh shaking screamer who honestly makes what I call ringtone music has about 15 awards. Clearly talent is no longer a consideration in determining winners and thus I have not watched the awards show since 2005! So imagine my surprise when I decided to peruse this years nominees!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Long story short, the situation has actually worsened people. In the category for Album of the Year, Katy Perry's Teenage Dream has notched a nomination while The Element of Freedom by Alicia Keys gets snubbed??? SERIOUSLY!

Your thoughts?