Houston remembered

Whitney Houston had a voice like no other. Tragically, she died the night before the 54th Grammy Awards. Her memory was honoured many times during the awards show.

Singer Jennifer Hudson paid tribute by singing Houston's hit: "I Will Always Love You." Back in 1993, the song won two Grammy Awards - Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female.

Host LL Cool J led with a prayer and recording Academy President Neil Portnow also acknowledged Houston in his telecast remarks.

And the biggest winner is...

Adele walked home with a lot of gold after the Grammy Awards - so much so she would not hold it all with both her hands. The uber talented singer scooped up six accolades and it was her first live performance since her vocal cord surgery late last year.

She won the following awards: Album Of The Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for 21, Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year and Best Short Form Music Video for "Rolling In The Deep," and Best Pop Solo Performance for "Someone Like You." The last time a musician walked away with six awards was Beyoncé in 2009.

All we can say is congratulations to a well deserved winner! 

Protests planned on Grammy night

Certain musicians won't be celebrating music's biggest night. They plan to raise awareness by protesting on an issue very dear to them: to reinstate the 31 categories that were removed from the Grammy Awards.

The group of protesters mainly consist of Latin jazz performers and their supporters. Latin jazz musician, Ben Lapidus, has said: "The category eliminations came from left field. Grammy-winning Eddie Palmieri fought to have Latin jazz. Now Latin jazz is gone." He and other artists believe the elimination of the category has harmed the genre.

In a restructuring process last year, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) cut down the Grammy categories from 109 to 78.

Sourced from: Billboard.biz
Text by: Priya Pitamber

Siblings fight over a brownie

Have you ever been so hungry, you stabbed your sibling so you do not have to share food? A man in the USA has stabbed his brother over a brownie from McDonalds, the Huffington Post has reported.

Erik "Eggs" Cain and his brother Gene got into an argument after Gene cut the dessert in half. Erik lost his temper, picked up knives and slashed his brother. Gene then threw a television set at Erik, the police report states.

Erik has been charged with aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, harassment and disorderly conduct.

Sourced from: The Huffington Post

Text by: Priya Pitamber

The line-up gets better and better

With this sort musical acts to look forward to, there is no need for words - just a list of names that will take the stage this year:

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Paul McCartney, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj, Jason Aldean, Kelly Clarkson, Glen Campbell, Coldplay, Rihanna, Bruno Mars and Blake Shelton.

Seems like every music taste will be catered for! Whoop!

Adele and her live comeback

Adele fans, listen up - the songbird will be making her first live performance at the Grammy Awards since her vocal chord surgery last year. 

She tweeted: "Ima be, Ima be singing at the Grammys. It's been so long I started to forget I was a singer! I can't wait, speak soon xx". A fan quickly replied: "@ny4carrie @OfficialAdele awesome! Yiu [You] and carrie underwood will both be at @TheGRAMMYs !!! My day is complete!!! :)"

Now which song will Adele choose? Watch the show to find out!

Sourced from: E!Entertainment.
Text by: Priya Pitamber.

Building the hype

The promos for the big night are coming out fast and quick. Nominees have teamed up with the host for videos and photo shoots.

A series of videos have been done with LL Cool J and musician Taylor Swift. They cannot help but throw many jabs at one another. LL Cool J assumes Swift is excited for the big night because he is hosting it, but she replies: "There's a host? Awkward." Hilarious!

Rapper Nicki Minaj posed with an over-sized Grammy award and LL Cool J too. She will be performing new songs from her upcoming album ‘Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded'. We are getting more and more excited for 12th February!

Sourced from: Country Weekly and This Beat Goes On
Text by: Priya Pitamber.