ADELE SWEEPS THE 54TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS

Adele at the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards

Making a triumphant return to the stage after recovering from her Throat Surgery last fall, fave Brit Siren Adele had the audience cheering and clapping at the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards performing an eagerly-awaited rendition of Song of the Year/Record of the Year Winner, Rolling in the Deep. Tears were visible in her eyes following her performance as she stood and took-in a standing ovation.

Prior to this evening, Adele had collected two GRAMMY Awards in 2009 including the coveted Best New Artist.  Although many see that Award as somewhat of a career curse, she clearly is an exception garnering six more GRAMMYs to her name tonight, including top honours with her Disc 21 in the category Album of the Year.  Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Diana Ross handed the Award to the tearful 23-year-old, who thanked her Mother first and foremost even though she wasn't in attendance.

Foo Fighters also fared exceptionally well, winning six Awards tonight for their work on latest Disc, Wasting Light.  Since forming in 1994, the Band led by David Grohl have earned a whopping an impressive eleven GRAMMYs.

85-year-old Jazz Legend Tony Bennett was presented tonight with two additional GRAMMY Awards for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance with Body and Soul (ft. Amy Winehouse) and also his U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Chart-topping Duets II for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.   Although not televised, Bennett had Winehouse's Parents join him on-stage to accept the Award on-stage.  Bennett now has now won a total 16 GRAMMYs in his celebrated Career.  Both he and Carrie Underwood presented Best New Artist to Wisconsin's own Bon Iver.  Lead Singer Justin Vernon currently is seeing Canadian Singer/Songwriter Kathleen Edwards.

GRAMMY WINNER MELANIE FIONA LIVE AT TORONTO'S L'OREAL LUMINATO FESTIVAL

Grammy winner Melanie Fiona played a free show tonight at Dundas Square as part of Toronto's L'Oreal Luminato Festival which celebrates culture and creativity.  The Motown/Universal artist received a warm welcome from her hometown, performing a selection of material off her debut effort The Bridge, which has sold almost 250k copies in the U.S. to-date.  A huge Lauryn Hill fan, she did a cover of her  1995 cover of Roberta Flack's Killing Me Softly also, which had the audience raising their hands in the air.  Her biggest hit It Kills Me, for which she won her first Grammy earlier this year in the category of Best R&B Vocal Performance, was reserved for late in the show where satisfied audience members could be heard saying "All I wanted to hear was this song!", as she soulfully plugged deep beneath its surface.  She ended her set on an optimistic note, dedicating her last song to all the dreamers in the audience, as she is living proof that dreams do come true.

The 27 year-old Guyanese-Canadian singer-songwriter came from a humble start in the rougher part of town in Toronto, writing her first set of songs at the age of 16.  She cites Whitney Houston and Mary J. Blige among her biggest influences.  She got her big break when she was discovered by her biggest champion controversial rapper Kanye West and the rest is now Herstory.  Humbly claiming that she is by no means a Diva, she paid homage during her set to some of her groundbreaking Canadian female artists like Canadian Idol judge Sass Jordan and Jully Black.