This past Sunday (01/31/10), the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards aired on CBS and drew in approximately 26.6 million viewers, the highest number since their 2004 show.

While the show was nothing to shout about, there were 3 performers we couldn’t let go unnoticed as they showed us the true art of entertainment and music!

LADY GAGA

First up, Lady Gaga. Gaga opened the Grammy show with an explosive and eye opening introduction, with a ringmaster professing the REAL Gaga with five #1 singles, her own polo stick, and no soul! Gaga opened up with “Poker face” and then performed “Speechless”  with Sir Elton John. Needless to say, the performance was SPEECHLESS!

PINK

The best performance of the night came from the awesome PINK! Pink stepped out on the stage with a white cow-neck full length dress singing “Glitter in the Air” and sounded like a million dollars. About two minutes into her performance, Pink unveiled her acrobat outfit hidden under her dress and spent the last 3 minutes singing her HEART out all while performing acrobats without missing a key. Grade: A+

MARY J BLIGE

Last but not least, our 3rd favorite Grammy performance of the night was the incomparable Mary J Blige. Mary  did a special tribute to Haiti with Andrea Bocelli performing “Bridge Over Trouble Water” and once again showed the world that the definition of your background does not dictate the definition of your future. Her vocals were on point and Andrea was AMAZING!

BET will be hosting a very special SOS Saving Ourselves: Help for Haiti Benefit in Miami, FL on Friday, February 5 at the American Airlines Arena during the Super Bowl weekend.

The show will be hosted by Queen Latifah and Sean Combs and will air live on BET, Centric, MTV, and VH1 beginning at 8pm. So far, BET has confirmed that Mary J Blige, Justin Bieber, Ludacris, Robin Thicke, and Pharrll Williams will be a part of the 3 hour telecast. Considering that it’s Superbowl weekend, I’m sure there will be plenty more major entertainers and celebrities that will be added to the event.

BET chose Miami due to it’s close proximity to Haiti and the fact that Miami is home to the largest Haitian-American population. Prices for the event have not been revealed yet but tickets will be available via www.ticketmaster.com.

Pop/R&B diva Beyonce has been one of many to be added to the “Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief” telethon/telecast. She, along with hubby Jay-Z and Rihanna will be performing in London for the telethon. Artist such as Wyclef Jean, John Legend, Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys, Justin Timberlake, Sting, Jennifer Hudson, Shakira, Stevie Wonder, Madonna, Christina Aguilera, and many others will be performing in the U.S. for the telecast portion.

Well this should be entertaining, there are soooo many acts! I like that we as a nation can come together on things such as a natural disaster but if only that could transcend into everyday issues. That would be a blessing and a miracle for us all. Make sure you tune in to watch. Here is a list of channels that will broadcast the telethon/telecast on Friday, January 22, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT and 7:00 p.m. CT:

“Hope for Haiti Now” will air across ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN, BET, The CW, HBO, MTV, VH1, CMT, PBS, TNT, Showtime, COMEDY CENTRAL, Bravo, E! Entertainment, National Geographic Channel, Oxygen, G4, CENTRIC, Current TV, Fuse, MLB Network, EPIX, Palladia, SoapNet, Style, Discovery Health, Planet Green, CNN en Espanol, HBO Latino, and Canadian networks including CBC Television, CTV, Global Television, and MuchMusic.  The event will be live streamed online globally across sites including YouTube, Hulu, MySpace, Fancast, AOL, MSN.com, Yahoo, Bing.com, BET.com, CNN.com, MTV.com, VH1.com, and Rhapsody and on mobile via Alltel, AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and FloTV. “Hope for Haiti Now” will also air internationally on BET International, CNN International, National Geographic, and MTV Networks International, which is available in 640 million homes worldwide.  ”Hope for Haiti Now” will be available non-exclusively to all terrestrial radio stations around the globe and SIRIUS XM Radio as a one time only radio broadcast via the MTV Radio Network and Westwood One.

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Mary J. Blige | Stay

Here is a Mary J. Blige track from her “Stronger With Each Tear (Amazon MP3 Exclusive Version)” album titled “Stay”, written by Ester Dean. The song was originally sung by Ester Dean but you can hear her background vocals on the Mary version. My guess is that Ester Dean did the song as a demo for Mary. The song was released on the 21st of December but for those of you that did not buy her  album off of Amazon.com, I’m giving you a listen here. Give your thoughts.

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Here is another classic video by Mary J. Blige for her new single, “I Am”, directed by Anthony Mandler. Mary’s nicely placed eye candy along the side of her makes for a smash hit video! Its uncanny how she is looking younger with years gone by! Take a look at the video below!

Mary | “I Am”

For Mariah’s lastest video she recruits director Brett Ratner to make her song “H.A.T.E.U.” come to life. Its nestled in a sweet harmonious looking beach, where she is in a bathing suit moving slowly and sensually from rock to rock . She could have gone for a more dramatic look in my eye, but for Mariah less is more ’cause she’s always dramatic! Peep the video and tell me what you think!

Mariah | “H.A.T.E.U.”

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Another track has leaked from Mary J Blige’s new album “Stronger” which will be in stores Tuesday, November 22. This track enlist the crowned new American R & B Heart Throb, Trey Songz, and is entitled ”Hood Love”.

Mary is one of the few older R&B artist that can still connect with all generations. Make sure you guys are following her on Twitter www.twitter.com/maryjblige

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Following up from her mildly successful first single “The One”, here’s the second single from Mary J Blige’s ninth studio album “Stronger”. The track is called “I Am” and was written by Jonta Austin and produced by Stargate. I’m sure many can a test to this song!

Originally scheduled for a November 24th release date, Mary’s album has been pushed back due to a slew of other popular artist coming out including Rihanna (11/23), Chris Brown (12/08), and Alicia Keys (12/15). “Stronger” will be available in stores and online December 22.  A good way to end the year!

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Mary J Blige tweeted yesterday  ”Album is coming soon! I’m so hard on myself about not letting you down because you never let me down”.

And shortly after that tweet leaked this track which was produced by Timbaland called “Skycap” which was recorded 2 years ago.

Mary has been in the public eye for the past couple of months with an AT&T commercial based around her lead single “The One” produced by Rodney Jerkins. She also was featured in Tyler Perry’s “I Can Do bad All By Myself” and will be a guest judge in 2010 on one episode of American Idol. Of course, we all know what that means right? Mary will have a brand new album out next month! Nov/Dec always does Mary good!!!

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