After wowing us with her amazing performance of new Single LIVING FOR LOVE at the GRAMMYs, Madonna‘s 12th studio album REBEL HEART is soon before us.  We’ve heard some of it already and we must say this is her best in years!  Although there is a fresh electronic twist on some of the Tracks, the Pop Queen gets deeper and more introspective than ever.  Tracks like UNAPOLOGETIC BITCH, WASH ALL OVER ME and the Title Track have Madonna doing what she does best – affecting us.

Tracklist
1. “Living for Love”
2. “Devil Pray”
3. “Ghosttown”
4. “Unapologetic Bitch”
5. “Illuminati”
6. “Bitch I’m Madonna” (featuring Nicki Minaj)
7. “Hold Tight”
8. “Joan of Arc”
9. “Iconic” (featuring Chance the Rapper and Mike Tyson)
10. “HeartBreakCity”
11. “Body Shop”
12. “Holy Water”
13. “Inside Out”
14. “Wash All Over Me”

If you haven’t seen the new gravity-defying Video for LIVING FOR LOVE, be prepared to be wowed! Classic Madonna.

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UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA release REBEL HEART on Tuesday, March 10, 2015.

Pre-order it here.

(Photo/video credit: Universal Music Canada)

Not that we are surprised, but Sam Smith walked away the big winner at tonight’s 57th GRAMMYs.  The British Singer-Songwriter went-on to win four Awards at the Ceremony honouring the Year’s best in Music, nabbing Record of the Year and Single of the Year for his Hit Single STAY WITH ME, which he performed alongside Mary J. Blige.  His IN THE LONELY HOUR went-on to win Best Pop Vocal Album. The 22-year-old was forthcoming about his sexuality, thanking his former Lover on-stage, “I want to thank the Man who broke my heart, as it inspired me to win four GRAMMYs!”.  Smith also won Best New Artist, defeating the likes of Iggy Azalea and HAIM.

See Smith and Blige perform STAY WITH ME:

Veteran Alternative Singer/Songwriter BECK has shown amazing longevity in a Career which has spanned over three decades now.  His Disc MORNING PHASE went-on to win Album of the Year as well as Best Rock Album.  On the Show, he performed HEART IS A DRUM alongside Coldplay‘s Chris Martin.

Highlights tonight included a huge choreographed Comeback performance from Madonna, who was flawless in delivering new Single LIVING FOR LOVE.   See the performance below:

Australian Singer-Songwriter certainly has been at it for a number of years now and she had just about everybody talking about her performance of Hit, CHANDELIER tonight featuring former Saturday Night Live Alumni Kristen Wiig doing performance art!

BEYONCE also brought it home delivering a pure and powerful rendition of Take My Hand, Precious Lord. She with Husband Jay-Z won Best R&B Performance for their Single DRUNK IN LOVE.

RIHANNA too made a powerful statement delivering a vocally on-point performance of new Single FOURFIVESECONDS alongside The Beatles Icon Paul McCartney and Kanye West. See it below:

For a complete list of Winners, click here.

See Mr. Will and some of this year’s GRAMMYs Stars over the years below:

A photo posted by Will Wong (@mrwillwong) on Feb 8, 2015 at 7:59pm PST

(Photo credit: Reuters)

And this is exactly why she still fills Arenas worldwide. To say that LIVING FOR LOVE is a true return to form for Pop Music’s reigning Queen is an understatement. She grabs ’em right by the horns with this latest Single, figuratively and literally as you will see in this J.A.C.K.-directed Clip. Nothing but non-stop dancing start to finish, this is the Madonna we fell in love with and are happy to see back!

See the Video:

Madonna‘s REBEL HEART hits stores Tuesday, March 6, 2015 via Universal Music Canada.

(Photo/video credit: Universal Music)

Madonna makes a return to form on upcoming 13th studio disc, REBEL HEART, in stores Tuesday, March 10, 2015.  A Preview EP for the 19-Track Opus was released just before Christmas, reaching #1 in over 49 countries and we can expect similar of the eagerly-awaited  full Disc.

Track Listing is as follows:

01 “Living For Love”
02 “Devil Pray”
03 “Ghosttown”
04 “Unapologetic Bitch”
05 “Illuminati”
06 “Bitch I’m Madonna” (Feat. Nicki Minaj)
07 “Hold Tight”
08 “Joan Of Arc”
09 “Iconic” (Feat. Chance The Rapper & Mike Tyson)
10 “HeartBreakCity”
11 “Body Shop”
12 “Holy Water”
13 “Inside Out”
14 “Wash All Over Me”
15 “Best Night”
16 “Veni Vidi Vici” (Feat. Nas)
17 “S.E.X.”
18 “Messiah”
19 “Rebel Heart”

HOLD UP!  REWIND!  Did we just see Mike Tyson‘s name on the Track Listing?  How?!?

The new Single from REBEL HEART has been chosen and it will be Living for Love, reminiscent of her Like a Prayer era sound and new Remixes have been satiating Fans from Offer Nissim, Dirty Pop, Mike Rizzo and Thrill!

Our Fave? Definitely Rizzo‘s energetic Mix:

Madonna also has been confirmed to perform at the 57th annual GRAMMYS, taking place on Tuesday, February 10, 2015 (airing on CITY in Canada)!

Big things in 2015 for the Blonde One.

Universal Music Canada release REBEL HEART. Pre-order here.

(Photo/video credit: Universal Music Canada)

I remember attending a Jim Carrey Autograph Signing with my Friend. Amidst the two-hour wait, an Acoustic Version of Aviici‘s Wake Me Up blared through the speakers. My Friend was mortified. “Why is this version so slow?!”, she nodded disapprovingly.

After a quick Wikipedia search, we learned that what we were listening to in fact was the Original Version of the Track, pre-Aviici. While that Mega-Producer currently is working with Madonna in the Studio on new material, the Californian Songwriter/Vocalist who penned and sang Wake Me Up, is launching a new phase in his Career (he has been at it for a bit) with the benefits of last year’s major exposure boost.  His  new Disc due in stores Tuesday, Lift Your Spirit!

Check-out Aloe Blacc‘s soulful new Single, The Man below which has a brand new Video:

Download Lift Your Spirit here on iTunes.

(Photo/video credit: Universal Music)

Crazy for her!  Thousands of Fans lined-up last night at Canada’s only Hard Candy Fitness Location at College Park in Toronto as Gym Boss and Queen of Pop, Madonna, flew-in from New York City to launch the high-end Fitness Centre!

In addition to walking an ultra-exclusive Red Carpet, speaking with a mixture of TV, Radio and Print Media, she waved to her hoards of devout Fans who were ecstatic at the rare opportunity to see the Icon up-close.  A select Group of Contest Winners danced their way to a chance to work-out with Madonna in a once-in-a-lifetime Addicted to Sweat Class.  She later was seen Instagramming herself icing her feet afterwards.

Madonna icing her feet:

As expected, there were no Autographs or Photo Ops with Fans with a “no Photos” policy being enforced for all but Media, but simply seeing her was enough for many!  Some had mixed feelings about the ground-breaking Entertainer’s two-hours-late arrival, but despite the wait few could argue it was worth it.

Longtime Madonna Fan Simon Venekeo and Mr. Will Reader  contributed the Photo up-top.  He tells us, “I would describe it as an incredible once in a lifetime opportunity to see a Pop Culture Icon in such an intimate setting.”.

Madonna revealed plans already are under-way for her new Disc – her 13th – and among the Canadian Artists she’d like to collaborate with are Michael Bublé and Drake as she revealed to the Canadian Press below:

Not sure it was quite a musical match made-in-heaven, but Madonna and Miley Cyrus‘ much-talked-about Collaboration on the latter’s MTV Unplugged Taping quickly has surfaced! Gyrating, butt-patting, Cowboy Hats and Boots! This Performance is everything.

Madonna surprised Miley Fans in Los Angeles the other night joining the Pop Star for a custom-concocted Mash-Up their Hits respectively, Don’t Tell Me and We Can’t Stop.  Thematically it works we suppose, with the former sporting a Country Vibe and Miley proudly displaying her Country Roots.  But sonically? You be the Judges!

Watch Madonna & Miley Cyrus performing We Can’t Stop/Don’t Tell Me Mash-Up:

(Photo/video credit: MTV)

The 56th annual GRAMMY Awards took place tonight at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles – Music’s Biggest Night!  The Stars came out in droves and in what was an odd, exciting Red Carpet, we saw an assortment of Helmets and Hats donned on some of the biggest names in Music including the likes of Madonna, Daft Punk, Yoko Ono and Pharrell, who lit Twitter afire with his exaggerated RCMP-like Hat. The Fashion Entrepreneur, Producer and Singer/Songwriter not only won in the Category of Best Producer (Non-Classical), but won coveted Record of the Year and also Best Pop Duo/Group Performance with his Daft Punk Collaboration, Get Lucky.

French Electronica Duo Daft Punk made only their second-ever televised Performance tonight –  a momentous Occasion with Stevie Wonder joining them and Pharrell.  What made the Night extra-special however was their huge Wins for coveted Top Honour of Album of the Year, Best Electronic/Dance Album and Best Engineered Album with their 2013 Disc, Random Access Memories. In total, they won five GRAMMYs night individually and in collaboration.

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis who debuted only last year, too were the Kings of the GRAMMYs this year, sweeping the most important Rap/Hip-Hop Categories including Best Rap Album, Best Rap Song (Thrift Shop), Best Rap Performance (Thrift Shop) and Best New Artist. In addition, the Duo stole the Show tonight partnering-up with Queen Latifah and Pop Legend Madonna for a much-talked-about Performance of Same Love, which saw 33 Couples of all Orientations being wed at the Event as Queen Latifah officiated the Ceremony.  Madonna then joined on-stage in a white Suit and Cowboy Hat singing the Hook to her Hit Open Your Heart.

Watch the Performance below:

Although surprisingly she wasn’t nominated for Best New Artist, shy 17-year-old New Zealand Sensation Lorde more than made-up for that with a huge win for Best Solo Pop Performance with her Hit Royals.  The Track also won coveted Song of the Year and it wouldn’t be a surprise to see a huge sales boost next week for her 2013 Debut, Pure Heroine. In a succinct pair of Speeches where she seemed genuinely shocked to win, she thanked her fellow Nominees Katy Perry, Bruno Mars, Sara Bareilles and Justin Timberlake for being inspirations in her own Music.  She also accepted with her Co-Writer/Producer Joel Little, letting him do most of the talking.

Katy Perry turned several heads tonight in her Valentino Dress which was adorned with Musical Notes, in addition leaving an impression with her eerie and theatrical Performance of latest Single, Dark Horse.

Taylor Swift undisputedly had the best Red Carpet Look tonight, wearing well an elegant chain-linked Gucci Dress. She performed her Track All Too Well, complete with head-thrashing, finished with a mood-appropriate pensive smirk versus her usual enthusiastic show of gratitude post-Performance. Although she wasn’t a Winner tonight, she was up in for prestigious Album of the Year with her Disc Red, released in October 2012.

Watch Swift perform All Too Well:

Canada also fared well this year at the GRAMMYs, with our own Michael Buble nabbing his fourth GRAMMY with his Disc To Be Loved in the Category of Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.  Jennifer Gasoi won Best Children‘s Album with her Throw a Penny in the Wishing Well.

Toronto, get ready to sweat!  Multimedia Icon Madonna is set to launch the Toronto branch of her Hard Candy Fitness next month!  In addition to attending the festivities, she will be leading a class through her Addicted to Sweat Dance Class. In addition to a few lucky Toronto Members getting a shot at doing Cardio with the Queen of Pop, Clubs around the World will hold Auditions for Members to attend the once-in-a-lifetime Event!

Auditions for Toronto Members take place between Thursday, January 30th through Saturday, February 1, 2014.  Final Cut Auditions are to be held on Monday, February 10, 2014, just one day before Madonna‘s Visit. Learn more  about Addicted to Sweat!

Learn more about Hard Candy Fitness Toronto, located at College x Yonge, .

(Photo credit: Mr. Will Wong)

Despite filling hosting duties on Saturday Night Live last night, former Alumni Jimmy Fallon may have gotten help from a few Friends – but it is those few Buddies who helped deliver huge laughs on a memorable Christmas episode of Comedy-Sketch Series, now in its 39th Season!

In addition to Madonna, Sir Paul McCartney, Barry Gibb and Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Fallon got a major boost from his Pal and Musical Guest and multi-time Host, Justin Timberlake!

Sir Paul McCartney would kick-off the star-studded Affair in the Evening’s Opening Monologue which would have Fallon doing his best impressions of David Bowie, Bob Dylan and Sir Paul McCartney, only for the latter to appear suddenly on-stage!

See Fallon and McCartney perform Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas:

Timberlake brought back his popular Musical Liquorville Sketch, this time in Holiday Spirit and with the help of Fallon, competing with a Charity Gift Wrapper in Cast Member Aidy Bryant. Bring it on down to Wrappinville! Adorbs!

See The Wrap-Off below!

Madonna and the real Gibb himself on The Barry Gibb Show!

Perhaps one of the Highlights of the Evening was the Musical Sketch Let’s Do It in my Twin Bed featuring Fallon and the Ladies of SNL, a bit of an Homage to The Pussycat Dolls with Sisters singing about a little wild surprise for their Boyfriends, “getting wild in a bed for a child!” at their Mom and Dad’s!

Watch Let’s Do It in my Twin Bed below:

One thing that never ceases to make me laugh are imaginary Music Compilation Sketches and here is SNL‘s take on NOW That’s What I Call Christmas featuring impressions of Alanis Morissette, Andrea Bocelli and Alan Rickman:

My favourite Sketch though was the super-sweet Baby, It’s Cold Outside Sketch with Weekend Update‘s Cecily Strong, with her as the clingy One-Night-Stand who manages to win Fallon over amidst a Blizzard in NYC: