"When you smile, the whole world stops and stares for awhile, cause you're amazing just the way you are"

Last night was fantastic. I got to do one of my favorite things. What is this you ask? I got to go to a concert! Not just any concert but the Hooligans in Wondaland Concert starring Bruno Mars and Janelle Monae. The concert was in Independence, Mo which is an hour and a half from where I live. I had never been to the events center they have but it was really nice. We arrived to a really long line with crazy amounts of people. I bought this really cool Bruno Mars shirt and we entered the arena. It was general admission so we decided to stand on the floor. The opener was Mayer Hawthorne and he was actually really good. I think he was a combination of an R&B, pop, and jazz artists. He was really unique and rocked a red suit with a red bow tie. It was pretty awesome.

After Mayer Hawthorne was Janelle Monae. To be completely honest with you i'd seen her perform at the BET awards but that was it. I had absolutely no idea what to expect from her performance but I really enjoyed it. Janelle also couldn't be placed into just one musical category. She's a little bit of everything and was very unique. She had a really big strong, voice and I wouldn't put it past her to become the Aretha Franklin of our generation. She could really hold those notes. I really enjoyed Tight Rope, and she also covered Smile and I Want You back by Michael Jacksons and the Jackson Five. The best part was when she jumped into the crowd and started crowd surfing. I got to help hold her up for part of it. She looked pretty terrified the entire time though. At moments of her performance it felt like a rock n roll show. She had strobe lights and was going crazy break dancing on the ground. The whole thing was hard to explain.

Bruno Mars was AMAZING! He stole the entire show. He had the cutest little smile and the cutest little laugh I have ever seen. I just wanted to aww the whole entire time. He came out wearing jeans with a green and blue and white striped t-shirt and a jeans vest over it. He had this really cool light blue guitar and a grayish-brownish hat. Bruno was really sensual. He did slow motion grinds to the ground that were so sexy...he also sang ushers song with the part "I'll freak you right I will, I'll freak right will". All the girls in the audience almost fainted it was so attractive. He had a really great voice, it was way better live then on the album. He was a mad awesome guitarist. He played all my favorites, Count on Me, Marry You, The Lazy Song, Grenade, and Just the Way you are, We were only like four or five rows away from the stage and could see him really clearly. He dedicated the last line of nothing on you to a girl in the audience then he was all like, "Don't think I'm fooled adrianne. I know about girls like you. In fact I wrote a song about one" and then he started singing grenade. I also figured out that me and him have the same favorite part. In lazy song, its when the guy says "Oh my god this is great" in a funny voice. He brought out the guy that did that on the cd and it sounded awesome and very authentic. All in all I was really impressed with Hooligans in Wondaland. It was a night I will never forget.

"It's a quarter after one/I'm all alone and I need you now" song & record of the year

Grammy Awards ceremony started with a bang in the year 2011. I had many predictions on what would happen this year and one of them included Eminem opening up the grammy show then winning 10 out of the ten grammy's he was nominated for. Neither thing happened. The show was opened by christina Aguleria, Jennifer Hudson, Martina McBride, Yolanda Adams, and Florence singing a ton of different Aretha Franklin songs. They all have fabulous voices but i'd say the performance overall was just ok. The next performance of the night was by Lady Gaga, who ofcourse did the crazy thing and came out of the egg. The performance was decent but not my favorite of the night...

My favorite performances of the night are a five way tie. I'll list them in the order they appeared on the show:
1. I absolutely loved B.o.B., Bruno Mars, and Janelle Monae (who apparently is from KC) performing together. If you have yet to see that performance you need too! They sounded SO good. B.o.B. and Bruno mars did nothing on you together while janelle did background vocals, Then Bruno Mars did his own soul filled version of Grenade which was fab, then Janelle Monae made me stand up and start dancing with a great song of hers i'd never heard of.

2. My second favorite performance was amazing because it was both my future husbands (they will share me) performing TOGETHER. If was Justin Bieber, Usher Raymond, and Jaden Smith. It started with Usher and Justin reliving their history together then justin did a tiny little bit of the acoustic version of baby. Then Usher left while Justin and Jaden did a kick butt performance of Never Say Never, then Usher came out and did OMG and Justin actually sang along with him and they did this awesome dance move where they switch places and froze at the end. I LOVED IT! Usher and Justin were SO cute. And Jadens parent's were so into his performance, it was adorable.

3. Eminem & Rihanna Love the Way You Lie was one of the most fantastic songs i've ever heard. Imagine it live, it was awesome. Must I say anymore. After this performance Eminem broke off and did I need a Doctor which is a great song, with Dr. Dre. Great performance

4. Rihanna performed twice last night, and Drake performed Whats My Name with her the second time. It is just such a good song! I loved, loved, loved it. And Drake was getting all romantic and really into it with his killer smile. It was a nice one.

5. Katy Perry blew me away with her voice once again. She started off doing a slower song while she was on a swing and on the background she flashed videos from her romantic wedding on a sheet. It was the sweetest thing. Then she picked everything up and performed Teenage Dream.

Those were my top five performances of the night.

Recap of important awards:
Song of the Year: Need You Now by Lady Antebellum
Record of the Year: Need You Now by Lady Antebellum
Album of the year: Can't say I know, it was a crazy rock group that gave me a headache
Rap Album of the Year: Eminem's Recovery
Best New Artist: Esperanza Spalding

Now I know what your wondering, how on earth did Eminem not win album of the year and What is an esperanza? I'll answer both questions. For the first one, the grammy comitee is just hating on Eminem because he made a GREAT album. For the second one, we all know Justin Bieber should have won. All night long I was thinking his big competition was drake. But it turned out it was the afro lady I needed to worry about. No ones ever heard of her, two days ago she only had 5,000 twitter followers. She's seriously an up and coming jazz singer. But NO ONE CARES! Thats why I think Justin or Drake should have one. If we're comparing stats Justin sold way more albums and concerts then Drake did therefore he should be the winner. Those two awards were rigged and thats all I have to say about it.