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Artist Spotlight, Aubrey "Drake" Graham, Beyoncé Knowles, California, Canada, Grammy, Hip-Hop, JUNO, R&B, Shawn "Jay Z" Carter, Songwriter, Soul, Toronto, United States, Voice April 26, 2025

This Grammy-winning Toronto R&B star worked with Drake and Jay-Z. Then she decided to disappear. Now, Melanie Fiona is finding that making a comeback isn’t so easy

She just released a new EP, but the singer has already cancelled most of her upcoming tour dates. April 26, 2025 By Nick Krewen Special to the Star She’s won two Grammys and a Juno and has been associated with some of the biggest names in hip-hop. Then she went independent and virtually disappeared. Now, after being out of the spotlight for 13 years, Melanie Fiona is attempting a comeback. “I…

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Africa, Beyoncé Knowles, Composer, Grammy, Herbie Hancock, Producer, Regions, Songwriter, Voice, World Music April 18, 2024

‘All women suffer from injustice’: Mali singer Oumou Sangaré on why she’s still speaking out for women in Africa and beyond

Sangaré, who has been opposing arranged marriages, polygamy, sexual subservience and genital mutilation for more than three decades, makes a rare Toronto appearance on April 20.by Nick Krewen Special to the Star She’s known worldwide as “the Songbird of Wassoulou.” But over the past three decades, Malian singer-songwriter Oumou Sangaré, who makes a rare Toronto appearance on Saturday, has meant so much more, especially to the women of Africa. Since…

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The Sweet Smell of Success

The Sweet Smell Of Success October 22, 2009 Recording artists bottle their success GRAMMY.com Nick Krewen Tim McGraw and Faith Hill have not only experienced the sweet smell of success, they’ve bottled it. Country music’s first couple has a couple of new scents on the market — Faith Hill Parfums is her first and Southern Blend is his second — and they are just two of the music celebrities that…