It was a real dream come true.”īut the highlight for Fiona wasn’t the glitz and glamour of the Grammy gala. “I just wanted to go and have a good time. “It just took away from the pressure of actually winning the award or not,” she says. She lost to BeyoncŽ’s Single Ladies - no shame there - she was just happy to be nominated. It was not long after the Grammys, and Fiona scored a nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for the song It Kills Me. When Sway magazine caught up with Fiona in the midst of her whirlwind schedule, she was in New York City. To say things are going well for Toronto R&B singer-songwriter Melanie Fiona would be an understatement. Toronto-born singer Melanie Fiona talks about her journey to the top of the charts