Our girl Melanie Fiona is nominated for a Grammy Award, that just feels amazing to say. We have been riding for this girl before she even had a single on the radio. After seeing her showcase at the Canal Room a few months back, we saw the potential in her.  Guess the rest of the music industry saw something too.

Melanie spoke to Rap-Up.com about how its feels to be nominated for the first time. We're just so happy to see her getting all the respect she deserves. She is humble, genuine, and last but no least, hella talented.

"I picked up the phone and my brother was screaming at me and I couldn’t understand what he was saying. Once I really understood that I was nominated for a Grammy, I just broke down and started crying. It was the most unforgettable moment.”

“The thought of winning makes me want to cry…that would be the first thing I would do if I won is cry, she. Every time people asked me what do you see for yourself in the next five years, I’ve been saying I wanted a Grammy because I feel like that’s a high bar you set for yourself as an artist and you always strive to get there.”

Check out what Melanie Fiona had to say about competing with Beyonce & Jazmine Sullivan for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance after the jump...

“It’s the caliber of women I’m with in the category that is such an honor and makes it a victory already for me,” she says. “But I feel like it is the honest emotion that I had singing that record and the story behind it that affects people and makes it a winner. It’s something that everyone who has been in love has gone through.”