Adele, Chris Brown, Nicki Minaj most mentioned artists on Twitter during Grammys

Microbloggers posted more than 5 million “Grammys” tweets on Sunday, February 12, between noon and midnight PT.

Twenty-three-year-old British singer Adele was the star of the night both on stage and online. The sweet-faced recording artist picked up six awards at the 54th Grammy Awards on Sunday night, while also becoming the focus of 140 character conversations on Twitter.

In a February 15 blog post, Twitter announced it had recorded a peak of 10,901 tweets per second (TPS) for the night as Adele stepped on stage to receive her award for Record of the Year.

Adele (@OfficialAdele) was the most mentioned artist on Twitter during the 12-hour period, followed by Chris Brown (@ChrisBrown), Nicki Minaj (@NickiMinaj), Rihanna (@Rihanna), and the late Whitney Houston.

“2012 grammys” topped the Arts Entertainment rising searches on Google Insights over the last seven days. “Grammys,” “grammy 2012” and “grammy” also appeared in the top ten list. Second through seventh place on Google Insights for the week ending February 16 were filled with search terms related to Whitney Houston’s death.

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