Raye stormed the BRIT Awards on Saturday night time, blowing all beforehand held information straight out the water.
Not solely did the 26-year-old South London star make BRITs historical past forward of the ceremony by being the most-nominated artist of all time with seven nominations – by taking house a mammoth six wins, she now she beats Adele, Harry Types and Blur, who collectively held the report for essentially the most BRITs at a single ceremony (4).
And what a wonderful event it was. Raye’s unimaginable journey to this well-deserved recognition was proper there along with her – significantly within the emotional second that she introduced her grandmother, Agatha, on stage – as she scooped gong after gong, taking house six out of her seven nominations. Should you’re nonetheless catching up, they had been: Album of the Yr, Greatest Artist, Greatest Songwriter, Greatest R&B Act, Greatest New Artist, Greatest Tune.
“I am ugly crying on nationwide tv,” she wailed after successful the most important award of the night time for Album of the Yr.
Gareth Cattermole
Watching Raye scoop win after win at tonight’s BRIT Awards – barefoot, confident, solely proudly owning the room, she jogged my memory (proper right down to her hooded eyeliner and the wonder spot above her lip) of one other multi BRIT Award winner and Brit Faculty graduate: Amy Winehouse. However not like the outstanding but in the end tragic Amy, Raye is – as she stated herself – solely answerable for her personal profession and her personal future. “I am in management, I am my very own boss,” she declared triumphantly on stage as she was offered with Greatest New Artist, her fourth gong of the night time, by her long-term pal and champion, Radio One presenter and BRITs co-host, Clara Amfo.
And in that second, the world was reminded of her unimaginable backstory. Raye ditched her former report label Polydor after they refused to launch her personal music, after she gained success writing hit songs for different artists together with Beyonce, Rihanna and Little Combine.
Talking out on social media in June 2021, the Ghanian-Swiss singer, who had been signed to the label since 2014, revealed she had “albums on albums of music sat in folders accumulating mud.” She insisted: “I’ve labored and waited and hustled and given EVERYthing I’ve and if I’m going to undergo I’m NOT going to do it in silence anymore. I’m accomplished being a well mannered pop star. I wish to make my album now, please that’s all I need.” So she was launched from her contract one month later, saying on social media that she was releasing her music independently. “At present I’m talking to you as an unbiased artist,” she stated on the time.
It was courageous, it was ballsy, it was trademark Raye. She mainly blew up her profession to save lots of her profession – and what a put it aside has confirmed to be.
She was a David taking over Goliath – tonight, she’s received. And he or she’s received all our hearts within the course of. Congratulations Raye.
