RAYE performs on the BRIT Awards on the O2 Enviornment in London, Britain, March 2, 2024. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes
LONDON — Singer-songwriter Raye was the massive winner on the BRIT Awards, the largest night time in British music, on Saturday, setting a brand new document for many prizes in a single night time on the annual ceremony.
Raye gained six awards, together with for artist of the yr, album of the yr for “My twenty first Century Blues” and track of the yr for “Escapism”.
The 26-year-old additionally triumphed within the style class for R&B act and was named finest new artist. Her tally of seven nods had damaged the document for probably the most nominations by a single artist in anyone yr, in keeping with the annual ceremony’s organizers, the British Phonographic Trade (BPI).
Raye, who parted methods along with her document label in 2021 to work as an unbiased artist after she stated the label had withheld her debut album, started early celebrations this week, when she was named BRITs Songwriter of the Yr. She is the primary girl to win the award since its launch in 2022.
“You simply don’t perceive what this implies to me,” a tearful Raye stated in her acceptance speech for album of the yr, whereas standing subsequent to her grandmother, whom she additionally thanked for “her prayers”.
“I’m so pleased with this album. I’m in love with music. All I ever wished to be was an artist and now I’m an artist with an album of the yr.”
Jungle gained group of the yr, whereas rock band Deliver Me the Horizon gained the choice/rock act class, beating the likes of Blur and The Rolling Stones.
Blur, who had three nominations, went house empty handed.
Dua Lipa, who additionally had three nominations, gained pop act.
Greater than half, 55%, of this yr’s nominations featured ladies – both as a solo artist or as a part of an all-woman group, the BPI stated.
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Artist of the yr is a gender impartial class now counting 10 nominees after organizers doubled its quantity following an outcry over an all-male checklist of contenders final yr.
U.S. singer SZA gained the gender impartial worldwide artist of the yr class, which additionally now counts 10 nominees, beating the likes of Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus. The latter gained worldwide track of the yr for her hit “Flowers”.
Indie rock band boygenius gained worldwide group of the yr
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Forward of the awards, Kylie Minogue was named as this yr’s BRITs World Icon, whereas indie rock band The Final Dinner Get together have been revealed as winners of the rising star award.
