Raye has revealed she broke down in tears of joy after learning she had received her first ever Grammy nominations.
The singer, 27, is up for three awards at music’s biggest awards ceremony, getting nominations for Best New Artist, Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.
It’s the latest success for Raye who took home six gongs at the Brit Awards, beating Blur, Adele and Harry Styles’ record four wins at a Brits ceremony.
Sharing a clip on Instagram, Raye could be seen becoming emotional as she learned over the phone she had been nominated.
Alongside the video, she wrote: ‘God knows all it took to get here. This is too much i can’t stop crying.’
Raye has revealed she broke down in tears of joy after learning she had received her first ever Grammy nominations
The singer, 27, is up for three awards at music’s biggest awards ceremony, getting nominations for Best New Artist, Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical and Best Engineered Album
Raye was inundated with well wishes from her celebrity followers including Jade Thirlwall who wrote: ‘All the flowers angel’.
Mollie King wrote: ‘Sooo deserved Raye!! ❤️’ while Leigh Francis added: ‘Look forward to seeing your acceptance speech! Well done! X’
Carol Vorderman wrote: ‘You’re extraordinary Raye. As an old bird here, it fills my heart to see how your utter dedication and courage is paying off by the bucketload. Good luck at the Grammys missus x.’
S Club star Jo O’Meara wrote: ‘So so deserved’ while former Pussycat Dolls star Ashley Roberts added: ‘Yes yes yes!’
At this year’s Brits, Raye scooped the first gong presented on the night, Song of the Year for her hit Escapism ft 070 Shake, shortly before also taking home the R&B Act gong and Best New Artist.
She was in floods of tears as she later accepted Album Of The Year, Artist Of The Year and Songwriter of the Year, bringing her beloved grandmother on stage at one point.
She had been nominated seven times – the most ever for a single artist in a year – but couldn’t possibly have won more than she did as she was shortlisted twice for song of the year – for Escapism, which won the title, and for Prada.
‘I’m shaking. i don’t really know what to say right now, but… thank you. I’ve always dreamed of saying that,’ Raye said as the reached the podium to accept her first award of the night.
Raye was inundated with well wishes from her celebrity followers including Jade Thirlwall who wrote: ‘All the flowers angel’
Accepting Best New Artist just minutes afterwards, the emotional star, a former pupil of the BRIT School in Croydon, told the crowd: ‘What is actually happening right now ’cause I just don’t understand!’
Raye’s recent success comes after she parted ways with her former label, Polydor, and released her critically acclaimed debut My 21st Century Blues as an independent artist. She referenced her new beginning in her Best New Artist Speech.
‘I have to thank my mum and my dad who are also part of my team, and my grandma. Yes grandma! I, in ways, do feel like a new artist. I released my first song when I was 15, my first mixtape when I was 16, don’t go and listen to it because it’s not that good any more.’
‘But I do feel like a new artist, I got to start again. The artist I was three years ago would not believe what she’s seeing today. I’m my own boss now, I’m in control. Thank you!’
It’s the latest success for Raye who took home six gongs at the Brit Awards , beating Blur, Adele and Harry Styles ‘ record four wins at a Brits ceremony
Tears of joy: Raye was comforted by her grandmother on stage as she collected her sixth gong
Born in Tooting to a Ghanaian-Swiss mother and English father, Raye began singing in the church choir.
At the age of 14, she was accepted into the Brit School for performing arts, but dropped out after two years saying she felt ‘confined’.
She first found fame in 2016, aged 19, when she featured on Jax Jones’s You Don’t Know Me which peaked at No 3 on the UK singles chart.
But in 2021 she revealed that record label Polydor had refused to release any of her albums, despite having signed her seven years earlier.
She took to Twitter to say : ‘I have been on a four album record deal since 2014. And haven’t been allowed to put out one album.’
