RAYE Manifests Childhood Dream Of Winning BRITS Before Winning 6 Record-Breaking Awards

For those who do not know, the BRITs Awards is the counterpart music award ceremony in the United Kingdom of the Grammy Awards in the United States.

After a disappointing absence of female nominees last year, the 2024 BRITs took after the Grammy Awards. It was dominated by women, including singer-songwriter RAYE, who won six out of the nine categories she was nominated in.

RAYE Wins 6 BRITs

RAYE made BRITs history by winning the most awards in a year with six. She won Best R&B Act, Song of the Year for "Escapism," Best New Artist, Songwriter of the Year, British Artist of the Year, and British Album of the Year for "My 21st Century Blues." (via The Guardian)

After her successful night, she is now at par with Harry Styles, Phil Collins, Oasis, and David Bowie with six awards.

In her acceptance speech for the British Album of the Year, she was joined by her grandmother onstage and they shared a heartwarming hug in front of everyone at the O2 Arena in London.

"You just don't understand what this means to me," she said, holding back her tears. "I'm ugly crying on national television..My grandma is awake 'til 3am praying for me and my beautiful sisters."

On social media, fans couldn't help but feel for RAYE and her triumphant win at the BRITs.

"Watching the @BRITs and now sobbing bc @raye is killing it and (to say it in her own words) ugly crying on tv," a fan said.

"She was crying because she thought her career was over after her label did her wrong & dropped her. Now she is crying after winning SIX AWARDS at the Brits tonight, including Album, Artist & Song of the Year, FULLY INDEPENDENT. This is the best success story. @RAYE congrats," a fan greeted.

RAYE Achieves Childhood Dream

On her Twitter/X account, RAYE reposted a tweet she shared in 2020, detailing her dream when she was still 14 years old.

"Since I was 14 years old, I have dreamed of winning a Brit award. I'm praying one day i get lucky enough and I can quote tweet this tweet with a picture of this moment. @BRITs," she said at the time.

Fast forward to today, she now posted a photo of her winning her record-breaking 6 BRITs - a testament that her dreams came true after the challenges she faced with her then record label, Polydor Records.

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