BRIT AWARDS – Solo female artist RAYE is the most nominated British female in BRIT Awards history after receiving seven nominations on Wednesday.
Indeed, any residual upset regrading last year’s male dominated ceremony were swept aside as nominations for this year’s event were announced in London.
The Outrage in 2023
The controversial decision to replace Male and Female categories with a non-gendered Artist Of The Year Award sparked outrage in 2023 over its failure to include any female or non-binary artists among its five nominations.
But a lot can happen in a year, and subsequent tweak to the category – which has doubled in size – has resulted in a balanced mix, with six of its ten nominees established female artists – among them British star RAYE.
The Records That are Broken
The London-born singer broke records on Wednesday with seven nominations, the most received by any female artist, following the release of her long-awaited debut album, My 21st Century Blues.
The LP also features as an Album Of The Year nominee, while its third single, Escapism, is included as a potential Song of the Year.
RAYE is also included in the five strong Best New Artist category and will also compete as a nominee in the categories for R&B Act and Pop Act.
Elsewhere she features in a seventh for Song of the Year after co-writing the BRIT nominated Prada with Casso and D Block Europe.
Speaking as the nominations were announced on Wednesday, the singer admitted she was humbled to be recognized after years of struggling to assert herself in the music industry.
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She Couldn’t Believe it
‘It’s a miracle, it’s deep,’ she said. ‘A year and a half ago, as far as the industry was concerned, I was down and out and never in my wildest dreams would I feel like trying again and it would lead to seven BRIT nominations.
‘I’m a Brit kid, I went to the BRIT’s School and this was the goal. The ultimate goal was to find my way somehow to the BRIT Awards. This is a whole different thing. It’s a joke. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.’
The British Phonograph Industry – who organize the annual event – admit gender balance has been readdressed following last year’s controversial decision to omit female and and non-binary artists from the Artist Of The Year category.
