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Raye has broken the record for the most Brit Awards won in any one year – taking home six prizes including best song, best artist and best album.
The star was emotional as she collected the statuette for best album, her final award of the night, saying: “You just don’t understand what this means to me.”
She was joined by her grandma, Agatha, on stage, and apologised as she broke down in tears, joking: “I’m ugly crying on national television.”
Raye also won the awards for best R&B act, best new artist, and songwriter of the year – a gong that was announced ahead of the ceremony – and performed a medley of her songs including Ice Cream Man and Escapism during the show.
Before her trophy sweep, the record for most Brits won in a night was four, held jointly by Harry Styles, Adele and Blur – but that has now been smashed.
It marks an incredible journey for the singer, who called out her former label in 2021 and went on to release her debut album on her own terms as an independent star.
She topped the charts at the start of 2023 and was also shortlisted for the prestigious Mercury Prize last year – now she is a Brits record-breaker.
Elsewhere, Jungle were named group of the year, while in the genre categories, Bring Me The Horizon took home the best alternative/rock act award, Dua Lipa picked up best pop act, Casisdead won best hip-hop/grime/rap act, and Calvin Harris was this year’s dance act winner.
In the international categories, Miley Cyrus’s Flowers was named best song, boygenius were named best group and SZA was named best artist.
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