raye. raye! l raye. raye! what the hell is happening?! i'm an artist with an album of the year!we ain't gotta be...# # ijust can't get you out of my head... # boy, your lovin' is all i think about... # padam, padam, when your heart goes padam... # no, they don't compare to you, to you, to you...# cheering. kylie minogue who got the global icon award. well, after the show finished, our music correspondent, mark savage, caught up with history making, six time brit award winner, raye. you're going to need two tesco bags. i know, i am going to need two tesco bags! notjust raye any more, six times brit award winner raye. don't do that yet, i'm not ready for that yet! do you know who got six in their entire career? who? michaeljackson. you know who else got six in their entire career? who? david bowie. you're equal to them now in terms of brit awards. what even?! nah. yeah! wow. so, it's a big night and after having years of your dreams being frustrated, tonight they've come true. tonight, this has been the night of my life. the best night of my life, hands down, without a shadow of a

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notjust raye any more — six—times brit award winner raye. don't do that yet. who? michaeljackson. you know who else got six in their entire career? who? david bowie. you're equal to them now in terms of brit awards. what even...? nah. yeah. wow. so it's a big night. and, you know, after having years of your dreams being frustrated, tonight they've come true, right? yeah, tonight — this has been the night of my life. this has been the best night of my... the best night of my life, hands down. without a shadow of a doubt, the best night of my life. will it ever get better than this again? mate! yeah. but luckily they got it all on camera, so i'll be able to relive it! that's true. will you watch it back? do you think you'll... oh, yeah, 100%! what?! i didn't plan anything i was going to say, i just went up there. i was so shocked. it also feels so weird. like, in that moment, it's so like, kind of like floating and you'rejust like, whoa, what is happening? you know? it's quite an out—of—body vibe. and in that room, all of those stars, like, you could see how muc

raye!he hell is happening? i�*m an artist with an album of the year! ..and even brought her grandma on stage to celebrate. backstage, she came armed with all six of her trophies. my god! you�*re going to need two tesco bags. i know, i�*m going to need two tesco bags! do you know who got six in their entire career? who? michaeljackson. you know who else got six in their entire career? who? david bowie. you�*re equal to them now in terms of brit awards. what even? nah. yeah. best night of my life, hands down, without a shadow of a doubt. will it ever get better than this again? mate... tell me about your grandma, agatha. isn�*t she beautiful? she�*s amazing. listen, that woman raised me. my parents worked full—time, so she took me to and from school. she lived with us. she moved from ghana to raise me. ——she moved from ghana to come and raise us. i owe her everything. but raye wasn�*t the only winner. dua lipa won best pop artist and opened the show with a spectacular performance of her new s

so many people are trying to wave at raye as we have this - to wave at raye as we have this conversationve a huge catalogue to choose from. how have you balance what you want to play versus what this lot want to play versus what this lot want to play versus what this lot want to hear? i want to play versus what this lot want to hear?— want to play versus what this lot want to hear? ~ ,., ., . , want to hear? i think the balance is important- — want to hear? i think the balance is important- i— want to hear? i think the balance is important. i realise _ want to hear? i think the balance is important. i realise that. _ want to hear? i think the balance is important. i realise that. i- want to hear? i think the balance is important. i realise that. i know i l important. i realise that. i knowi need to do some songs. you need crowd pleaser 's and crowd flavour favourites. sorry, iwrote crowd pleaser 's and crowd flavour favourites. sorry, i wrote the song! that's so nice. favourites. sorry, i wrote the song! that's so nice-— that's so nice. you're a songwriter. sor , i that's so nice. you're

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this was raye's night. # a little context if you care to listen. #. raye. raye!eedom from a record label that refused to put out her debut album, she swept the brit awards. what the hell is happening? i'm an artist with an album of. and even brought her grandma on stage to celebrate. backstage, she came armed with all six of her trophies. and you know who got six in their entire career? who? michaeljackson. you know who else got six in their entire career? who? david bowie. you're equal to them now in terms of brit awards. what even. ? will it ever get better than this again? mate. tell me about your grandma, agatha. isn't she beautiful? she's amazing. listen, that woman raised me. my parents worked full time, so she took me to and from school, she lived with us, she moved from ghana to come and raise us. i owe her everything. # i need someone to hold me close deeper than i've ever known. # but raye wasn't the only winner. dua lipa won best pop artist and opened the show with a spectacular performance of her new single, training season. # we ain't gotta be aligne

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being herself has been the defining feature of raye�*s journey so far. how are you feeling, raye? at the camera? that was lovely! and while she still has career dreams, including breaking the us and possibly opening a jazz bar in london, she's also worried about the challenges that level of fame brings. so the theme of this year's bbc 100 women is resilience. if you have a look back at your career and your life, what do you think you've learnt about resilience over the course of your career? raye laughs well. ..difficult times in your life... no, no. ..where you've had to just... i think resilience is the key word. ..overcome stuff. yeah. when pursuing a career in music, you just have to have bags of it. yeah. i think also allowing yourself to feel, mourn, be upset, feel how you feel, but then bounce back. there's a lot of times you could find yourself being like, "well, after this experience, or this or that, i'm going "to give up." but it's aboutjust picking yourself back up and going for it. but yeah. i think, yeah, i think artists have to have, especially women... i think you

. >>> british music superstar raye won a record six trophies at the brit awards earlier this year.rk here in the u.s. anthony mason sat down with raye to discuss her life and often frustrating professional career. ♪ i want the light in my house ♪ ♪ i want the light in my car ♪ >> album of the year goes to raye. >> reporter: in march, the 26-year-old singer had the biggest night any artist has ever had at the brit awards. >> it's raye! >> reporter: taking home a record six trophies. >> you just don't understand what this means to me. >> i started crying from the first award, and mom's like, get it together. i'm like, i'm trying to get it together, mom. like so many tears. i was so dehydrated the next day. >> literally your story kind of turned upside down that night. >> it really did. >> you were signed at 17. >> mm-hmm. >> to a four-album deal. >> uh-huh. >> and released none. >> none. nope. yeah. ♪ what if i let go ♪ >> reporter: just a few years ago, that record label had shelved what finally was supposed to be her debut album. >> to hear that is crushing, really, really crushing

with radio 1's big weekend under way, headline act and brit award winner raye talks to the bbc. i'm excited, i am nervous. i'm excited, lam nervous. there i'm excited, i am nervous. there are a lot_ i'm excited, i am nervous. there are a lot of— i'm excited, i am nervous. there are a lot of people here, you know. 35,000 — a lot of people here, you know. 35,000 to _ a lot of people here, you know. 35,000 to be precise.— a lot of people here, you know. 35,000 to be precise. hello, i'm lauren taylor. we start in ukraine — president zelensky has denounced a deadly air strike on a crowded superstore in the country's second largest city, kharkiv, as an act of "russian madness." officials said at least two people were killed and more than 30 others injured, when two glide bombs struck the diy store on saturday afternoon. the shop is in a residential area, and ukrainian officials reported that russia also hit a school and other buildings in the city. the mayor of kharkiv says there are a large number of people missing following the strike. earlier this month, russian forces began a rene

i think raye spent _ really special award. absolutely. i think raye spent a _ really special award.solutely. i l think raye spent a lot of her career writing for other people, which is where the majority of her success came. we've seen over the last couple of years her saying no, she wants to be her own individual and she wants to show the world what she can really truly do. the album 21st century blues is a top—5 record. it is certainly that raye is one of the biggest uk exports. it is certainly that raye is one of the biggest uk exports.— biggest uk exports. it might be obvious because _ biggest uk exports. it might be obvious because she _ biggest uk exports. it might be obvious because she is - biggest uk exports. it might be obvious because she is such - biggest uk exports. it might be obvious because she is such a l obvious because she is such a superpower, but to have a female british headliner of that status is also special. hat british headliner of that status is also special-— british headliner of that status is also special. not to be laughed at at all, absolutely _ also

raye. doinu well leading the way which is raye. also doing well is _ leading the way which is raye. also doing well is dua _ leading the way which is raye. also doing well is dua lipa. # i come and i go #— # i come and i go # teti— # i come and i go # tell me all the ways you need to meet _ meet # i am not meet— # i am not here meet — # i am not here for meet— # i am not here fora meet — # i am not here for a long # i am not here for a long # catoh— # i am not here for a long # catch me and i'm gone, houdini... #. #. - # time is #. — # time is passing #. # time is passin- like a solar # time is passing like a solar eclipse — eclipse # semi watching and eeupse — # semi watching and he blow me a kiss # coming kiss— # coming closer, are you kiss # comin- closer, are you readin- my # coming closer, are you reading my tips? _ lips? # they say i ups? — # they say i come and go #. due _ # they say i come and go #. due lipa _ # they say i come and go #. dua lipa nominated for three awards, the firs

please welcome raye!♪ [cheers and applause] >> desi: welcome to the show! >> thank you so much for having me. i did a couple of star trump's just to get into the vibe. i'm out of breath. >> desi: a couple of star jumps. >> you call them jumping jacks in america. >> desi: i'm now calling them star jumps for the rest of my life. that is so much better than "jumping jacks." [applause] brits do everything better. it is just the way it is. congratulations on all of your success. you just swept the brit awards with a record six awards including best album. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. >> desi: how did that feel? what does that mean to you? >> honestly, i think the night got more and more blurry and more a more emotional as the night went on. [laughs] the album was the last one. [laughs] i just was crying, sobbing. it is all blurry. i have watched it back again and i got to bring my grandma on stage which was the most beautiful moment. >> desi: oh! >> she is everything to me. aw! [applause] >> desi: she m

singer songwriter raye has had the kind of year other artists can only dream of.n six brit awards. i can only describe it as a miracle. and is the first woman to have won songwriter of the year. i'm at a place where it's like i've achieved some insane things, but i'm still like relatively new or undiscovered in terms of like, the world, you know what i mean? so where it's like these artists and female artists who are put on these huge, huge pedestals scares the living daylights out of me, honestly. like, i actually am like, there are times where you're like, do you want to be? i still have big dreams, but it's like, do i even want to? it's really scary, i think. i think it's actually quite scary. so it puts you off kind of reaching those levels of... oh, yeah, it's terrifying. what is it you're scared of, then? just when that level ofjudgementjust like becomes like, so micro and you just have to always be this perfect thing, or this well—spoken, polite, good person all the time, which no human is, that's just not real life. do you know what i mean? just being judg

cheryl raye stout, chicago _ her and this team., chicago sports reporter, her and this team. cheryl raye i stout, chicago sports reporter, so good to talk to you about the best well, thank you one again —— once again forjoining us. it's been a very immense day for sport today. tomorrow we have another 13 gold medals up for grabs, so all to play for, lots of brilliant sport, lots of those highs and lows you always get with the olympics, spine tingling moments to 0lympics, spine tingling moments to come, i'm sure. seam; olympics, spine tingling moments to come. i'm sure-— olympics, spine tingling moments to come, i'm sure._ only i come, i'm sure. any horses? only here in front _ come, i'm sure. any horses? only here in front of _ come, i'm sure. any horses? only here in front of you. _ come, i'm sure. any horses? only here in front of you. you're - come, i'm sure. any horses? only here in front of you. you're more | here in front of you. you're more giamourous _ here in front of you. you're more glamourous than _ here in front of you

here with the song “oscar winning tears,” raye!nt ♪ ♪ height is irrelevant he was a one out of a ten i wish that i knew it then i'm still recovering ♪ ♪ uh truly i'm vulnerable i love a sentiment quickly i opened up ♪ ♪ i learned my lesson then thought i was safe again thought he was innocent i was so wrong ♪ ♪ i can't deny i was stuck in a daze a terrible phase you ♪ ♪ was convincing though very believable the role that you played ♪ ♪ so i'll take this front row seat and baby ♪ ♪ baby you can go ahead cry those oscar winning tears popcorn and i scream ♪ ♪ baby baby you can go ahead cry those oscar winning tears you can go ahead and cry those tears ♪ ♪ oh what a tragedy it didn't have to be ♪ ♪ look how you talk to me cursing ♪ ♪ and blasphemy cinematography get this on camera please ♪ ♪ or no one gon' believe this here i can't deny i thought you were the man ♪ ♪ but you had a plan what you lying for what you you crying for you did it again ♪ ♪ ah ah ah ah so i'll take this front row seat and baby baby ♪ ♪ you can go ahead cry thos

raye, it's a massive day.xciting artist, she's up for three categories including artist of the year. and i think those two young women left here between may be olivia five years ago, raye ten years ago, they are two remarkable women that i think are leading the way in the music industry now. they've got their own voice, singing about things they believe in — extraordinary day. i about things they believe in - extraordinary day.— about things they believe in - extraordinary day. i don't want to interru t, extraordinary day. i don't want to interrupt. but _ extraordinary day. i don't want to interrupt, but used _ extraordinary day. i don't want to interrupt, but used that - extraordinary day. i don't want to interrupt, but used that word - extraordinary day. i don't want to | interrupt, but used that word role model, which is so important for students who are coming through the industry or certainly getting their first taste of the industry right now. the focus here is clearly on the acts themselves, but this is

and we'll leave you with ten seconds of raye. # i want to feel...w she's gone and won best songwriter in an early reveal before the awards show this weekend. that's you all caught up now, have a good night. hello, there, and welcome to sportsday with me, will perry. coming up on the programme: a last—minute connor gallagher winner for chelsea breaks leeds' hearts in the fa cup. christian horner�*s been cleared after facing allegations of innapropriate and controlling behaviour at red bull. and he hopes to play at the olympics in paris — but could july draw the curtian on andy murray's career? welcome along to the programme. just days after their league cup final misery, chelsea are into the quarter finals of the fa cup, thanks to a 3—2 win at home to championship side leeds. 5live�*s senior football reporter ian dennis was at stamford bridge. a hard—fought win as chelsea snatched a 90th—minute winner to the relief of mauricio pochettino and the stamford bridge crowd. they struggled in the second half and with extra time looming, gallagher fired past

i am so over the moon for raye, i think it is so deserving.wn projects, now it is her time, it is her moment. and kylie isjust our global icon. it is now 36 hours since you released your eurovision single, dizzy. the reaction has been insane. the odds for the uk at the eurovision song contest are looking very favourable. how does it feel now that it is out in the world? honestly, i am just relieved. | i have been sitting on this song| for so long and i have never had a song where so many people have been waiting to hear it. _ which is amazing, i but quite stressful. so i was quite nervous. i am just really happy. that it is out there now and ijust feel really excited to be performing it. - did you read any of the reaction online or did you just batten down the hatches? i don't read anything, . so i literallyjust get sent little bits from my team, so they obviously only i send me the good bits. everybody loves it, - as far as i am concerned! kylie minogue, you are here knowing that you have got an award, which is a nice position to be in, but w

raye, you are here as the most nominated artist in the history of the brit awards.member when we did that interview, like, about four or five years? we sat... remember when we did that interview, like, about four or five years? we sat... that was eight years ago. that was eight years ago? yes, 2016. stop. we were sat in that room and i was talking to you about all my aspirations and this, that, and the other, and now, wow. yeah, so, for context, for people who don't know, you were telling me then that you had said to your dad in the playground as a child that you wanted to be a pop star, and that at that point you had just signed a publishing deal, a record deal, you were having really buzzy singles, you had just been nominated in the bbc sound of 2017, and you had success. you don't know me was a big hit, but you weren't getting to do what you really wanted to do. and that is to be an artist. it is all i ever wanted. be an albums artist, put out bodies of work, being able to be in control of my craft, and more importantly than anything, love what i put my name too.

and — british singer—songwriter raye makes brit awards history — getting a record seven nominations inear. returning to our top story now and russia has accused kyiv of shooting down a plane carrying ukrainian prisoners of war on their way to an exchange. all 7a people on board were killed. russia's foreign minister called it a "criminal" act by ukraine. kyiv says it had not been asked to ensure air space security around belgorod, as happened during previous swaps. a major incident involving a russian military plane in the past fortnight. we spent the day figuring out as much as we can about what happened. let's start with this video which shows the incident. you can see the plane here circled. it disappears out of view for a few seconds and then you can see the impact. now, we have verified this. everything in the video is consistent with what we know about the area and the weather this morning in the belgorod region. that was the moment the plane going down about 20 seconds into the video. we see this this smoke plume. could this be a sign that the plane was hit by a missile? well, e

and, raye wins best uk and ireland act at the mtv europe music awards. hello, i'm lauren taylor.resident biden's national security adviser has urged donald trump not to walk away from ukraine. jake sullivan said joe biden would use his remaining time in office to make the case that kyiv should be given further support. mr sullivan's comments come as the world waits to see exactly what the new administration's policy on ukraine will be. the washington post is reporting that mr trump spoke on the phone with mr putin on thursday, urging him not to escalate the war. for its part, russia has given its most positive response yet to mr trump's victory. the kremlin spokesman, dmitry peskov, said the us president—elect was showing no desire to inflict defeat on russia. the conflict, though, goes on. in the last 2a hours, russia and ukraine have launched their biggest drone attacks on each other since the war began. this report from our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. the aftermath of a massive drone strike. but this is not kyiv — this is the outskirts of moscow after one of the l

it's raye!d best album. all i ever wanted to be was an artist — all i ever wanted to be was an artist and _ all i ever wanted to be was an artist. and now i'm an artist with an album — artist. and now i'm an artist with an album of— artist. and now i'm an artist with an album of the year! and weatherwise, it's a cold and frosty start to sunday, but overall, fewer showers today and perhaps feeling a bit less chilli this afternoon. i'll have the full details here on breakfast.

raye. hello, i'm lucy gray. we start this hour here in the uk, where party leaders are kicking off a weekend of campaigning around the country ahead of the general election on the 4th ofjuly. so far today, rishi sunak has been in the north of england, where he delivered his message to voters at a pub. it comes after the cabinet minister michael gove announced that he was joining a growing list of conservative mps who will be standing down at the election. meanwhile, the labour leader sir keir starmer has been out meeting voters in the west midlands, where he told voters that stabilising the economy would be a number one priority. let's speak to our political correspondent harry farley who is in the west midlands now. what has sir keir starmer been saying today? this what has sir keir starmer been saying today?— what has sir keir starmer been saying today? this is exactly the kind of seat _ saying today? this is exactly the kind of seat and _ saying today? this is exactly the kind of seat and area _ saying today?

but the biggest name on the shortlist is raye.ed as many times in a single year. she's already been named songwriter of the year and has seven other nominations, including best album and best artist. # i don't want to feel how i did last night... it's a vindication for the pop star, who had to fight to be freed from her record label after they refused to release her debut album. as far as the industry was concerned i was down and out. never in my wildest dreams did i feel like trying again would mean seven brit nominations! # watch me dance! this year the best artist category has been expanded to ten nominees, after criticism of an all—male shortlist in 2023. six of this year's nominees are women, including jesse ware, 0livia dean, and dua lipa, who will perform at the show. also performing is nigerian star rema, who is up for best international single, recognising the increasing popularity of african genres like amapiano and afrobeats. long overdue, you know? but i feel like everything has its own time, and, you know, this is the

raye, rag'n'bone man and charlie xcx are just some of the artists set to perform today.xpect today. talk us through what we can expect toda . ., . ., ., talk us through what we can expect toda . ., _, ., ., ., ., �*, today. hello, welcome to radio one's bic today. hello, welcome to radio one's big weekend — today. hello, welcome to radio one's big weekend in _ today. hello, welcome to radio one's big weekend in luton, _ today. hello, welcome to radio one's big weekend in luton, just _ today. hello, welcome to radio one's big weekend in luton, just outside l big weekend in luton, just outside london, not too far from london. big weekend in luton, just outside london, not too farfrom london. it has really got going. today, big names on the line—up, raye, ajay tracy, charli xcx, so a lot for people to look forward to today. you can see the view behind me, the main stage, but if i can set the scene for you, last night, the field behind me that is slowly filling up as we get to lunchtime was full of people of all ages, parents with their kids, teenagers, everybody really enjo

singer—songwriter raye has a record—breaking total of seven, including british artist of the year.s were men. its a different story this year, as our entertainment correspondent colin paterson reports. # i don't want to feel...#. no one in the history of the brit awards has been nominated as many times in one year as raye. # you've done to me, you've done to me #. her haul of seven includes album of the year and best new act... eight years after her first top 20 single. it took raye so long to release her debut album because she had to free herself from a major record label, which she felt didn't know what to do with her. as far as the industry was concerned i was down and out. never in my wildest dreams would i think like trying again would mean seven brit nominations! the artist of the year category has been expanded from five to 10 nominees, after a heavily criticised all male list in 2023. this time there are six women on there, including jessie ware. it's representative of the year that british music has had. you know, seven out of ten of the biggest songs this year were by wo

now on bbc news, 100 women in conversation with raye. living daylights out of me, honestly. singer—songwriter raye has had the kind of year other artists can only dream of. after leaving her label and going independent,

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and it's a record—breaking night at the brit awards, as raye picks up six prizes hello.or a temporary ceasefire in gaza. israel is reported not to be sending a delegation to talks taking place in cairo. that's despite us officials saying a ceasefire deal was already "on the table" and israel had approved it. the sticking point appears to be hamas not supplying a list of the hostages who would be released. washington had been hoping for a deal by monday, taking effect before ramadan in a week's time. live now to our correspondent wyre davies injerusalem. wyre, some doubt over whether an israeli delegation will attend these talks? i think those earlier rumours from washington had sent pulses racing amongst some people hoping that there may be an imminent

and it's a record—breaking night at the brit awards as raye picks up six visors.t. will it ever get better than this again? hello. we start this hour in the middle east. mediators have arrived in the egyptian capital cairo to try to agree a temporary ceasefire between israel and hamas. there are reports that hamas says a gaza truce is possible �*within 2a to 48 hours�* — if israel accepts its demands. a top us official says israel has �*basically agreed' to a framework for a six—week ceasefire. the official says it could begin immediately, if hamas is ready to release the most vulnerable