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BRIT Award 2024 Nominees: RAYE Sets Record
The BRIT Award nominees for 2024 are in. RAYE leads the ranking, having a total of seven shots at the most-coveted trophy in British music, which marks a record as the most nominated artist in a single year since the awards launched 44 years ago.
The previous record was six nominations, and it was held by Gorillaz (2002), Craig David (2001), and Robbie Williams (1999).
RAYE is nominated as Best New Artist, Artist of the Year, as well as in the R&B, and Pop Act categories. She’s also on two songs nominated as Song of the Year, and features on the Album of the Year list with her debut album My 21st Century Blues.
RAYE followed up a sold-out UK run supporting SZA last summer with a U.S. tour. Highlights from the Pollstar Boxoffice include a sold-out 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., Sept. 29, 2023, selling 1,200 tickets for a $36,000 gross; and a sold-out Vic Theatre in Chicago, IL, Oct. 10 (1,393 tickets, $41,877 gross).
She’s now going to tour Australia and New Zealand, before returning to the UK and Europe in February. Coachella is on her April itinerary, followed by South American dates in May, and some of the UK’s and Europe’s major festivals in summer – following festival performances at Glastonbury, All Points East, and more in 2023.
A fellow Artist of the Year and Pop Act nominee, Dua Lipa, who’s won at least one BRIT Award every year since 2018 (apart from 2020), will perform live at this year’s show, which will be broadcast from The O2, London, March 2.
The Last Dinner Party are this year’s Rising Star winners, following in the footsteps of Adele, Duffy, Florence & The Machine, Sam Fender, and more.
Taylor Swift, who’s currently on the single highest-grossing tour of all time, the first one to ever to cross the $1-billion-dollar gross threshold, is nominated in the International Artist of the Year category, alongside Asake, Burna Boy, Caroline Polachek, CMAT, Kylie Minogue, Lana Del Rey, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rodrigo, and SZA.
2024 also sees the first BRIT Award nomination for The Rolling Stones in over a decade, after being nominated four times previously in 1977, 1995, 1996, and 2013.
BRIT Awards 2024 Nominees:
Best New Artist
Mahalia
Olivia Dean
Pinkpanthress
RAYE
Yussef Dayes
Artist of the Year
Arlo Parks
Central Cee
Dave
Dua Lipa
Fred Again
J Hus
Jessie Ware
Little Simz
Olivia Dean
RAYE
Group of the Year
Blur
Chase & Status
Headie One & K-Trap
Jungle
Young Fathers
International Artist of the Year
Asake
Burna Boy
Caroline Polachek
CMAT
Kylie Minogue
Lana Del Rey
Miley Cyrus
Olivia Rodrigo
SZA
Taylor Swift
International Group of the Year
Blink-182
Boygenius
Foo Fighters
Gabriels
Paramore
Dance Act
Barry Can’t Swim
Becky Hill
Calvin Harris
Fred Again..
Romy
R&B Act
Cleo Sol
Jorja Smith
Mahalia
RAYE
Sault
Alternative/Rock Act
Blur
Bring Me The Horizon
The Rolling Stones
Young Fathers
Yussef Dayes
Hip Hop/Grime
Casisdead
Central Cee
Dave
J Hus
Little Simz
Pop Act
Calvin Harris
Charli XCX
Dua Lipa
Olivia Dean
RAYE
Song Of The Year
Calvin Harris, Ellie Goulding – ‘Miracle’
cassö, RAYE, D-Block Europe – ‘Prada’
Central Cee – ‘Let Go’
Dave & Central Cee – ‘Sprinter’
Dua Lipa – ‘Dance The Night (From Barbie The Album)’
Ed Sheeran – ‘Eyes Closed’
J Hus ft. Drake – ‘Who Told You’
Kenya Grace – ‘Strangers’
Lewis Capaldi – ‘Wish You The Best’
PinkPantheress – ‘Boy’s a liar’
RAYE ft. 070 Shake – ‘Escapism.’
Rudimental, Charlotte Plank, Vibe Chemistry – ‘Dancing Is Healing’
Stormzy ft. Debbie – ‘Firebabe’
Switch Disco & Ella Henderson – ‘REACT’
Venbee, Goddard – ‘Messy In Heaven’
International Song of the Year
Billie Eilish – ‘What Was I Made For’
David Kushner – ‘Daylight’
Doja Cat – ‘Paint The Town Red’
Jazzy – ‘Giving Me’
Libianca – ‘People’
Meghan Trainor – ‘Made You Look’
Miley Cyrus – ‘Flowers’
Noah Kahan – ‘Stick Season’
Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz – ‘Miss You’
Olivia Rodrigo – ‘vampire’
Peggy Gou – ‘(It Goes Like) Nanana’
Rema – ‘Calm Down’
SZA – ‘Kill Bill’
Tate McRae – ‘greedy’
Tyla – ‘Water’
Album of the Year
Blur – The Ballad of Darren
J Hus – Beautiful And Brutal Yard
Little Simz – NO THANK YOU
RAYE – My 21st Century Blues
Young Fathers – Heavy Heavy
Rising Star Award
The Last Dinner Party