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Brit awards 2024: women dominate as Raye scores record-smashing six wins


Artists have previously only managed four wins in one ceremony, capping an astonishing year for the British singer who was once left in major label limbo

She capped a triumphant night for women across a range of genres, with 70% of 2024’s winning acts either female or non-binary – a marked change from recentyears when the Brits faced criticism for being heavily weighted towards male artists. She brought drama to the moody Secrets by Regard, yearning to Joel Corry’s sunny Bed, and puckishly dismissed chat-up lines on Jax Jones’s You Don’t Know Me – all three reached the UK Top Five. He released his long-awaited debut album Famous Last Words in 2023: a high-concept, 80s-tinged crime narrative with collaborators including Neil Tennant of Pet Shop Boys and Stranger Things composer Kyle Dixon.

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