Corinne Bailey Rae
- Profession: Singer
- Place/Date of Birth: Leeds , 26 February 2020
The Brit awards will take place on February 14.
Bailey Rae in race for three Mobos - Sept 20, 2020
Newcomer Corinne Bailey Rae will be hoping to scoop three awards at this year’s Mobos. The 27-year-old is in the running for Best UK Female, Best UK Newcomer and Best Song for Put Your Records On. The Leeds singer was nominated just six months after she released her debut album.
Bailey Rae’s rivals in the Best UK Female category are Jamelia, Alesha Dixon, Beverley Knight and Keisha White. But it is US superstar Beyonce who leads the field with four nominations - Best Song and Best Video for Deja Vu, Best R&B and Best International Female. It is not yet known whether the US star will attend.
The Mobo (Music of Black Origin) Awards take place at London’s Royal Albert Hall and will be hosted by comedienne Gina Yashere. In past years the awards have been criticised for favouring US artists. This time the focus is back on UK talent.
London artist Kano is nominated in the Best UK Male, Best Video and Best Hip Hop categories. The other Best UK Male contenders are hip hop artists Sway and Plan B, alongside soul singers Lemar and Nate James. Ms Dynamite’s little brother Akala is nominated in the Best Hip Hop category.
Best Group will be a contest between Black Eyed Peas, Gnarls Barkley, Outkast, Pussycat Dolls and The Streets.
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Following her failed indie career Corinne went on to Leeds University to gain a degree in English Literature. It was whilst she was studying that she found herself working at a jazz club. When things were quiet she sang with the house band and began a relationship with saxophonist Jason Rae, whom she married in 2001.
Over the next few years she worked on material with local musicians, appearing on tracks for Homecut Directive and The StiX (formally Artful Dodger), which brought her to the attention of major record labels. In late 2005 she released her debut single Like A Star, followed by Put Your Records On which reached number 2 in the charts and garnered her a huge following throughout the UK.
Corinne remains in her home town in Leeds.
September 2007