The BRIT Awards is over for another year and one woman had the night of her life. RAYE made BRITs history by taking home six awards from her seven nominations. It was a triumphant night for the independent solo artist who finally released her debut album, ‘My 21st Century Blues’ in 2023 after being released from her stifling label contract.
Over half of this year’s nominations featured women – supported by category changes for 2024 that saw The BRITs extend the number of nominees in the Artist of the Year categories from five to ten and the introduction of a new R&B genre award; and the winners last night continued to reflect this level of representation, with three quarters of award wins featuring women and non-binary people.
See the full list of winners below.
BRITs RISING STAR (presented on The BRITs’ Red Carpet show on ITV2)
Winner – The Last Dinner Party
Presenter: St Vincent
AWARD – SONG OF THE YEAR WITH MASTERCARD
Winner: RAYE ft 0207 SHAKE – ‘Escapism’
Presenters: Jo Hamilton and Monica Dolan
AWARD – GROUP OF THE YEAR
Winner – Jungle
Presenters: Green Day
AWARD – R&B ACT
Winner – RAYE
Presenters: Aitch and Jess Glynne
AWARD – ALTERNATIVE/ROCK ACT
Winner: Bring Me The Horizon
Presenter: Luke Evans and Marisa Abela
AWARD – INTERNATIONAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Winner: SZA
Presenter: Joanne Froggatt
AWARD – BEST NEW ARTIST
Winner – RAYE
Presenter: Joe Keery
AWARD – SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Winner – RAYE
Presenter: Clara Amfo
AWARD – DANCE ACT
Winner: Calvin Harris
Presenters: Charli XCX and Alison Oliver
AWARD – HIP HOP/GRIME/RAP ACT
Winner: CASISDEAD
Presenters: Ashley Walters and Kingsley Ben-Adir
AWARD – POP ACT
Winner: Dua Lipa
Presenter: Peter Crouch and Abbey Clancey
AWARD – INTERNATIONAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
Winner: boygenius
Presenters: Jack Saunders and Yinka Bokinni
AWARD – PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Chase & Status
Presenter: Ivan Toney and Vick Hope
AWARD – ARTIST OF THE YEAR
WINNER: RAYE
Presenter: Jonathan Bailey
AWARD – INTERNATIONAL SONG OF THE YEAR
Winner: Miley Cyrus
Presenter: Bimini and Rob Beckett
AWARD – MASTERCARD ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Winner: RAYE
Presenters: Jaime Winstone and BRIT School Principal Stuart Worden
AWARD – BRITs GLOBAL ICON
Winner: Kylie Minogue
Presenter: Dua Lipa