BRIT Awards 2024: Raye calls her beloved grandmother Agatha Dawson to the stage ... trends now
Raye called her grandmother Agatha Dawson to the stage with her as she collected Album Of The Year at the Brits on Saturday - and viewers at home were left in tears.
Looking at her grandmother, the singer, 26, said through tears: 'I want to thank my grandma for her prayers. My grandma is awake until 3AM praying for me and my beautiful sisters. I love you so much.'
Raye, who wore a stunning white gown, then looked to the audience and revealed: 'My middle name is Agatha and this Agatha Dawson, ladies and gentlemen.'
She stood back and allowed Agatha, who looked beautiful in traditional Ghanaian kente cloth, to bask in the rapturous applause that filled all corners of the O2.
The 'Escapism' singer continued: 'I'm so sorry, I want to thank all of the writers. I'm ugly crying on national television. I love music. All I wanted to be was an artist and now I'm an artist with an Album of the Year. Thank you so much, come on grandma, let's go.'
Raye, 26, called her grandmother Agatha Dawson to the stage with her as she collected Album Of The Year at the Brits on Saturday - and fans can't get enough
Raye said through tears: 'I want to thank my grandma for her prayers. My grandma is awake until 3AM praying for me and my beautiful sisters. I love you so much'
Raye won a massive six Brits on Saturday night - the most any artist has won at once - and she celebrated in her bedroom slippers
Emotional fans took to X, formerly Twitter, and said: 'Not me sitting here crying for raye no one deserves it more than her!!! and shoutout to grandma in the kente!!!'
'Me telling my grandkids about Raye bringing her grandmother Agatha onto the #BritAwards stage to accept album of the year: [GIF of a man saying 'pretty amazing'].'
'Raye bringing her grandma up on stage for her album of the year win and then full on crying has me emotional.'
'Raye CLEANING UP and being given the album of the year award by her old headteacher whilst taking her grandmother on stage, i'm actually sobbing.'
'Raye is emotional & in tears after winning Album of the Year. We’re all emotional & in tears, Big up Raye and Grandma Agatha #BritAwards #Brits.'
Raye owes me an entire box of tissues! How sweet was that to go on stage with her grandmother #BRITs.'
'Raye and her grandma have me SOBBING. what a beautiful moment of pure love. i’m so happy for her ❤️ #thebritawards.'
'Just caught RAYE winning ALBUM OF THE YEAR at the #BritAwards and what a lovely tribute to her grandmother!! And I could see exactly how much this meant for her. I legit cried.'
'Not me getting emotional for Raye as she brings her grandma out on stage. This is A MOMENT and she deserves it all. #BRITs.'
'In tears over @raye and how independent she is and has been from the start of her career, touching moment inviting her grandmother on stage to take home yet another highly deserved win! A genuine heroine. #britawards2024 @BRITAwards.'
Fans of Raye and just regular viewers of the Brits took to X in their droves, most moved to tears by Raye and Grandmother Agatha
This year's BRITS were hosted by Love Island's Maya Jama, Roman Kemp and Clara Amfo, and will also feature a series of guest presenters throughout.
Raye scooped the first gong presented on the night, Song of the Year for her hit Escapism ft 070 Shake, shortly before also taking home the R&B Act gong and Best New Artist.
She was in floods of tears as she later accepted Album Of The Year, Artist Of The Year and Songwriter of the Year.
The star now holds the record for the most BRITs won at a single ceremony, a record which previously stood at four, jointly held by Blur (1995), Adele (2016) and Harry Styles (2023).
She had been nominated seven times – the most ever for a single artist in a year – but couldn’t possibly have won more than she did as she was shortlisted twice for song of the year – for Escapism, which won the title, and for Prada.
As well as Raye’s huge successes, Dua Lipa won best pop act while Kylie Minogue – who had a massive comeback hit last year with Padam Padam – picked up the global icon award. The night was dominated by female winners, who won gongs in all but four categories.
Dua Lipa picked up the fan-voted
