The BRIT Awards 2024 with Mastercard today announce that RAYE, who is has a record-breaking seven nominations at this year’s BRITs, will be performing on the main show which takes place Saturday 2nd March at The O2 arena, London, broadcast exclusively on ITV1 and ITVX.
RAYE - a BRIT School alumni - is nominated for Artist of the Year, Mastercard Album of the Year, Best New Artist, Pop Act, R&B Act, and for Song of the Year with Mastercard - in which she receives two nominations, for ‘Prada’ with cassö and D-Block Europe, and for ‘Escapism’ ft 0207 Shake, making her the most nominated artist in any one year to date. She is also set to headline her biggest London show to date on 15th March at The O2 arena.
RAYE is the second live performer to be announced so far for The BRITs, with Dua Lipa also confirmed to be part of the UK’s biggest night in music.
Nominations for the 2024 BRIT Awards were announced last week and along with RAYE and Dua Lipa, nominees include Arlo Parks, Blur, Calvin Harris, Central Cee, Dave, Fred again.., Jessie Ware, J Hus, Little Simz, Olivia Dean, Mahalia, PinkPantheress, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rodrigo, The Rolling Stones, SZA, Taylor Swift, Young Fathers.
The BRIT Awards 2024 with Mastercard will take place on Saturday 2nd March - once again in a primetime weekend slot - broadcast live on ITV1 and ITVX - from The O2 arena.
Further campaign announcements will be unveiled in the coming weeks.
Mastercard returns as headline partner of The BRIT Awards for the 26th year, bringing cardholders closer to their passion for music through a range of BRITs experiences. Mastercard continues to partner with the BRIT School to support and celebrate the next generation of creative talent.
RAYE has been on a real journey prior to her stratospheric rise to the top and notching the first #1 UK hit of 2023. With seven BRIT nominations this year, (the most by any artist in one year) her long-awaited independent debut album, My 21st Century Blues, made an immediate impact hitting the #2 spot on the UK albums chart. As a welcome result of her self-fulfilling new work, RAYE unknowingly created the song that has become synonymous with 2023 – the chart topping, viral global smash “Escapism” featuring 070 Shake – that earned her first Top 10 slots at US Pop and Rhythm radio and and is the biggest selling single by a Female British artist in the UK in 2023. From the radio to the club, it put RAYE on the map in a whole new way earning the Best Contemporary Song Award at the 2023 Ivors, AIM Best Independent Track and Best Social Trending Song at the Global Awards, as well as contributing to her winning a BRIT Billion Award in recognition of 1 Billion career UK streams (globally, 4.5 Billion cumulative). RAYE also received the Live Nation Best Female Award at the O2 Silver Clefs and was nominated for the Best International Act at the BET Awards. Fresh off sold-out tours with Lewis Capaldi, Kali Uchis, and SZA, she embarked on a mammoth journey of her own. Two headline tours spanning the UK, Europe, and North America saw her energy ignite sold-out crowds every night. Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage felt her command, and the Royal Albert Hall, draped in the magic of her orchestra and choir, witnessed a BBC special for the ages. This year, My 21st Century Symphony arrives at the O2 Arena, then it’s on to Coachella.
