for the BRIT Awards, with a record seven
BOKINNI: "Seven BRITS nominations. Seven. Where's your head at right now?"
RAYE: "I just don't know, my eyes fill up with tears when we talk about this. It's too much. It's really too much. The only way I can describe it is as a miracle. This is deep."
She was nominated in the awards' top categories, including
artist of the year, album of the year and song of the year
Rappers Central Cee and J Hus each got four nominations,
with both recognized for artist of the year
The gender-neutral category now includes 10 nominations
following an outcry over an all-male list
of contenders at last year's awards
More than half, 55%, of this year's nominations feature women
Artist Dua Lipa and band Blur
each got three nominations
and The Rolling Stones received their first
nomination in over 10 years for 'Hackney Diamonds'
This year's awards will be handed out on March 2
