Tears have been happily flowing from RAYE ever since she found out she scored her first three Grammy nominations on Friday morning (Nov. 8).
The English singer-songwriter earned nods for best new artist, songwriter of the year, non-classical and best engineered album, non-classical for her work on Lucky Daye‘s album Algorithm. This marks the first time RAYE has ever been nominated for a Grammy. She revealed her “Grammy nominated tears” in a raw video posted to her Instagram, soundtracked by her song “Oscar Winning Tears.,” which was included on her 2023 debut album My 21st Century Blues.
“God knows all it took to get here. This is too much,” she captioned the clip. “I can’t stop crying.”
“So happy for you!!!!” Demi Lovato commented.
“You deserve it all!!!!” added Hayley Kiyoko.
Fellow 2025 Grammy nominees congratulated the “Escapism” star, including D’Mile (“Deserve!!!!!”), who’s up for producer of the year, non-classical for a third year in a row, and Kehlani (“go the f— off”), who’s up for best R&B song with “After Hours,” best progressive R&B album with Crash and best melodic rap performance with “Kehlani” by Jordan Adetunji.
It’s not the first time RAYE has been up for a new artist or a songwriter of the year prize at an awards show: She won best new artist and songwriter of the year at the 2024 Brit Awards in March, as well as artist of the year, album of the year for My 21st Century Blues, song of the year for “Escapism” (featuring 070 Shake) and R&B act.
See RAYE’s reaction to her 2025 Grammy nominations below.
