Corinne Jacqueline Bailey Rae (; born 26 February 1979) is an English singer and songwriter. She is best known for her 2006 single "

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". Bailey Rae was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2006 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2006. She released her debut album, ''

Corinne Bailey Rae Corinne Jacqueline Bailey Rae (; born 26 February 1979) is an English singer and songwriter. She is best known for her 2006 single "Put Your Records On". Bailey Rae was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2006 in an annual BBC po ...

'', in February 2006, and became the fourth female British act in history to have her first album debut at number one. In 2007, Bailey Rae was nominated for three

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s and three

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, and won two

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. In 2008, she won a

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(for her work as a featured artist in

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's '' River: The Joni Letters'').EMI Artists and Songwriters Among Winners at the 54th Annual Grammys
EMI Music. Retrieved 20 March 2012 Bailey Rae released her second album, ''

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'', on 26 January 2010, after a hiatus of almost three years. It was produced by Steve Brown and

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(who produced her debut album in 2006). She was nominated for the 2010

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for Album of the Year. In 2012, she won a

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for "

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" (a cover of the

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song of the same name). Bailey Rae was married to fellow musician Jason Rae from 2001 until his death from drugs in 2008; she channeled the grief of his loss into her music. Her first two albums have together sold over five million copies worldwide. On 26 February 2016, Bailey Rae announced her third album, ''

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'', which was released on 13 May 2016. ''The Heart Speaks in Whispers'' debuted at No. 2 on ''Billboard'''s R&B chart.

Early life

Bailey Rae was born in

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, England. Her father is from

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, and her mother, Linda, is English, although they separated when she was a child. She is the eldest of three daughters. Her siblings include Candice Bailey, and actress Rhea Bailey. Bailey Rae began her musical career at school, where she studied classical

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before turning her attention to singing. Some of her earliest vocal performance experiences took place at a

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church. Bailey Rae later transferred to a

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church, where the youth leader also coached rock bands in the local high school. The church's young people wrote their own worship songs and sang covers of songs by

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. She recorded two albums with the worship ministry youth group, under the name "Revive." Performing in church broadened Bailey Rae's musical horizons, and her love for making music was solidified after the church youth leader offered to lend her the money to buy her first guitar. In her mid-teens, she was highly influenced by Lenny Kravitz, also exploring rock through listening to legends Jimi Hendrix and

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. Bailey Rae studied

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at the

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, where she graduated in 2000.

Music career

1998–2003: Beginnings

Bailey Rae formed an indie group called Helen, which was inspired by similar acts such as

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and L7. "It was the first time I'd seen women with guitars. They were kinda sexy—but feminist. I wanted to be like that, at the front of something." The group played many gigs around Leeds and, whilst unable to attract offers from any UK labels, were eventually approached by US-based heavy metal record label Roadrunner Records, home to acts such as Slipknot, in 1998. This deal disappeared before it was even signed, however, after the bassist became pregnant and the group disbanded. " as IDisappointed? I was gutted! I had no idea what to do next." In the three years after she married her first husband, Bailey Rae began working on solo material—this time steering away from her indie past and embarking on a more "soulful" path. She collaborated with Leeds-based funk group the New Mastersounds on the track "Your Love Is Mine," which featured on their 2003 album ''Be Yourself'', released by One Note Records. The following year she again worked with another Leeds-based group, Home cut Directive, on the song "Come the Revolution", which was the first single from that group's debut album.

2004–2008: ''Corinne Bailey Rae''

In 2004, Bailey Rae got a breakthrough when she was signed by Global Talent Publishing and then approached by

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's mentor Mark Hill, from the duo

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, to appear on his new album '' better luck next time'' under his new alias, the stiX. The resulting collaboration, "Young and Foolish," was released in April 2005 and brought Bailey Rae to the attention of the major record label bosses. Bailey Rae released her debut single, "

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", in November 2005 and her first album, ''

'', in February 2006. It debuted at number one in the UK and entered the top ten of the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200, peaking at number four and spending 71 weeks in the chart from 2006 to 2008. According to

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, the album sold 1.9 million copies in the United States alone. The lead single, "Like a Star" became a hit in the UK and US, and sold over 327,000 US downloads. The follow-up single "

", her biggest hit to date, rose to number two in the UK, and sold over 945,000 US downloads. "

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" made the top forty, and "

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", the top seventy. In the middle of 2006, Bailey Rae embarked on her first international tour through Europe and North America with R&B singer

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, playing 55 shows including the festivals '' Rock in Rio Lisboa 2'' and ''

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''. In early April 2006, ''Corinne Bailey Rae'' was certified 2× platinum by the BPI and platinum by the RIAA in December. In September 2006, Bailey Rae scooped two awards at the UK's

: "Best UK Newcomer" and "Best UK Female". Bailey Rae recorded a live session at Abbey Road Studios in July 2006 for '' Live from Abbey Road''. Bailey Rae was the musical guest in a 2006 episode of ''

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'' with the host being

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. She performed "Put Your Records On" and "Like a Star". She also appeared on ''

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'' on the episode "B-12", which aired in November 2006, with

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. She performed "Like a Star" and "

". Also in 2006, Bailey Rae performed on

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'' with the songs "Like a Star", a cover version of

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' "Munich", and a cover version of Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack". Bailey Rae also received three nominations at the

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(both for "

"), and

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. During the ceremony, she performed "Like a Star" and joined

and

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in a collaborative performance, providing accompanying vocals to Legend's "Coming Home" and Mayer's "

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". Also in 2007, Bailey Rae accepted an invitation to participate in '' Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino'' (

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), where she contributed her version of Domino's "One Night (of Sin)". She also recorded

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's "I'm Losing You" for Make Some Noise, Amnesty International's music venture. The song was also released on the 2007 John Lennon tribute album, " Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur". In July of that year, Bailey Rae performed at the UK leg of

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, London. In 2008, "Like a Star" was nominated for a Grammy for

. Bailey Rae won in two categories for Album of the Year and

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for her collaboration on '' River: The Joni Letters''. Also in 2008, she recorded a live session of "River" with Hancock at Abbey Road Studios in for Live from Abbey Road for Channel 4 which was broadcast on Series 2. During the American and European tour, Bailey Rae recorded her first DVD with the title '' Live in London & New York''. The DVD was filmed in London and the bonus CD was recorded in New York.

2009–2011: ''The Sea'' and ''The Love EP''

Corinne Bailey Rae released her new album titled ''

'' on 26 January 2010, four years after the release of her first album and almost two years following the death of her husband Jason Rae. The lead single " I'd Do It All Again" premiered on 25 November 2009 on '' Later... with Jools Holland''. The follow-up single "Closer" was added to Smooth Jazz Radio on 25 January, Urban AC on 1 February and AC radio in late February. The album's second single "Paris Nights and New York Mornings" went to Triple-A radio on 15 February. Around the release of the second album, Bailey Rae did a run of promotional shows in the UK, Europe and US, she embarked on her second world tour, The Sea Tour, with 82 concerts, and had a gross profit of US$19 million. The tour visited the UK, Europe, the US (Spring and Summer) Brazil, Argentina, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and the Middle East. The tour began on 27 February 2010 in London and her last show was on 10 March 2011 in Korea. Her summer concert in London at Somerset House sold out, and she returned to London again in October to perform in

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with Pete Lawrie as a supporting act. In December 2009, Bailey Rae recorded a live performance in New York City that was broadcast in the summer of 2010 on the US television program '' Live From the Artists Den''. On 2 June 2010, Bailey Rae appeared with

, singing " Blackbird" in a concert honouring

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in the East Room of the White House. On 25 January 2011, Bailey Rae released an EP, '' The Love EP'', with five recordings of love songs, including

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's "

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's "

" and Paul McCartney & Wings' " My Love". The EP debuted at number 86 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and still managed the Top 20 in ''

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''. The EP has sold 15,000 copies in the U.S. The first single, "

", won Best R&B Performance at

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. Bailey Rae made an appearance as a musical guest on ''

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'' on 28 October 2010, covering the

song "

". On 14 July 2011, she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Leeds where she had studied as an undergraduate. During an interview for the 2011 Mercury Awards, Bailey Rae revealed she is writing a follow-up album to her critically acclaimed ''The Sea''. She has uploaded many photos of herself in various studios recording music for the new album to her social media accounts. In 2013, Bailey Rae was moved from Capitol Records to Virgin Records due to corporate restructuring as a result of their parent company being purchased by

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in 2012.

2016–present: ''The Heart Speaks in Whispers'', "The Scientist" (''Fifty Shades Darker''), SummerStage and tour

On 14 February 2016, Bailey Rae presented her comeback into music by sharing a snippet of her new single. On 26 February, Bailey Rae announced the title of her third album, ''

'', which was released on 13 May 2016. The lead single off the album, "

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", was also released. ''

'' debuted No. 2 on Billboard's R&B chart. Featuring "Been to the Moon", "The Skies Will Break" and "Green Aphrodisiac", NPR named it one of their favorite 30 albums of the year. Recorded both at her studio in Leeds and in Los Angeles at

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, the album was co-produced by Bailey Rae with Steve Brown, who collaborated on her critically acclaimed 2010 album The Sea, and features Paris and Amber Strother (KING),

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, James Gadson

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(D'Angelo and The Vanguard), and

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(

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). Bailey Rae was selected by

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for the DESTINATION: JUPITER campaign when Juno spacecraft entered Jupiter's orbit on 4 July; represented Europe for the

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's PSA Campaign; performed at various festivals in the UK and Europe, including

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; and was special guest supporting

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at his

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concert. President

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featured "Green Aphrodisiac" on his

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Summer "Night" Playlist. On 17 November 2016, Bailey Rae joined other artists in tributes to

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at his 2016 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize award ceremony in Washington D.C.; she sang "

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". In 2017, Corinne Bailey Rae recorded "The Scientist" (originally recorded by

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) for the opening title sequence for

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' '' Fifty Shades Darker'' which opened 10 February. The track is featured on the ''Fifty Shades Darker'' Soundtrack, which released the same day. In 2019, Bailey Rae was scheduled to perform on the main Center Park space at Capital One

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SummerStage festival in

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in June, along with

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and other artists. She toured the UK, Europe and US during the same year, beginning from 2 June to 18 November. Bailey Rae was invited to contribute a selection to a

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tribute album that was released in late 2019, '' Come On Up to the House: Women Sing Waits''. She chose to record " Jersey Girl", which is also associated with

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who covered the song in 1984.

Other ventures

"Like a Star" is part of the soundtracks of several films, series and soap operas, such as ''

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'', '' Cashmere Mafia'', ''

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'', '' Men in Trees'', ''

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''. "Put Your Records On" appears in the 6th episode of the series '' By Any Means''. In the film ''

'', six songs from the debut album were included on the soundtrack of the film, which are "I'd Like To", "Another Rainy Day", "Choux Pastry Heart", "Put Your Records On", "Like a Star", and "Breathless". The song "

", from Bailey Rae's debut album, was also featured in the soundtrack for the movie '' He's Just Not That Into You'' (2009). It can also be heard on an episode of ''CSI:NY''. Her song "Lucky One" is the title theme for ''

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'', a 2016 production for Sky 1 television in the U.K. Bailey Rae is the special ambassador for the charity Cord. She is also the central ambassador for the international water and sanitation charity

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. In September 2012, she was featured in a campaign called "30 Songs/30 Days" to support '' Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide'', a multi-platform media project inspired by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's book.

Personal life

While at university, she began work as a hat check girl on an evening in her local

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club, where she met

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Jason Rae. When she married Rae in 2001, at the age of 22, she changed her name to Bailey Rae. Jason Rae (1976–2008), a musician, played

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for the eight-piece group called Haggis Horns. He also recorded on albums with his wife,

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, the New Mastersounds, and

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('' Quixotic''). On 22 March 2008, Jason Rae was found dead in a flat in the Hyde Park area of Leeds. In December 2008, Leeds Coroner's Court gave a verdict of

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, and stated that Rae had died of an accidental

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and alcohol. The methadone had been prescribed to a friend who was recovering from an addiction to heroin. In 2013, Bailey Rae married her longtime friend, producer and

musician Steve Brown. As of September 2020, the couple have two daughters.

Discography

* ''

'' (2006) * ''

'' (2010) * ''

'' (2016)

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

The

s are awarded annually by the

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. Bailey Rae has won two awards from six nominations. She won Album of the Year as a featured artist on

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Others awards and nominations

References

External links

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Corinne Bailey Rae interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' February 2010

''The Guardian'' interview 2009
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