Raye (singer)

Raye (* 24. October 1997 as Rachel Keen in London ) is a British R & B - and pop - singer and songwriter .

biography

Rachel Keen was born in Tooting, London. At the age of ten, she began to write her first songs and learn several musical instruments . At the age of 14 she was accepted into the BRIT School , which she dropped out after two years.

In December 2014 she released her debut EP Welcome to the Winter , followed by the first single releases in spring 2015 with Flowers and Alien . In 2015, Olly Alexander, singer of the band Years & Years , became aware of Raye and sent her song Hotbox to the Polydor label , which was soon followed by a record deal.

Raye was involved as a songwriter on the single All Cried Out by British house duo Blonde , released in April 2015, and thus entered the British charts for the first time , where the song rose to number 4. In 2016 she released her second solo EP Second and achieved two European hits as a guest singer with the singles By Your Side by Jonas Blue and in particular You Don't Know Me by Jax Jones at the end of 2016 and from the beginning of 2017, and gained international fame. You Don't Know Me was among the top ten best-selling singles in the UK in 2017.

In May 2018 Raye released their third EP Side Tape .

Discography

EPs

year	title	Remarks
2014	Welcome to the winter	First published: December 11, 2014
2016	Second	First published: August 11, 2016
2018	Side tape	First published: May 4, 2018
2020	Deezer sessions	First published: April 21, 2020

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK
2017	The Line	-	-	-	UK65 (2 weeks) UK	First published: May 19, 2017
	Decline	-	-	-	UK15th platinum (20 weeks)UK	First published: November 3rd, 2017 Sales: + 600,000; with Mr Eazi
2018	Check	-	-	-	UK26th gold (11 weeks)UK	First published: February 2, 2018 Sales: + 400,000; with Kojo Funds
	Cigarette	-	-	-	UK41 silver (16 weeks)UK	First published: February 22nd, 2018 Sales: + 200,000; with Mabel & Stefflon Don
	Friends	-	-	-	UK66 (7 weeks) UK	First published: July 6, 2018
2019	Love Me Again	-	-	-	UK55 silver (12 weeks)UK	First published: August 2nd, 2019 Sales: + 200,000
2020	tequila	-	-	-	UK21st silver (… Where.)UK	First published: February 21, 2020 Sales: + 200,000; with Jax Jones & Martin Solveig
	Secrets	DE84 (5 weeks) DE	-	CH85 (5 weeks) CH	UK6th gold (… Where.)UK	First published: April 24, 2020 Sales: + 400,000; with Regard

More singles

• 2015: Flowers
• 2015: Alien
• 2016: Distraction
• 2016: I, U, Us
• 2018: Breaking News (with Louis the Child)
• 2019: The Fruits (with Col3trane & DJDS )
• 2019: Make It to Heaven (with David Guetta & Morten)
• 2019: Please Don't Touch
• 2020: All of My Love (with Young Adz )
• 2020: Natalie Don't

As a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK
2016	By your side	DE45 (12 weeks) DE	AT56 (6 weeks) AT	CH50 (15 weeks) CH	UK15th platinum (21 weeks)UK	First published: October 28, 2016 Sales: + 705,000; Jonas Blue feat. Raye
	You don't know me	DE3 × 3 Triple gold (29 weeks)DE	AT7 (21 weeks) AT	CH5 (32 weeks) CH	UK3 × 2 Double platinum (33 weeks)UK	First published: December 9, 2016 Sales: + 3,140,000; Jax Jones feat. Raye
2017	Bridge over Troubled Water	-	AT32 (3 weeks) AT	CH28 (2 weeks) CH	UK1 silver (5 weeks)UK	First published: June 21, 2017 Sales: + 200,000; as part of Artists for Grenfell Original: Simon & Garfunkel
2019	Stay (Don't Go Away)	-	-	-	UK41 silver (9 weeks)UK	First published: May 10, 2019 Sales: + 200,000; David Guetta feat. Raye

Further guest contributions

• 2018: Tied Up ( Major Lazer feat. Mr Eazi & Raye)
• 2019: Tipsy (Odunsi The Engine feat.Raye)

Author participations and productions

year	Title artist	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, artist , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK
2015	All Cried Out Blonde	-	-	-	UK4th platinum (19 weeks)UK	First published: April 20, 2015 Sales: + 600,000
2016	After the Afterparty Charli XCX feat. Lil Yachty	-	-	-	UK29 silver (16 weeks)UK	First published: October 28, 2016 Sales: + 235,000
2017	Don't Leave Snakehips & MØ	DE84 (4 weeks) DE	AT62 (3 weeks) AT	CH78 (7 weeks) CH	UK27 silver (12 weeks)UK	First published: Jan 6, 2017 Sales: + 445,000
	Not in Love M.O. feat. Kent Jones	-	-	-	UK42 (6 weeks) UK	First published: January 13, 2017
	Up in Here 5 After Midnight	-	-	-	UK51 (7 weeks) UK	First published: June 2, 2017
2018	Capital Letters Hailee Steinfeld & BloodPop®	DE32 (9 weeks) DE	AT24 (8 weeks) AT	CH31 (8 weeks) CH	UK39 silver (8 weeks)UK	First published: Jan 12, 2018 Sales: + 280,000
2019	Sixteen Ellie Goulding	DE64 (6 weeks) DE	AT41 (5 weeks) AT	CH95 (1 week) CH	UK21st silver (13 weeks)UK	First published: April 12, 2019 Sales: + 200,000

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Australia 2017: for the author participation After the Afterparty ( Charli XCX ) 2018: for the author participation Capital Letters ( Hailee Steinfeld & BloodPop )  Brazil 2018: for the single By Your Side  Denmark 2019: for the author participation Capital Letters (Hailee Steinfeld & BloodPop)  France 2017: for the single By Your Side  Mexico 2017: for the single You Don't Know Me  New Zealand 2017: for the authors' participation Don't Leave ( Snakehips & MØ )  Spain 2017: for the single By Your Side  United States 2019: for the single You Don't Know Me

Platinum record  Denmark 2017: for the single You Don't Know Me 2019: for the authors' participation Don't Leave (Snakehips & MØ)  Italy 2018: for the single By Your Side  Mexico 2018: for the single By Your Side  Spain 2017: for the single You Don't Know Me

2 × platinum record  Australia 2017: for the authors' participation Don't Leave (Snakehips & MØ) 2017: for the single You Don't Know Me  Belgium 2017: for the single You Don't Know Me  Sweden 2017: for the single You Don't Know Me 3 × platinum record  Italy 2017: for the single You Don't Know Me Diamond record  France 2017: for the single You Don't Know Me

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	2 × gold2	4 × platinum4th	-	350,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	-	2 × platinum2	-	60,000	ultratop.be
Brazil (PMB)	-	gold1	-	-	20,000	pro-musicabr.org.br
Denmark (IFPI)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	-	225,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	600,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	-	gold1	-	diamond1	325,000	snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	-	-	4 × platinum4th	-	200,000	fimi.it
Mexico (AMPROFON)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	90,000	amprofon.com.mx
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	gold1	-	-	15,000	nztop40.co.nz
Sweden (IFPI)	-	-	2 × platinum2	-	80,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Spain (Promusicae)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	60,000	elportaldemusica.es
United States (RIAA)	-	gold1	-	-	500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	8 × silver8th	3 × gold3	4 × platinum4th	-	5,200,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	8 × silver8th	12 × gold12	22 × platinum22nd	diamond1

swell

1. ↑ biography at last.fm
2. ↑ BBC Sound of 2017: Raye interview , bbc.com
3. ↑ RAYE is going to be a star on her own terms , thefader.com
4. ↑ The Top 40 biggest songs of 2017 on the Official Chart , Official Charts Company
5. ↑ Raye releases brand new EP 'Side Tape' starring Mr Eazi, Nana Rogues and more! , thelinkup.com
6. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK

Web links

• Official website (English)
• RAYE at Discogs (English)
• Raye on Apple Music
• Author participations at austriancharts.at