Corinne Bailey Rae
Corinne Bailey Rae was born in Leeds, England, United Kingdom on February 26th, 1979 and is the R&B Singer. At the age of 45, Corinne Bailey Rae biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, songs, and networth are available.
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Corinne Jacqueline Bailey Rae (née Bailey; born 26 February 1979) is a British singer and songwriter from Leeds.
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, 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 Grammy Awards and three Brit Awards, and won two MOBO Awards.
In 2008, she won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year (for her work as a featured artist in Herbie Hancock's River: The Joni Letters).Bailey Rae released her second album, The Sea, on 26 January 2010, after a hiatus of almost three years.
It was produced by Steve Brown and Steve Chrisanthou (who produced her debut album in 2006).
She was nominated for the 2010 Mercury Prize for Album of the Year.
In 2012, she won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance for "Is This Love" (a cover of the Bob Marley and the Wailers song of the same name).
Bailey Rae was married to fellow musician Jason Rae from 2001 until his death in 2008, and as part of the grieving process, she channelled her emotions 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, The Heart Speaks in Whispers, 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 Leeds, England. Her father is from Saint Kitts and Nevis, 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 violin before turning her attention to singing. Some of her earliest vocal performance experiences took place at a Plymouth Brethren church. Bailey Rae later transferred to a Baptist 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 Primal Scream. 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 Led Zeppelin.
Bailey Rae studied English language and literature at the University of Leeds, where she graduated in 2000.
Personal life
While at university, she began work as a hat check girl on an evening in her local jazz club, where she met Scotsman 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 saxophone for the eight-piece group called Haggis Horns. He also recorded on albums with his wife, Amy Winehouse, the New Mastersounds, and Martina Topley-Bird (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 death by misadventure, and stated that Rae had died of an accidental overdose of methadone 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 jazz musician Steve Brown. As of September 2020, the couple has two daughters.
Music career
Bailey Rae formed Helen, which was inspired by similar acts such as Veruca Salt and L7. "It was the first time I'd seen women with guitars." They were kinda sexy, but feminist. At the front of something, I wanted to be like that." Several gigs around Leeds, and although the group was unable to obtain offers from any UK labels, Roadrunner Records, home to bands including Slipknot, was contacted in 1998 by a US-based heavy metal record company Roadrunner Records, home to acts such as Slipknot. This arrangement went unsigned before it was even signed, but after the bassist became pregnant and the group disbanded, it was no longer active."[Was I] Disappointed?
I was gutted!
I had no idea what to do next.Bailey Rae started working on solo projects three years after her first husband's marriage, this time avoiding her indie roots and embarking on a more "soulful" route. She worked with Leeds-based funk band the New Mastersounds on the track "Your Love Is Mine," which appeared on their 2003 album Be Yourself and was released by One Note Records. Following the year, she collaborated with Home Cut Directive, a Leeds-based company, on the album "Come the Revolution," the first single from the group's debut album.
Bailey Rae had a breakthrough when she was signed by Global Talent Publishing and later approached by Craig David's mentor Mark Hill of the duo's Artful Dodger, who went on to perform under his new name, the stiX. "Young and Foolish" as a result of Bailey Rae's appearance in April 2005 and attracted the attention of the major record label bosses.
Bailey Rae's debut single, "Like a Star," was released in November 2005 and her first album, Corinne Bailey Rae, was released in February 2006. It debuted at number one in the United Kingdom and debuted in the top ten of the United States' top ten. Billboard 200, the highest-ranked nation on the chart, is at number four and spending 71 weeks since 2006. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the album alone in the United States sold 1.9 million copies.
"Like a Star" the lead single, became a hit in the United Kingdom and the United States, and it has sold over 327,000 copies in the United States. "Put Your Records On," her best-selling single, has soared to the top of the UK charts, and has sold over 945,000 copies in the United States. The top forty were ranked, while "I'd Like To" was the top seventy, with "Trouble Sleeping" making the top 40 and "I'd Like To." Bailey Rae, a R&B musician from Europe and North America, began traveling around Europe and North America with R&B singer John Legend, appearing in 55 shows, including the Rock in Rio Lisboa 2 and Live Earth in 2006. Corinne Bailey Rae was listed as platinum by the BPI and platinum by the RIAA in early April 2006. Bailey Rae scooped two awards at the UK's MOBO Awards in September 2006: "Best UK Newcomer" and "Best UK Female." Bailey Rae appeared live on Abbey Road Studios in July 2006 for Live from Abbey Road.
Bailey Rae appeared in a 2006 episode of Saturday Night Live, with the host being Jaime Pressley. "Put Your Records On" and "Like a Star" were two of Sherry's "Like a Star" and "Looking For Your Star." She appeared on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip in November 2006 with Howie Mandel. She performed "Like a Star" and "Trouble Sleeping." Bailey Rae appeared on BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge in 2006 as "Like a Star," a front-page of Editors' "Munich," and a cover version of Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack."
Bailey Rae also received three awards at the 2007 Grammy Awards for Best New Artist, Song of the Year (both for "Put Your Records On"), and Best New Artist. She performed "Like a Star" and joined John Legend and John Mayer in a joint performance, providing accompanying vocals to Legend's "Coming Home" and Mayer's "Gravity" during the ceremony.
Bailey Rae accepted an invitation to participate in Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino (Vanguard Records), where she performed her interpretation of Domino's "One Night (of Sin)" in 2007. In addition, she recorded John Lennon's "I'm Losing You" for Make Some Noise, Amnesty International's music venture. "Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur" was also released on John Lennon's tribute album, "Instant Karma: The Amnest International Campaign to Save Darfur." Bailey Rae appeared on Live Earth at Wembley Stadium, London, in July of that year.
"Like a Star" was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2008. Bailey Rae was honoured in two categories for Album of the Year and Best Contemporary Jazz Album for her performances on River: The Joni Letters. In 2008, she recorded "River" with Hancock at Abbey Road Studios in Bradford, Scotland, which was also shown on Channel 4 as a live session.
Bailey Rae made her first DVD with the title Live in London and New York during her American and European tour. The DVD was shot in London and the bonus CD was recorded in New York.
Corinne Bailey Rae's debut of The Sea on January 26, 2010, four years after her first album was released and almost two years after her husband Jason Rae's death. On Later... with Jools Holland, the lead single "I'd Do It Again" premiered on September 25, 2009. Smooth Jazz Radio's "Closer" was released on January 25, Urban AC on January 25 and AC radio in late February. On February 15, the album's second single "Paris Nights and New York Mornings" premiered on Triple-A radio. Bailey Rae performed a number of promotional shows in the United Kingdom, Europe, and the United States, beginning with 82 concerts in The Sea Tour, which earned her second world tour, The Sea Tour, with 82 shows, and generated a gross profit of US$19 million. The tour included stops in the United Kingdom, Europe, and the United States (Spring and Summer). The tour began in London on February 27, 2010 and concluded in Korea on March 10, 2011. Her summer concert at Somerset House sold out, and she returned to London in October to appear in Royal Festival Hall with Pete Lawrie as a supporting act.
Bailey Rae performed on live in New York City in December 2009 on the US television program Live From the Artists Den.
In a performance honoring Paul McCartney in the East Room of the White House on June 2, 2010, Bailey Rae appeared with Herbie Hancock, singing "Blackbird."
Bailey Rae released The Love EP on January 25, 2011 with five albums of love songs including Prince's "I Want Your Lover," Bob Marley's "Is This Love" and Paul McCartney & Wings' "My Love." The EP debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 86, while still occupying the top 20 in Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. In the United States, the EP has sold 15,000 copies. At the 54th Grammy Awards, the first single, "Is This Love," received Best R&B Performance at 54th Grammy Awards.
On October 28, 2010, Bailey Rae appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, covering Bob Marley's "Is This Love."
She was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Leeds, where she had studied as an undergraduate, on July 14, 2011.
Bailey Rae revealed that she is releasing a sequel to her critically acclaimed The Sea in an interview for the 2011 Mercury Awards. She has posted several photos of herself in various studios recording songs for the new album on her social media pages.
Bailey Rae's journey from Capitol Records to Virgin Records as a result of the company's parent company being acquired by Universal Music Group in 2012.
Bailey Rae unveiled her return to music on February 14, 2016, premiering a snippet of her new album. Bailey Rae unveiled the name of her third album, The Heart Speaks in Whispers, on February 26th. "Been to the Moon," the album's lead single, was also released.
Whispers' The Heart Speaks stands out. 2 on Billboard's R&B chart. "Been to the Moon," "The Skies Will Break" and "Green Aphrodisiac" are among NPR's top 30 albums of the year, with "Been to the Moon," "The Skies Will Break" and "Green Aphrodisiac."
Marcus Miller, both recorded at her Leeds studio and in Los Angeles at Capitol Studios, and released the album by Bailey Rae with Steve Brown, who collaborated on her critically acclaimed 2010 album The Sea, features Paris and Amber Strother (KING), Esperanza Spalding, James Gadson (D'Angelo and The Vanguard), and Marcus Miller (Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Luther Vandross).
Bailey Rae was chosen by NASA for the JUPITER campaign on Jupiter's orbit on July 4th; represented Europe for the International Olympic Committee's PSA Campaign; and appeared at many festivals in the United Kingdom and Europe, including Glastonbury; and was a special guest of Stevie Wonder at his Hyde Park, London concert. On his Spotify Summer "Night" Playlist, President Barack Obama included "Green Aphrodisiac" as a feature.
Bailey Rae performed "Ooo Baby Baby" at his 2016 Library of Congress award ceremony in Washington, D.C., on November 17th.
Corinne Bailey Rae recorded "The Scientist" (originally recorded by Coldplay) for Universal Pictures' Fifty Shades Darker's opening title sequence, which opened on February 10. The song is included on the Fifty Shades Darker Soundtrack, which was released the same day.
Bailey Rae and Emily King, Big Freedia, and other artists were scheduled to perform at the Capital One City Park Foundation SummerStage festival in Central Park in June. She also announced that she would be touring in the United Kingdom, Europe, and the United States for the same year, from 2 June to 18 November.
Bailey Rae was invited to attend a Tom Waits tribute album that was released in late 2019. Women Sing Waits is a show on the House of Commons. She chose "Jersey Girl," a song that is also associated with Bruce Springsteen, who covered the album in 1984.