Early lifeīailey Rae was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, to a Kittitian father and an English mother, as the oldest of three daughters, including her siblings, Candice Bailey and actress Rhea Bailey. Her two albums have together sold over five million copies worldwide. 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. In 2012, she won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance (for “Is This Love)”. She was nominated for the 2010 Mercury Prize for Album of the Year. It was produced by Steve Brown and Steve Chrisanthou (who produced her debut album in 2006). 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).īailey Rae released her second album, The Sea, on 26 January 2010, after a hiatus of almost three years. In 2007, Bailey Rae was nominated for three Grammy Awards and three Brit Awards, and won two MOBO Awards. 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. Bailey Rae was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2006 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2006. Corinne Bailey Rae (born Corinne Jacqueline Bailey 26 February 1979) is a British singer-songwriter and guitarist from Leeds, West Yorkshire.
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