Raye continues to triumph as her songs reach five billions streams after she made history at the BRIT Awards

Raye’s luck seems to keep on coming as her music recently hit five billion streams – following her success at the BRIT Awards.

The singer, 26, broke records on Saturday night, winning six gongs during a star-studded ceremony at London’s O2 arena.

She scooped the first gong presented on the night, Song of the Year for her hit Escapism ft 070 Shake, shortly before also taking home the R&B Act gong and Best New Artist.

And now, latest figures according to Human Re Sources have revealed her songs have been streamed an incredible five billion times since her album released.

It’s been an overwhelming weekend for Raye after winning six awards and reaching incredible milestones.

Raye’s, 26, luck seems to keep on coming as her music recently hit five billion streams – following her success at the BRIT Awards

And now, latest figures according to Human Re Sources have revealed her songs have been streamed an incredible five billion times since her album released

But she has always remained humble in the process and remembered how much work it took to get to the top.

Just 18 months ago her career ‘had gone to s**t’ and she was doing gigs for only 100 people, she recently revealed.

The hitmaker reflected on her struggles in a new interview as she told how there were many ups and downs to get to where she is now.

Raye’s incredible sweep at the Brits marked one of the music industry’s greatest ever comebacks – just three years after Polydor refused to release any of her albums.

This led to Raye leaving the company and releasing her critically acclaimed, and now award winning, debut My 21st Century Blues as an independent artist.

She told The Times of her struggles over the last few years: ‘I’m just happy to be here: 18 months ago my career had gone to s**t. I remember seeing my live agent at a gig.

‘I went up to him, with tears in my eyes, and begged him not to give up on me. I told him I had more fight in me. A week later he set up this tiny tour.

‘It was a hundred tickets per venue; me sat at the piano for two hours, talking the audience through my story so far. Had someone said then that I’d be at the O2 in less than two years, even I would have thought they were mad.’

The singer broke records on Saturday night, winning six gongs during a star-studded ceremony at London’s O2 arena

She scooped the first gong presented on the night, Song of the Year for her hit Escapism ft 070 Shake, shortly before also taking home the R&B Act gong and Best New Artist

It’s been an overwhelming weekend for Raye after winning six awards and reaching incredible milestones

But she has always remained humble in the process and remembered how much work it took to get to the top

Just 18 months ago her career ‘had gone to s**t’ and she was doing gigs for only 100 people, she recently revealed (seen performing in 2018)

She was in floods of tears as she later accepted Album Of The Year, Artist Of The Year and Songwriter of the Year at the Brits, bringing her beloved grandmother on stage at one point.

The star now holds the record for the most BRITs won at a single ceremony, a record which previously stood at four, jointly held by Blur (1995), Adele (2016) and Harry Styles (2023).

Raye had been nominated eight times – the most ever for a single artist in a year – including two nods for song of the year, for Escapism, which won the title, and Prada.

Referencing her new beginning in her Best New Artist Speech, Raye said: ”I have to thank my mum and my dad who are also part of my team, and my grandma. Yes grandma! I, in ways, do feel like a new artist. I released my first song when I was 15, my first mixtape when I was 16, don’t go and listen to it because it’s not that good any more.

‘But I do feel like a new artist, I got to start again. The artist I was three years ago would not believe what she’s seeing today. I’m my own boss now, I’m in control. Thank you!’

She also scooped the first ever BRIT Award for R&B act, which is voted for by the public via Instagram and is a new standalone genre category after musicians and fans complained about R&B being conjoined with the pop last year.

Raye acknowledged the uproar in her speech, telling the crowd: ‘Look I just wanna say, when I was about 16, 15 years old, I wanted to be an R&B artist, that’s what I would say.

‘And I was told, I think, a lie that R&B doesn’t sell in the UK so I needed to learn how to make different kinds of music.’

Raye’s incredible sweep at the Brits marked one of the music industry’s greatest ever comebacks – just three years after Polydor refused to release any of her albums (seen in 2016)

She scooped the first gong presented on the night, Song of the Year for her hit Escapism ft 070 Shake, shortly before also taking home the R&B Act gong and Best New Artist

She told The Times of her struggles over the last few years: ‘I’m just happy to be here: 18 months ago my career had gone to s**t. I remember seeing my live agent at a gig’

‘I know that’s a bit shady but I need to say R&B is so important and there are so many R&B artists in the UK eating it up. I wanna shout out to Mahalia, who campaigned for this award, Cleo Sol, who’s immaculate, Sault. This really is a lot – thank you.’

Raye also won Songwriter of the Year, which was announced ahead of the live ceremony, with host Clara Amfo handing her the gong in a surprise moment after her Best New Artist win.

Clara – who gave Raye her first ever radio play – told the star: ‘There is no such thing as an overnight success, I am so proud of you.’