LONDON — Raye won the UK’s coveted Mercury Prize on Thursday, Oct. 22, for her album “This Music May Contain Hope,” triumphing over fellow singer-songwriter Olivia Dean and 10 other acts including Beatles icon Paul McCartney. The ceremony was held for the second consecutive year in the northeast English city of Newcastle, and fans inside its Utilita Arena went wild as 28-year-old Raye took to the stage to accept the award. “I’m just so grateful,” the performer, who blends pop, jazz, dance, R&B, and soul, told the cheering crowd, draped in a feather bolero. “Hope is a very cheesy word — […]...

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