featured in a campaign called "30 Songs/30 Days" to support Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, a multi-platform media project inspired by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's book. 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 have two daughters. Discography Corinne Bailey Rae (2006) The Sea (2010) The Heart Speaks in Whispers (2016) Filmography Awards and nominations Grammy Awards The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Bailey Rae has won two awards from six nominations. She won Album of the Year as a featured artist on Herbie Hancock's River: The Joni Letters. |- |rowspan="3"|2007 |Corinne Bailey Rae |Best New Artist | |- |rowspan="2"|"Put Your Records On" |Record of the Year | |- |rowspan="2"|Song of the Year | |- |rowspan="2"|2008 |"Like a Star" | |- |River: The Joni Letters (featured artist) |Album of the Year | |- |2012 |"Is This Love" |Best R&B Performance | Other awards and nominations References External links Corinne Bailey Rae interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' February 2010 The Guardian interview 2009 1979 births Alumni of the University of Leeds 21st-century Black British women singers British people of Saint Kitts and Nevis descent Capitol Records artists English Baptists English women guitarists English guitarists British contemporary R&B singers British songwriters British soul singers Grammy Award winners Living people Musicians from Leeds Soul guitarists British Plymouth Brethren Ballad musicians Neo soul singers British autoharp players