Rina Sawayama has been announced as one of the nominees for this year’s BRITs Rising Star award – significant because, until two weeks ago, she was not eligible.
The other artists up for the prize are Griff and Pa Salieu.“I literally fell to the floor when I found out that I’d been nominated for Rising Star”, says Sawayama. “I really can’t put into words how much this means to me, given that I wasn’t eligible for this award a few weeks ago and now that door has been opened for future generations of artists like myself.
Thank you so much to everyone who voted for me, it means the world”.Sawayama was not previously eligible for the prize, of course, because under the rules for the awards ceremony she was not considered British.
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