Corinne Bailey Rae

Corinne Bailey Rae is one of those artists who makes you slow down and actually listen, which feels almost radical in the age of skip culture. Her 2006 debut hit "Put Your Records On" is so effortlessly warm and soulful that it became inescapable — and yet somehow never overstayed its welcome. What I love about her is that she never chased the obvious path; instead of riding that breakthrough to formulaic pop success, she went deeper, more experimental, more jazz-influenced with each record. The 2010 self-titled follow-up showed real emotional depth after personal tragedy, and "The Heart Speaks in Whispers" in 2016 was genuinely adventurous. She's a Leeds girl who studied at the University of Leeds, earned an honorary degree there, and clearly kept her head while the music industry swirled around her. Underrated, quietly brilliant, and worth revisiting.

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Name (English)

Corinne Bailey Rae

Name (Japanese)

コリーヌ・ベイリー・レイ

Reading

こりーぬ・べいりー・れい

Born

February 26, 1979 (age 47)

Origin

Leeds, United Kingdom

Occupation

singer-songwriter / singer / guitarist / jazz musician / artist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Goat

High school

Allerton High School

University

University of Leeds

Awards & achievements

• honorary degree of the University of Leeds

• Official sitehttps://www.corinnebaileyrae.net
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/corinnebaileyrae/
• Xhttps://x.com/CorinneBRae
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinne%20Bailey%20Rae
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8C%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q231472

Tags

• singer-songwriter
• singer
• guitarist

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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