Corinne Bailey Rae (born Corinne Bailey on 26 February 1979) is a Grammy, BRIT and MOBO award-winning English singer and songwriter who released her eponymous debut album Corinne Bailey Rae in February 2006. Rae was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2006 in an annual BBC poll of music critics. The poll's predictions subsequently came true, as she became only the fourth female British act in history to have her first album debut at number one. + Childhood Rae was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, she is of mixed race origin and she is the eldest of three daughters. She used to be racially abused on a regular basis while growing up, even though her verbal attackers mistakenly thought she was of Iraqi origin. She says about the situation, "My sisters and I were different and people used to say, 'Ah, aren't they cute, the little chocolate children', and 'look at their hair'". "I kn... Leia mais