“Every time I’m here I shed tears, I’m just so moved and so grateful to be part of this community.”

If you’re wondering why the Ivors Academy needs another awards ceremony, barely four months after its main event (the Ivor Novello Awards – aka the Ivors), well, as usual Raye had the answers.

The British singer-songwriter is no stranger to the winner’s podium these days, of course — she was even honored for her advocacy for songwriters at last year’s Variety Hitmakers event. But it is what she did with her platform at the BRITs and the Ivors that put her back in the spotlight at the inaugural Ivors Academy Honours Ceremony on Thursday, held at London’s Intercontinental Park Lane hotel.

Her tireless advocacy for songwriters to be better compensated for their craft recently won a maj

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