{"id":559232,"date":"2026-06-29T02:09:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T02:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/559232\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T02:09:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T02:09:21","slug":"bet-awards-2026-performance-raye-receives-standing-ovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/559232\/","title":{"rendered":"BET Awards 2026 Performance: Raye Receives Standing Ovation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tRaye<\/a> brought everyone to their feet with her powerful vocals during her performance at the 2026 BET Awards<\/a> Sunday night.<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter being introduced by host Druski, the \u201cClick Clack Symphony.\u201d singer took to the stage, stunning in a black-and-white gown. She performed her song \u201cNightingale Lane.\u201d from her second studio album, This Music<\/a> May Contain Hope, which was released earlier this year.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn typical Raye fashion, she showcased her extensive vocal range as well as the emotional depth that she brings to her beloved performances. Once her set concluded, she received a standing ovation from the audience, leaving fellow artists such as Queen Latifah and Keke Palmer stunned. <\/p>\n

\n\tAt the 2026 BET Awards<\/a>, Raye was also nominated for best new artist, alongside Belly Gang Kushington, DESTIN CONRAD, JayDon, kwn, Miles Minnick, Monaleo, Olivia Dean and Trap Dickey.<\/p>\n

\n\tOther artists who took to the stage to perform Sunday night included Cardi B, Doechii, Common, Don Toliver, Jill Scott, Kehlani, French Montana\u00a0and Max B, Tems, The War and Treaty, Durand Bernarr, Erica Campbell, Rick Ross, George Clinton, Nas and Rapsody, among many others.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 2026 ceremony, hosted by Druski, aired live on Sunday, June 28, from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Heading into the show, Cardi B led with six total nominations<\/a>, followed by Kendrick Lamar and Mariah the Scientist with five apiece. Other top nominees include Doechii, Doja Cat, Clipse, Teyana Taylor, Olivia Dean and Latto.<\/p>\n

\n\tSee the full winners list here<\/a> and check out the red carpet arrivals here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Raye brought everyone to their feet with her powerful vocals during her performance at the 2026 BET Awards…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559233,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[264],"tags":[4648,227400,239089,18,117,19,17,337,135563],"class_list":["post-559232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-awards","tag-bet-awards","tag-bet-awards-2026","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music","tag-raye"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116830966009427556","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}