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The "Mirror Talk" and "Forgive Myself" singer
beat off competition from rapper Pa Salieu and singer Rina
Sawayama to the prize, whose past winners include Adele, Sam
Smith, Emeli Sande and Celeste.
"In my head I'm still screaming from the phone call when I found
out," the 20-year-old, who released several songs last year,
said in a statement.
"It's honestly such a miracle: how on earth did we manage to win
a BRIT and break through during a pandemic?"
Born to a Chinese mother and Jamaican father, Griff, who sings
about teenage love and mental health in her latest song "Black
Hole, was last year nominated for an Ivor Novello Rising Star
award.
The BRIT Awards will take place in May.
(Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing by Gareth Jones)
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