Outstanding: Raleigh Ritchie

Raleigh Ritchie is the musical persona of Bristol-born Jacob Anderson. His debut album You’re a Man Now, Boy was released in 2016, while he attained global stardom portraying the character Grey Worm in Game of Thrones. “This is a collection of songs from some of the black Britons (heralded and unheralded) who have inspired and galvanised me the most from childhood right up to now,” he tells Apple Music. “In what can be an unfairly competitive and sometimes hostile industry for black songwriters, these artists are vanguards, history-makers and pioneers. These artists make me proud to be a songwriter, they’ve made me feel represented, they’ve encouraged me to be brave. I’ve compiled this playlist to celebrate and share just a fraction of their eclectic contribution to British music.”