Ruti Olajugbagbe, known professionally as Ruti, is an English singer-songwriter. After winning the seventh series of The Voice UK, they released their debut EP Racing Cars in 2019. Since then, Ruti has had numerous successful releases, including their 2024 single, \"Lungs.\"

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Ruti Olajugbagbe, known professionally as Ruti, (born 20 September 1999) is an English singer-songwriter. After winning the seventh series of The Voice UK, they released their debut EP Racing Cars in 2019. Since then, Ruti has had numerous successful releases, including their 2024 single, \"Lungs.\"\n

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Career

2018: The Voice UK

In 2018, Olajugbagbe auditioned for The Voice UK, and joined Sir Tom Jones's team. After winning the series, their winner's single \"Dreams\", a cover of the Cranberries song, reached number 1 on the UK iTunes Store, and debuted at number 14 on the UK Singles Chart.\n

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2019: Racing Cars

On 5 April 2019, Olajugbagbe released their debut extended play, Racing Cars, through Polydor. They returned to the final of the eighth series of The Voice to perform the lead single, \"Racing Cars\". Following the release of the EP, Olajugbagbe announced that they had been dropped from Polydor.\n

2021: New Record Deal

In September 2021, Olajugbagbe said that they had signed a Publishing deal with Sony Music Publishing. Two months later in November 2021, Olajugbagbe also announced on their Instagram Page that they had signed a new record deal with PMR Records, part of the Universal Music Group.\n

Personal life

Olajugbagbe is non-binary.\n

Discography

Extended plays

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Singles

\nAs solo artist\n\nAs featured artist\n\n

Notes

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References

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Racing Cars

Broadcast History