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"Katy B has insisted that she is not striving to win music awards. The singer, who is up for &amp;#039;Best Newcomer&amp;#039; at next week&amp;#039;s BT Digital Music Awards, said that she enjoys the recognition for her work but is not focused on winning accolades.  Katy B told Digital Spy: &amp;quot;Awards are the icing on the cake really. It depends on what you make your music for. &amp;quot;I make it because I enjoy doing it and performing it. I was so driven for this because I had so many bad jobs before; I worked in a hairdressers, a shop, a bar... if I had to spend my whole life doing that then I would have had a breakdown.&amp;quot; Asked whether she was disappointed in missing out on this year&amp;#039;s Mercury Prize earlier this month, she said: &amp;quot;I wasn&amp;#039;t gutted about losing out; it was a great evening and a nice celebration of the album.  &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m keeping the nomination award on a shelf in my house between a bottle of champagne and a bottle of rum. It fits in nicely up there!&amp;quot;  It was recently confirmed that Katy B will perform at this year&amp;#039;s MOBO Awards.  &amp;gt; BT Digital Music Awards 2011: Nominees in full  The BT Digital Music awards take place on Thursday, September 29 at London&amp;#039;s Roundhouse Theatre. To be in with a chance of attending the ceremony, visit www.btdma.co.uk.  Watch Katy B&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Witches Brew&amp;#039; video below:       "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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