Lewis Capaldi | |
|---|---|
_(53008945661)_(cropped).jpg) Capaldi performing at Glastonbury Festival in 2023 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Lewis Marc Capaldi |
| Born | 7 October 1996 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Genres | |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments |
|
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Labels | |
| Website | lewiscapaldi |
Lewis Marc Capaldi[3] (born 7 October 1996) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician.[4] He was nominated for the Critics' Choice Award at the 2019 Brit Awards. Capaldi also won the 2020 Brit Award for Best New Artist.[5] In March 2019, his single "Someone You Loved" (2018) topped the UK Singles Chart where it remained for seven weeks, and in November 2019, it reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100; it was nominated at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and won the 2020 Brit Award for Song of the Year. "Someone You Loved" was the bestselling single of 2019 in the UK. In May 2020, it was announced that Capaldi's song "Someone You Loved" had become the longest-running top 10 UK single of all time by a British artist.[6]
On 17 May 2019, he released his debut album, Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent, which remained at the top of the UK Albums Chart for six weeks. It later went on to become the best-selling album of 2019 and 2020 in the UK. His second album Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent (2023) was supported by the lead single "Forget Me", released in 2022.
- ^ Bassett, Jordan (16 May 2019). "Lewis Capaldi – 'Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent' review". NME. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ Lynskey, Dorian (17 August 2019). "Lewis Capaldi review – an ecstatic sense of homecoming". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
- ^ Bachor, Kirsty (26 May 2019). "30 Things You Didn't Know About Lewis Capaldi". Daily Feed. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ "Lewis Capaldi". Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ Brocklehurst, Steven (19 February 2020). "Lewis Capaldi: From Bathgate to Brits success". BBC News. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ "Lewis Capaldi sets UK chart record with "Someone You Loved": "This is absolutely wild"". ABC News Radio. Archived from the original on 6 May 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.