刘易斯·卡帕尔迪

Lewis Marc Capaldi (born 7 October 1996) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician. 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 No. 1 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. Capaldi was nominated for the Critics' Choice Award at the 2019 Brit Awards. He also won the 2020 Brit Award for Best New Artist. In May 2020, it was announced that his song "Someone You Loved" had become the longest-running top 10 UK single of all time by a British artist.

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 was 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.

Early life

Lewis Marc Capaldi was born on 7 October 1996, in Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland. He lived there until he was four years old when his family moved to East Whitburn in West Lothian. He is of Scottish, Irish, and Italian ancestry, and has three older siblings. His mother becoming pregnant with Lewis came as a surprise to his family, being called a sort of "Immaculate Conception", because his father had a vasectomy. Lewis' passion for performing started after he sang on stage at four on a family trip in France. He learned how to play guitar when he was nine. Soon, he began writing songs and playing gigs by sneaking into pubs with the help of his eldest brother.

Career

2014–2016: Beginnings

In 2014, Capaldi took part in a three-date tour as part of the Hit the Road project run by The Scottish Music Centre. He played in Dumfries, Edinburgh, and Fort William alongside Jacob, Rory Green, and Zoë Bestel. When he was 18, his manager Ryan Walter discovered him by an iPhone recording that was recorded in his bedroom and uploaded to his SoundCloud account. The day after first contacting Capaldi, Walter flew from the U.S. to Britain to hear Capaldi play live. In 2016, Capaldi graduated with an HND in Music from New College Lanarkshire, Motherwell.

2017–2018: Extended plays and increased recognition

He released his first single, "Bruises", independently on 31 March 2017. The song quickly amassed almost 28 million plays on Spotify worldwide, making him the fastest-ever unsigned artist to reach 25 million plays on the platform. The song was later re-released as a single in 2019 and went to No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart. After the initial release of the song, he was signed to the German branch of Universal Music Group and was assigned to the Vertigo Berlin division. His releases are distributed in the UK by Virgin EMI Records and in the US by Capitol Records. His debut single, as well as the songs "Lost on You" and "Fade", were featured on his first extended play, Bloom and later on an album. He supported English singer-songwriters Rag'n'Bone Man and Jake Bugg on their tours in the autumn of 2017.