Lewis Marc Capaldi (born 7 October 1996) is a Scottish singer-songwriter from Whitburn, a town in West Lothian.
He first rose to mainstream prominence on 8 November, 2018, with the release of his second EP Breach, including the massive hit single “Someone You Loved”.
2019 saw “Someone You Loved” charting in over 29 counties and becoming a global hit.
On 17 May, 2019, Capaldi released his debut album titled Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent, including his top 10 singles “Grace”, “Someone You Loved”, “Hold Me While You Wait”, amongst several other songs featured in Capaldi’s previous EP’s.
The debut album peaked at number one in the UK and Ireland, whilst becoming the fastest-selling album of the year, and becoming certified gold in the UK just a week after its release.
In March 2021 Capaldi announced that he postponed all his upcoming shows to work on his upcoming sophomore album. He returned in the summer of 2022 to play his postponed shows, including his headlining slots at the TRNSMT Festival, the Latitude Festival, and the Isle of Wight Festival.
The lead single “Forget Me” from his second album, Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent, was released in September 2022 and it became his first song to debut at the top of the UK Singles Chart. His frozen pizza range Big Sexy Pizza was also released later that month in the UK supermarkets Iceland and Tesco. He achieved his fourth number-one single when “Pointless” climbed to the top of the UK charts in January 2023. In April 2023, his documentary How I’m Feeling Now was released on Netflix.
In April 2023, Capaldi achieved his fifth number-one song on the UK Singles Chart with “Wish You the Best”.
On 19 May 2023, Capaldi released his sophomore studio album, Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
