Lewis Capaldi

Lewis Capaldi (2018)

Lewis Capaldi (born October 7, 1996 in Bathgate ) is a Scottish singer and songwriter .

Career

Capaldi took guitar lessons at the age of nine and began performing as a singer in pubs when he was twelve .

On May 16, 2017, he released his first song Bruises . The song was played almost 28 million times on Spotify worldwide in a short period of time . Shortly thereafter, he was signed by Virgin Records and Capitol Records and released his first EP Bloom on October 20, 2017 in collaboration with Grammy Award- winning producer Malay.

He was named Breakthrough Artist of the Year at the Scottish Music Awards 2017 .

In the first half of 2018 he toured North America and Europe. He then released the singles Rush and Tough . The song Someone You Loved , released in November 2018, reached number one on the UK charts in March 2019 . His distant relative Peter Capaldi appeared in the music video for this song . In October 2019, the song also rose to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States .

The song was voted Song of the Year at the Brit Awards 2020 , and Capaldi also received the award for best new artist. He was nominated in two other categories.

Discography

Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2019	Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent Virgin EMI	DE7 (... weeks) DE	AT6 (9 weeks) AT	CH3 gold (… Where.)CH	UK1 × 3 Triple platinum (… Where.)UK	US20 (... weeks) US	First published: May 17, 2019 Sales: + 1,175,000

EPs

year	Title music label	Remarks
2017	Bloom Virgin EMI	First published: October 20, 2017
2018	Breach Virgin EMI	First published: November 8, 2018 Sales: + 10,000
2019	Bruises Virgin EMI	First published: September 27, 2017

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2017	Bruises Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent	DE84 gold (4 weeks)DE	AT52 (15 weeks) AT	CH42 platinum (36 weeks)CH	UK6th × 2 Double platinum (54 weeks)UK	-	First published: May 16, 2017 Sales: + 1,915,000
2018	Grace Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent	-	-	CH- gold CH	UK9 platinum (42 weeks)UK	-	First published: September 21, 2018 Sales: + 685,000
	Someone You Loved Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent	DE18th platinum (75 weeks)DE	AT7th platinum (68 weeks)AT	CH3 × 3 Triple platinum (… Where.)CH	UK1 × 5 Quintuple platinum (… Where.)UK	US1 platinum (54 weeks)US	First published: November 8, 2018 Sales: + 9,100,000
2019	Hold Me While You Wait Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent	-	-	CH63 (2 weeks) CH	UK4th × 2 Double platinum (28 weeks)UK	-	First published: May 3, 2019 Sales: + 1,340,000
	Before You Go Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent (Extended Edition)	DE42 (24 weeks) DE	AT20 (26 weeks) AT	CH5 (... weeks) CH	UK1 × 2 Double platinum (… Where.)UK	US10 platinum (… Where.)US	First published: November 19, 2019 Sales: + 2,720,000

more publishments

year	Title album	Remarks
2017	Lost on You Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent	First published: July 7, 2017 Sales: + 50,000, CH:gold
	Fade Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent	Initial release: October 9, 2017 Sales: + 200,000, UK:silver
2018	Rush	Initial release: February 23, 2018 Sales: + 200,000, UK:silver; feat. Jessie Reyez
	Tough Breach	Initial release: June 8th, 2018 Sales: + 200,000, UK:silver

Awards for music sales

Silver record  United Kingdom 2019: for the single Lost on You 2019: for the song One 2019: for the song Forever 2020: for the song Hollywood 2020: for the song Maybe Golden record  Australia 2019: for the single Hold Me While You Wait 2019: for the single Grace 2020: for the album Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent  Denmark 2020: for the album Breach  France 2020: for the single Before You Go  Italy 2019: for the single Bruises 2019: for the single Hold Me While You Wait 2020: for the album Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent  Canada 2020: for the single Grace 2020: for the single Lost on You  Spain 2020: for the single Before You Go  Portugal 2019: for the single Someone You Loved

Platinum record  Belgium 2020: for the single Before You Go  Denmark 2020: for the album Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent 2020: for the single bruises 2020: for the single Before You Go  Italy 2020: for the single Before You Go  Canada 2020: for the single Hold Me While You Wait  New Zealand 2020: for the single bruises  Norway 2019: for the single Someone You Loved 2019: for the album Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent  Sweden 2020: for the single bruises 2 × platinum record  Australia 2020: for the single Before You Go 2020: for the single bruises  Canada 2020: for the single Before You Go 2020: for the album Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent  New Zealand 2020: for the album Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent 2020: for the single Before You Go  Spain 2020: for the single Someone You Loved

3 × platinum record  Belgium 2020: for the single Someone You Loved  Denmark 2020: for the single Someone You Loved  Italy 2019: for the single Someone You Loved  Canada 2020: for the single bruises  Poland 2020: for the single Someone You Loved  Sweden 2019: for the single Someone You Loved 4 × platinum record  New Zealand 2020: for the single Someone You Loved 7 × platinum record  Australia 2020: for the single Someone You Loved 9 × platinum record  Canada 2020: for the single Someone You Loved Diamond record  Brazil 2020: for the single Someone You Loved  France 2020: for the single Someone You Loved

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	3 × gold3	11 × platinum11	-	875,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	-	4 × platinum4th	-	160,000	ultratop.be
Brazil (PMB)	-	-	-	diamond1	160,000	pro-musicabr.org.br
Denmark (IFPI)	-	gold1	6 × platinum6th	-	480,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	600,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	-	gold1	-	diamond1	433,333	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	-	3 × gold3	4 × platinum4th	-	295,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	2 × gold2	17 × platinum17th	-	1,440,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	-	9 × platinum9	-	240,000	nztop40.co.nz
Norway (IFPI)	-	-	2 × platinum2	-	40,000	ifpi.no
Austria (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	-	30,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	-	-	3 × platinum3	-	60,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Portugal (AFP)	-	gold1	-	-	5,000	Individual evidence
Sweden (IFPI)	-	-	4 × platinum4th	-	160,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	3 × gold3	4 × platinum4th	-	120,000	beta.musikwoche.de
Spain (Promusicae)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	-	100,000	elportaldemusica.es
United States (RIAA)	-	-	2 × platinum2	-	2,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	8 × silver8th	-	15 × platinum15th	-	9,700,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	8 × silver8th	16 × gold16	85 × platinum85	2 × diamond2

Tours

Headliners

• Lewis Capaldi 2020 Live (2020)

Opening act

• Niall Horan - Nice To Meet Ya Tour (2020) with Fletcher

Web links

Commons : Lewis Capaldi  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website
• Lewis Capaldi's channel on YouTube
• Lewis Capaldi at Discogs (English)
• Lewis Capaldi at Allmusic (English)
• Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US1 US2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ bookingagentinfo. March 1, 2019, accessed March 8, 2019 . 
2. ^ Zycinski, Alan (February 22, 2018) Who is Lewis Capaldi? The Bruises singer dubbed Scotland's Ed Sheeran supporting Sam Smith and Kodaline on his European Tour . The Scottish Sun .
3. ^ Lewis Capaldi - Fade (Listen) - Mahogany . October 6, 2017. Archived from the original on October 9, 2018. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 20, 2017. 
4. ↑ Excited to welcome @LewisCapaldi to the #CapitolFamily! Stay tuned for new music dropping tonight pic.twitter.com/UU0lfoyM7f . Capitol Records. October 2018.
5. ↑ Blooming beautiful: Lewis Capaldi releases his debut EP “Bloom”. Retrieved February 20, 2019 . 
6. ↑ ICYMI: Lewis Capaldi Emanates Genuine Longing and heartbreak in "Fade" . In: Ones To Watch .
7. ^ Gray Trust: Lewis Capaldi's 'Someone You Loved' Hits No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100. Billboard , October 28, 2019 accessed on 28 October 2019 . 
8. ↑ bad guy by Billie Eilish Named Biggest Global Single of 2019. ifpi.org, March 10, 2020, accessed on March 11, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Gold for Someone You Loved in Portugal