


Aged 18, he was discovered by his manager Ryan Walter through an iPhone recording Capaldi recorded in his bedroom and had uploaded to his SoundCloud account. He played in Dumfries, Edinburgh and Fort William alongside Jacob and Rory Green and Zoë Bestel. In 2014 Capaldi took part in a three-date tour as part of the 'Hit the Road' project run by The Scottish Music Centre.

Career 2014–2017: Beginnings and Bloom EP By 17 he had committed to a career in music. Capaldi learned to play drums and guitar when he was two, and began his musical career singing in pubs aged 9. In 2016, he graduated with a HND in Music from New College Lanarkshire, Motherwell. Kentigern's Academy, Blackburn in West Lothian. His mother is a nurse and his father is a fishmonger. 2.4 2021–present: Upcoming second studio albumĬapaldi was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and lived there until he was four years old.2.3 2019–2020: Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent.2.2 2017–2018: Increased recognition and European tour.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. It later went on to become the best selling album of 20 in the UK, and "Someone You Loved" was the best selling single of 2019 in the UK. On, he released his debut album, Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent, which remained at the top of the UK Albums Chart for six weeks. Capaldi also won the 2020 Brit Award for Best New Artist. In March 2019, his single " Someone You Loved" 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.

He was nominated for the Critics' Choice Award at the 2019 Brit Awards. Lewis Marc Capaldi (born 7 October 1996) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician.
