1. Lewis Marc Capaldi was born on 7 October 1996 and is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician.
28 Facts About Lewis Capaldi
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Lewis Capaldi was nominated for the Critics' Choice Award at the 2019 Brit Awards.
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Lewis Capaldi was born in Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland, and lived there until he was 4 years old, when his family moved to East Whitburn in West Lothian.
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Lewis Capaldi's mother becoming pregnant with Lewis came as a surprise to his family, being called a sort of "immaculate conception", because his father had had a vasectomy.
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Lewis Capaldi learned how to play guitar when he was nine.
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In 2014 Lewis Capaldi took part in a three-date tour as part of the Hit the Road project run by The Scottish Music Centre.
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Lewis Capaldi played in Dumfries, Edinburgh and Fort William alongside Jacob, Rory Green and Zoe Bestel.
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The day after first contacting Lewis Capaldi, Walter flew from America to Britain to hear Lewis Capaldi play live.
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In 2016, Lewis Capaldi graduated with an HND in Music from New College Lanarkshire, Motherwell.
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Lewis Capaldi released his first single "Bruises" independently on 31 March 2017.
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Lewis Capaldi's releases are distributed in the UK by Virgin EMI Records and in the US by Capitol Records.
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Lewis Capaldi supported English singer-songwriters Rag'n'Bone Man and Jake Bugg on their tours in the fall of 2017.
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Lewis Capaldi followed this with his own headlining tour across the UK and Europe.
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Lewis Capaldi was named as one of Vevo DSCVR 'Artists to Watch 2018' and he won Best Acoustic Act at the Scottish Alternative Music Awards.
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Lewis Capaldi was long-listed for BBC Music's Sound of 2018.
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Lewis Capaldi was nominated for the Brit Critics' Choice Award at the 2019 Brit Awards, but lost to Sam Fender.
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Lewis Capaldi became the first artist to sell out an arena tour before the release of an album.
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At the 2020 Brit Awards, Lewis Capaldi received three nominations, winning two awards.
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Two songs written by Lewis Capaldi were released that year: Rita Ora's "How to Be Lonely" and Sigala's "Lasting Lover".
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In March 2021 Lewis Capaldi announced that he postponed all his upcoming shows to work on his upcoming sophomore album.
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Lewis Capaldi 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.
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Lewis Capaldi achieved his fourth number-one single when "Pointless" climbed to the top of the UK charts in January 2023.
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In May 2023, Lewis Capaldi was announced to be performing an intimate warm-up intimate set in June before Reading and Leeds Festival where James Marriott would support, though Lewis Capaldi later cancelled the gig due to his poor mental health.
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In June 2023, Lewis Capaldi announced that he was taking an extended and indefinite break from touring, citing a need to focus on his mental and physical health.
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Lewis Capaldi is a fan of association football and supports the Glasgow-based Celtic FC He and actor Peter Lewis Capaldi are cousins.
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Lewis Capaldi has been in a relationship with Scottish actress Ellie MacDowall as of June 2023.
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Lewis Capaldi discovered a love for "soulful pop music" from the work of Paolo Nutini and Joe Cocker.
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Lewis Capaldi has expressed admiration for the 1975, the Macabees, Arctic Monkeys, the Beatles, and Bob Dylan.